Reading the shelf…
Mill Valley Market is a specialty independent running 1 Bay Area store, mid-size at about 8,590 sq ft each.
Quince And Apple: Quince & Apple offers a range of handcrafted conserves and pickled goods that emphasize the use of real fruit and thoughtfully sourced ingredients.
Quince And Apple isn’t on Mill Valley Market’s shelf yet. The opening: 3 categories where the shelf is already deep and the brand runs strong elsewhere.
Lead with Quince & Apple Pickled Carrots & Habanero in Pickled Vegetables.
Mill Valley Market stocks pickled vegetables 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 carries jams and jellies in real depth, 64 SKUs against a fleet median of 10, so a new entry there is the Nth option, and its per-unit price would likely sit near the top of a crowded shelf.
Mill Valley Market merchandises 3 of the 4 categories the brand sells.
vegan, vegetarian against the store's assortment lean.
brand excitement 70/100.
the categories it plays in are already deep here.
Every category Quince And Apple 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.
Not here yet, but the shelf is real: a clean first door into a category the brand runs deep in.
Not here yet, but the shelf is real: a clean first door into a category the brand runs deep in.
Where it would price in pickled vegetables. Each dot is a product on the shelf, by its cost per oz (hover for which). Quince And Apple (orange) sits in line with the shelf.
Quince And Apple’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 →
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.
