Reading the shelf…
Target is a discount independent running 6 Bay Area stores, indexing high on clean-organic versus other Bay Area grocers.
It’s already on the shelf here, with 3 SKUs across 1 category. The growth is depth and breadth: 1 category to widen, replicated across all 6 stores.
Lead with Selects Pretzel Twists Oven Baked Dill Pickle 16 Oz in Pretzels.
Target stocks pretzels 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.
Target merchandises 1 of the 1 category the brand sells.
no strong clean/diet signal either way.
brand excitement 35/100.
maps onto categories the store already runs.
Every category Rold Gold 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.
On shelf here, but only 3 of 4 SKUs. Room to widen the line.
Where it would price in pretzels. Each dot is a product on the shelf, by its cost per oz (hover for which). Rold Gold (orange) sits in line with the shelf.
Rold Gold’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 →