Reading the shelf…
Mill Valley Market is a specialty independent running 1 Bay Area store, mid-size at about 8,590 sq ft each.
It’s already on the shelf here, with 3 SKUs across 2 categories. The growth is depth and breadth: 2 categories to widen.
Lead with Radiators, Organic Pasta in Shaped Pasta.
Mill Valley Market stocks shaped pasta 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.
Mill Valley Market carries other pasta in real depth, 17 SKUs against a fleet median of 6, 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 shaped pasta: Mill Valley Market stocks only 9 there, so Sfoglini Radiators, Organic Pasta stands out rather than blending in. Lead with the shaped pasta, and position the other pasta as a finishing or gift item.
Mill Valley Market merchandises 2 of the 2 categories the brand sells.
non-gmo, organic, vegetarian against the store's assortment lean.
brand excitement 65/100.
enters a thin shaped pasta shelf as a point of difference.
Every category Sfoglini plays in across the Bay Area grocers we track, and where it stands at Mill Valley 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 2 of 5 SKUs. Room to widen the line.
On shelf here, but only 1 of 2 SKUs. Room to widen the line.
Where it would price in shaped pasta. Each dot is a product on the shelf, by its cost per oz (hover for which). Sfoglini (orange) sits in line with the shelf.
Sfoglini’s SKUs Mill Valley Market doesn’t carry yet, ordered by how many other Bay Area grocers already stock them.
Presence and depth are measured from Mill Valley 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. Mill Valley Market profile →