Out The Dough at Target
Target is a discount independent running 6 Bay Area stores, indexing high on clean-organic versus other Bay Area grocers.
Out the Dough is a California-based brand specializing in vegan and gluten-free cookie creme pies, crafted from scratch in small batches since 2017.
Out The Dough isn’t on Target’s shelf yet in any of its 6 stores. The opening: 1 category where the shelf is already deep and the brand runs strong elsewhere.
Lead with Chocolate Chip Dough Bitz in Cookie Doughs.
Target stocks cookie doughs thinly, so a differentiated snack stands out instead of becoming the Nth option on a crowded shelf. It already earns space at 3 other Bay Area grocers.
The more differentiated opening is cookie doughs: Target stocks only 8 there, so Out the Dough Chocolate Chip Dough Bitz stands out rather than blending in.
Target merchandises 1 of the 2 categories the brand sells.
vegan against the store's assortment lean.
brand excitement 68/100.
enters a thin cookie doughs shelf as a point of difference.
The full runway · across 6 stores
Every category Out The Dough plays in across the Bay Area grocers we track, and where it stands at Target. Depth is the distinct SKUs the store carries there versus the fleet median, shown next to the rival brands already on that shelf.
Not here yet, but the shelf is real: a clean first door into a category the brand runs deep in.
The store barely carries this category, so it is a hard sell.
What to bring to land
Out The Dough’s SKUs Target doesn’t carry yet, ordered by how many other Bay Area grocers already stock them.
Presence and depth are measured from Target’s current Bay Area storefront: its online catalog plus our shelf photos, a partial view. A widely-distributed brand shown as a new door may already be carried through channels we don’t index. Target profile →