Reading the shelf…
United Markets is a specialty independent running 1 Bay Area store, large-format at about 26,260 sq ft each.
Santa Gula specializes in crafting dry-cured Spanish pork mini sticks that capture the essence of traditional Spanish charcuterie.
Santa Gula isn’t on United Markets’ shelf yet. The opening: 1 category where the shelf is already deep and the brand runs strong elsewhere.
Lead with Spanish Dry Cured Meat Sticks in Chorizo.
United Markets stocks chorizo 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.
The more differentiated opening is chorizo: United Markets stocks only 4 there, so Santa Gula Spanish Dry Cured Meat Sticks stands out rather than blending in.
United Markets merchandises 1 of the 1 category the brand sells.
keto, paleo against the store's assortment lean.
brand excitement 60/100.
enters a thin chorizo shelf as a point of difference.
Every category Santa Gula 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.
Not here yet, but the shelf is real: a clean first door into a category the brand runs deep in.
Santa Gula’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 →