Reading the shelf…
World Market is a conventional independent running 4 Bay Area stores, indexing high on clean-organic versus other Bay Area grocers.
Tofurky is a brand specializing in plant-based meat alternatives, offering a variety of products such as sausages, chick'n, and deli slices.
Tofurky isn’t on World Market’s shelf yet in any of its 4 stores. The opening: 1 category where the shelf is already deep and the brand runs strong elsewhere.
Lead with Deli Slices, Plant-Based, Hickory Smoked in Vegetarian Deli Meat Substitutes.
World Market stocks vegetarian deli meat substitutes thinly, so a differentiated snack stands out instead of becoming the Nth option on a crowded shelf. It already earns space at 13 other Bay Area grocers.
The more differentiated opening is vegetarian deli meat substitutes: World Market stocks only 3 there, so Tofurky Deli Slices, Plant-Based, Hickory Smoked stands out rather than blending in.
World Market merchandises 1 of the 6 categories the brand sells.
non-gmo, vegan, vegetarian against the store's assortment lean.
brand excitement 65/100.
enters a thin vegetarian deli meat substitutes shelf as a point of difference.
Every category Tofurky plays in across the Bay Area grocers we track, and where it stands at World Market. 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.
The store barely carries this category, so it is a hard sell.
Tofurky’s SKUs World Market doesn’t carry yet, ordered by how many other Bay Area grocers already stock them.
Presence and depth are measured from World 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. World Market 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.