Reading the shelf…
Woodlands is a specialty independent running 3 Bay Area stores, small-format at about 2,336 sq ft each, indexing high on clean-organic versus other Bay Area grocers.
Sconehenge Bakery & Café is an employee-owned establishment in Berkeley, California, known for its traditional English-style tea scones and a variety of baked goods.
It’s already on the shelf here, with 9 SKUs across 3 categories. The growth is depth and breadth: 1 category to widen and 4 new doors to enter, replicated across all 3 stores.
Lead with Mixed Berry English Tea Scones in Scones.
Woodlands stocks scones thinly, so a differentiated snack stands out instead of becoming the Nth option on a crowded shelf. It already earns space at 10 other Bay Area grocers.
The more differentiated opening is scones: Woodlands stocks only 6 there, so Sconehenge Bakery Mixed Berry English Tea Scones stands out rather than blending in.
Woodlands merchandises 7 of the 8 categories the brand sells.
non-gmo against the store's assortment lean.
brand excitement 55/100.
enters a thin scones shelf as a point of difference.
Every category Sconehenge Bakery plays in across the Bay Area grocers we track, and where it stands at Woodlands. Depth is the distinct SKUs the store carries there versus the fleet median, shown next to the rival brands already on that shelf.
Where it would price in scones. Each dot is a product on the shelf, by its cost per oz (hover for which). Sconehenge Bakery (orange) sits in line with the shelf.
Sconehenge Bakery’s SKUs Woodlands doesn’t carry yet, ordered by how many other Bay Area grocers already stock them.
Presence and depth are measured from Woodlands’ 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. Woodlands profile →
Already stocked here in other categories, so this one is a natural extension.
Already stocked here in other categories, so this one is a natural extension.
Already stocked here in other categories, so this one is a natural extension.
Fully stocked here (3/3 SKUs).
Fully stocked here (1/1 SKUs).
The store barely carries this category, so it is a hard sell.

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