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 1 SKU across 1 category. The growth is depth and breadth: 1 category to widen and 1 new door to enter.
Lead with Cherries, Tipsy, Whiskey in Canned Cherries.
United Markets stocks canned cherries thinly, so a differentiated snack stands out instead of becoming the Nth option on a crowded shelf. It already earns space at 2 other Bay Area grocers.
United Markets carries olives in real depth, 61 SKUs against a fleet median of 19.5, so a new entry there is the Nth option, and its per-unit price would likely sit near the top of a crowded shelf. The more differentiated opening is canned cherries: United Markets stocks only 10 there, so Sable & Rosenfeld Cherries, Tipsy, Whiskey stands out rather than blending in. Lead with the canned cherries, and position the olives as a finishing or gift item.
United Markets merchandises 3 of the 3 categories the brand sells.
non-gmo against the store's assortment lean.
brand excitement 45/100.
enters a thin canned cherries shelf as a point of difference.
Every category Sable & Rosenfeld 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 2 SKUs. Room to widen the line.
Already stocked here in other categories, so this one is a natural extension.
Sable & Rosenfeld’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.