Reading the shelf…
United Markets is a specialty independent running 1 Bay Area store, large-format at about 26,260 sq ft each.
Spectrum Essentials: Spectrum Brands Holdings, Inc. is a leading American multinational consumer products company, known for its diverse range of products including home appliances, personal care items, and pet…
Spectrum Essentials 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 Cold Milled Organic Ground Premium Flaxseed Dietary Supplement in Flaxseed Meal.
United Markets stocks flaxseed meal 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 flaxseed meal: United Markets stocks only 6 there, so Spectrum Essentials Cold Milled Organic Ground Premium Flaxseed Dietary Supplement stands out rather than blending in.
United Markets merchandises 1 of the 1 category the brand sells.
non-gmo, organic against the store's assortment lean.
brand excitement 55/100.
enters a thin flaxseed meal shelf as a point of difference.
Every category Spectrum Essentials 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.
Where it would price in flaxseed meal. Each dot is a product on the shelf, by its cost per oz (hover for which). Spectrum Essentials (orange) sits well above the shelf.
Spectrum Essentials’ 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 →