Reading the shelf…
United Markets is a specialty independent running 1 Bay Area store, large-format at about 26,260 sq ft each.
Tasteful Selections® is a U.S.-based brand that specializes in bite-sized baby potatoes, offering both conventional and organic varieties.
It’s already on the shelf here, with 1 SKU across 1 category. The growth is depth and breadth: 1 category to widen and 1 new door to enter.
Lead with Ruby Sensation 1-Bite Baby Potatoes in Red Potatoes.
United Markets stocks red potatoes 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 red potatoes: United Markets stocks only 2 there, so Tasteful Selections® Ruby Sensation 1-Bite Baby Potatoes stands out rather than blending in.
United Markets merchandises 4 of the 5 categories the brand sells.
non-gmo, organic against the store's assortment lean.
brand excitement 55/100.
enters a thin red potatoes shelf as a point of difference.
Every category Tasteful Selections® 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 1 of 4 SKUs. Room to widen the line.
Already stocked here in other categories, so this one is a natural extension.
Tasteful Selections®’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 →
The store barely carries this category, so it is a hard sell.
The store barely carries this category, so it is a hard sell.
The store barely carries this category, so it is a hard sell.