Reading the shelf…
World Market is a conventional independent running 4 Bay Area stores, indexing high on clean-organic versus other Bay Area grocers.
It’s already on the shelf here, with 11 SKUs across 4 categories. The growth is depth and breadth: 1 category to widen and 1 new door to enter, replicated across all 4 stores.
Lead with Carbo Hot Chicken Flavor Ramen in Instant Noodles.
World Market stocks instant noodles 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.
World Market carries instant noodles in real depth, 57 SKUs against a fleet median of 23.5, so a new entry there is the Nth option, and its per-unit price would likely sit near the top of a crowded shelf.
World Market merchandises 5 of the 6 categories the brand sells.
vegetarian against the store's assortment lean.
an established national brand with proven demand.
the categories it plays in are already deep here.
Every category Samyang Foods Co., Ltd plays in across the Bay Area grocers we track, and where it stands at World 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 6 of 21 SKUs. Room to widen the line.
Already stocked here in other categories, so this one is a natural extension.
Where it would price in instant noodles. Each dot is a product on the shelf, by its cost per oz (hover for which). Samyang Foods Co., Ltd (orange) sits below the shelf.
Samyang Foods Co., Ltd’s SKUs World Market doesn’t carry yet, ordered by how many other Bay Area grocers already stock them.
Presence and depth are measured from World 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. World Market profile →
Fully stocked here (2/2 SKUs).
Fully stocked here (2/2 SKUs).
Fully stocked here (1/1 SKUs).
The store barely carries this category, so it is a hard sell.