Sun Chips at United Markets
United Markets is a specialty independent running 1 Bay Area store, large-format at about 26,260 sq ft each.
It’s already on the shelf here, with 5 SKUs across 1 category. The growth is depth and breadth: 1 category to widen.
Lead with Whole Grain And Black Bean Snacks Southwestern Queso in Grain Chips.
United Markets stocks grain chips 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.
The more differentiated opening is grain chips: United Markets stocks only 10 there, so Sun Chips Whole Grain And Black Bean Snacks Southwestern Queso stands out rather than blending in.
United Markets merchandises 1 of the 1 category the brand sells.
no strong clean/diet signal either way.
brand excitement 40/100.
enters a thin grain chips shelf as a point of difference.
The full runway
Every category Sun Chips 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 5 of 12 SKUs. Room to widen the line.
How it prices
Where it would price in grain chips. Each dot is a product on the shelf, by its cost per oz (hover for which). Sun Chips (orange) sits in line with the shelf.
What to bring to expand
Sun Chips’ SKUs United Markets 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 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 →
