Stouffer's at Mill Valley Market
Mill Valley Market is a specialty independent running 1 Bay Area store, mid-size at about 8,590 sq ft each.
Stouffer's is a well-established brand known for its frozen prepared meals and entrées, offering a variety of home-style and international flavors.
It’s already on the shelf here, with 15 SKUs across 4 categories. The growth is depth and breadth: 3 categories to widen and 2 new doors to enter.
Lead with Macaroni And Cheese Large Size Oven Or Microwave Dinner Easy Frozen Dinners in Frozen Macaroni & Cheese.
Mill Valley Market stocks frozen macaroni & cheese 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 frozen macaroni & cheese: Mill Valley Market stocks only 3 there, so Stouffer's Macaroni And Cheese Large Size Oven Or Microwave Dinner Easy Frozen Dinners stands out rather than blending in.
Mill Valley Market merchandises 6 of the 9 categories the brand sells.
vegetarian against the store's assortment lean.
brand excitement 25/100.
enters a thin frozen macaroni & cheese shelf as a point of difference.
The full runway
Every category Stouffer's 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 8 of 34 SKUs. Room to widen the line.
On shelf here, but only 5 of 19 SKUs. Room to widen the line.
What to bring to expand
Stouffer's’ SKUs Mill Valley Market doesn’t carry yet, ordered by how many other Bay Area grocers already stock them.
Already on the shelf
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 →
