Reading the shelf…
Mill Valley Market is a specialty independent running 1 Bay Area store, mid-size at about 8,590 sq ft each.
Plugra: Plugrà is a premium butter brand known for its European-style butter, which is crafted to enhance the flavor and texture of various dishes.
It’s already on the shelf here, with 2 SKUs across 2 categories. The growth is depth and breadth: 1 category to widen.
Lead with Unsalted Butter in Unsalted Butter.
Mill Valley Market stocks unsalted butter 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.
Mill Valley Market merchandises 2 of the 2 categories the brand sells.
no strong clean/diet signal either way.
brand excitement 45/100.
maps onto categories the store already runs.
Every category Plugra plays in across the Bay Area grocers we track, and where it stands at Mill Valley Market. 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 1 of 2 SKUs. Room to widen the line.
Where it would price in unsalted butter. Each dot is a product on the shelf, by its cost per oz (hover for which). Plugra (orange) sits in line with the shelf.
Plugra’s SKUs Mill Valley Market doesn’t carry yet, ordered by how many other Bay Area grocers already stock them.
Presence and depth are measured from Mill Valley Market’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. Mill Valley Market profile →