Reading the shelf…
Target is a discount independent running 6 Bay Area stores, indexing high on clean-organic versus other Bay Area grocers.
Tyson is a leading brand in the frozen chicken and poultry category, known for its wide range of convenient and delicious chicken products.
It’s already on the shelf here, with 15 SKUs across 4 categories. The growth is depth and breadth: 4 categories to widen and 2 new doors to enter, replicated across all 6 stores.
Lead with Frozen Chicken Patties, 23 oz in Frozen Chicken Burgers.
Target stocks frozen chicken burgers 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.
Target carries frozen chicken in real depth, 30 SKUs against a fleet median of 3.5, so a new entry there is the Nth option, and its per-unit price would likely sit near the top of a crowded shelf. The more differentiated opening is frozen chicken burgers: Target stocks only 1 there, so Tyson Frozen Chicken Patties, 23 oz stands out rather than blending in. Lead with the frozen chicken burgers, and position the frozen chicken as a finishing or gift item.
Target merchandises 6 of the 9 categories the brand sells.
no strong clean/diet signal either way.
brand excitement 25/100.
enters a thin frozen chicken burgers shelf as a point of difference.
Every category Tyson 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.
On shelf here, but only 12 of 20 SKUs. Room to widen the line.
On shelf here, but only 1 of 2 SKUs. Room to widen the line.
Tyson’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 →
On shelf here, but only 1 of 2 SKUs. Room to widen the line.
On shelf here, but only 1 of 2 SKUs. Room to widen the line.
Already stocked here in other categories, so this one is a natural extension.
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.
The store barely carries this category, so it is a hard sell.
The store barely carries this category, so it is a hard sell.
