Reading the shelf…
United Markets is a specialty independent running 1 Bay Area store, large-format at about 26,260 sq ft each.
It’s already on the shelf here, with 4 SKUs across 2 categories. The growth is depth and breadth: 2 categories to widen and 1 new door to enter.
Lead with Home Menu Chicken Egg Rolls, Frozen Appetizers in Frozen Egg Rolls.
United Markets stocks frozen egg rolls thinly, so a differentiated snack stands out instead of becoming the Nth option on a crowded shelf. It already earns space at 1 other Bay Area grocer.
The more differentiated opening is frozen egg rolls: United Markets stocks only 4 there, so P.F. Chang's Home Menu Chicken Egg Rolls, Frozen Appetizers stands out rather than blending in.
United Markets merchandises 3 of the 3 categories the brand sells.
vegetarian against the store's assortment lean.
brand excitement 50/100.
enters a thin frozen egg rolls shelf as a point of difference.
Every category P.f. Chang's plays in across the Bay Area grocers we track, and where it stands at United Markets. Depth is the distinct SKUs the store carries there versus the fleet median, shown next to the rival brands already on that shelf.
On shelf here, but only 3 of 16 SKUs. Room to widen the line.
On shelf here, but only 1 of 2 SKUs. Room to widen the line.
P.f. Chang's’ SKUs United Markets doesn’t carry yet, ordered by how many other Bay Area grocers already stock them.
Presence and depth are measured from United Markets’ 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. United Markets profile →
Already stocked here in other categories, so this one is a natural extension.