Reading the shelf…
United Markets is a specialty independent running 1 Bay Area store, large-format at about 26,260 sq ft each.
Sonoma Gourmet is a food and beverage manufacturing company based in Sonoma, California, specializing in gourmet pasta sauces, olive oils, and salad dressings.
It’s already on the shelf here, with 9 SKUs across 5 categories. The growth is depth and breadth: 1 category to widen and 9 new doors to enter.
Lead with Roasted Veggie in Tomato Based Sauces.
United Markets stocks tomato based sauces thinly, so a differentiated snack stands out instead of becoming the Nth option on a crowded shelf. It already earns space at 4 other Bay Area grocers.
United Markets merchandises 15 of the 16 categories the brand sells.
non-gmo, organic, vegan against the store's assortment lean.
brand excitement 45/100.
maps onto categories the store already runs.
Every category Sonoma Gourmet 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.
On shelf here, but only 4 of 7 SKUs. Room to widen the line.
Already stocked here in other categories, so this one is a natural extension.
Where it would price in tomato based sauces. Each dot is a product on the shelf, by its cost per oz (hover for which). Sonoma Gourmet (orange) sits in line with the shelf.
Sonoma Gourmet’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 →
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.
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 (2/2 SKUs).
Fully stocked here (1/1 SKUs).
Fully stocked here (1/1 SKUs).
The store barely carries this category, so it is a hard sell.