Reading the shelf…
Target is a discount independent running 6 Bay Area stores, indexing high on clean-organic versus other Bay Area grocers.
Tasty Bite is a brand that specializes in ready-to-eat Indian and pan-Asian food products, founded in 1985 and headquartered in Pune, India, with operations in Stamford, Connecticut, USA.
Tasty Bite isn’t on Target’s shelf yet in any of its 6 stores. The opening: 2 categories where the shelf is already deep and the brand runs strong elsewhere.
Lead with Organic Sticky Rice in Boxed Grain Meal & Sides.
Target stocks boxed grain meal & sides thinly, so a differentiated snack stands out instead of becoming the Nth option on a crowded shelf. It already earns space at 7 other Bay Area grocers.
The more differentiated opening is boxed grain meal & sides: Target stocks only 3 there, so Tasty Bite Organic Sticky Rice stands out rather than blending in.
Target merchandises 3 of the 6 categories the brand sells.
non-gmo, organic, vegan against the store's assortment lean.
brand excitement 50/100.
enters a thin boxed grain meal & sides shelf as a point of difference.
Every category Tasty Bite plays in across the Bay Area grocers we track, and where it stands at Target. 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.
Not here yet, but the shelf is real: a clean first door into a category the brand runs deep in.
Tasty Bite’s SKUs Target doesn’t carry yet, ordered by how many other Bay Area grocers already stock them.
Presence and depth are measured from Target’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. Target 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.
The store barely carries this category, so it is a hard sell.