Reading the shelf…
Whole Foods Market is a natural independent running 10 Bay Area stores, large-format at about 30,160 sq ft each, indexing high on established names versus other Bay Area grocers.
Traditional Medicinals is a leading provider of organic and herbal teas, founded in 1974 by herbalist Rosemary Gladstar and activist Drake Sadler.
It’s already on the shelf here, with 6 SKUs across 2 categories. The growth is depth and breadth: 1 category to widen, replicated across all 10 stores.
Whole Foods Market merchandises 2 of the 2 categories the brand sells.
non-gmo, organic against the store's assortment lean.
brand excitement 51/100.
the categories it plays in are already deep here.
Every category Traditional Medicinals plays in across the Bay Area grocers we track, and where it stands at Whole Foods Market. 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 50 SKUs. Room to widen the line.
Fully stocked here (5/5 SKUs).
Traditional Medicinals’ SKUs Whole Foods Market doesn’t carry yet, ordered by how many other Bay Area grocers already stock them.




Presence and depth are measured from Whole Foods 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. Whole Foods Market profile →