Reading the shelf…
Woodlands is a specialty independent running 3 Bay Area stores, small-format at about 2,336 sq ft each, indexing high on clean-organic versus other Bay Area grocers.
The Daily Crave is a snack brand specializing in a variety of chips and crunchy snacks made from wholesome ingredients.
It’s already on the shelf here, with 1 SKU across 1 category. The growth is depth and breadth: 1 category to widen and 2 new doors to enter, replicated across all 3 stores.
Lead with Lentil Chips, Himalayan Pink Salt in Vegetable Chips.
Woodlands stocks vegetable chips thinly, so a differentiated snack stands out instead of becoming the Nth option on a crowded shelf. It already earns space at 8 other Bay Area grocers.
The more differentiated opening is vegetable chips: Woodlands stocks only 14 there, so The Daily Crave Lentil Chips, Himalayan Pink Salt stands out rather than blending in.
Woodlands merchandises 4 of the 4 categories the brand sells.
non-gmo, organic, vegan against the store's assortment lean.
brand excitement 60/100.
enters a thin vegetable chips shelf as a point of difference.
Every category The Daily Crave plays in across the Bay Area grocers we track, and where it stands at Woodlands. 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 9 SKUs. Room to widen the line.
Already stocked here in other categories, so this one is a natural extension.
Where it would price in vegetable chips. Each dot is a product on the shelf, by its cost per oz (hover for which). The Daily Crave (orange) sits in line with the shelf.
The Daily Crave’s SKUs Woodlands doesn’t carry yet, ordered by how many other Bay Area grocers already stock them.
Presence and depth are measured from Woodlands’ 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. Woodlands profile →
Already stocked here in other categories, so this one is a natural extension.
The store barely carries this category, so it is a hard sell.
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