Reading the shelf…
United Markets is a specialty independent running 1 Bay Area store, large-format at about 26,260 sq ft each.
Pumpkin Tree Organics is a family-owned company that specializes in organic, non-GMO fruit and vegetable snack pouches for children.
It’s already on the shelf here, with 1 SKU across 1 category. The growth is depth and breadth: 1 category to widen and 1 new door to enter.
Lead with Fruit & Vegetable Puree, Organic, Apple, Pea & Spinach in Baby Food Purees.
United Markets stocks baby food purees thinly, so a differentiated snack stands out instead of becoming the Nth option on a crowded shelf. It already earns space at 14 other Bay Area grocers.
United Markets merchandises 2 of the 3 categories the brand sells.
non-gmo, organic, vegetarian against the store's assortment lean.
brand excitement 45/100.
maps onto categories the store already runs.
Every category Pumpkin Tree 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 1 of 14 SKUs. Room to widen the line.
Already stocked here in other categories, so this one is a natural extension.
Where it would price in baby food purees. Each dot is a product on the shelf, by its cost per oz (hover for which). Pumpkin Tree (orange) sits above the shelf.
Pumpkin Tree’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 →
The store barely carries this category, so it is a hard sell.