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.
It’s already on the shelf here, with 4 SKUs across 1 category. The growth is depth and breadth: 1 category to widen and 3 new doors to enter, replicated across all 3 stores.
Lead with Lemon Bliss Almonds in Chocolate Covered Nuts.
Woodlands stocks chocolate covered nuts thinly, so a differentiated snack stands out instead of becoming the Nth option on a crowded shelf. It already earns space at 6 other Bay Area grocers.
The more differentiated opening is chocolate covered nuts: Woodlands stocks only 14 there, so SkinnyDipped Lemon Bliss Almonds stands out rather than blending in.
Woodlands merchandises 5 of the 6 categories the brand sells.
non-gmo, organic, vegan against the store's assortment lean.
brand excitement 75/100.
enters a thin chocolate covered nuts shelf as a point of difference.
Every category Skinnydipped 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.
On shelf here, but only 4 of 6 SKUs. Room to widen the line.
Already stocked here in other categories, so this one is a natural extension.
Where it would price in chocolate covered nuts. Each dot is a product on the shelf, by its cost per oz (hover for which). Skinnydipped (orange) sits well above the shelf.
Skinnydipped’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.
The store barely carries this category, so it is a hard sell.
The store barely carries this category, so it is a hard sell.

5 named buyer contacts (Asst Store Mngr, Experienced Grocery Buyer, General Manager) are on file. Direct contacts are reserved for verified brand partners.