Reading the shelf…
World Market is a conventional independent running 4 Bay Area stores, indexing high on clean-organic versus other Bay Area grocers.
It’s already on the shelf here, with 2 SKUs across 2 categories. The growth is depth and breadth: 2 categories to widen and 1 new door to enter, replicated across all 4 stores.
Lead with Root Beer, Handcrafted in Root Beer.
World Market stocks root beer thinly, so a differentiated snack stands out instead of becoming the Nth option on a crowded shelf. It already earns space at 5 other Bay Area grocers.
The more differentiated opening is root beer: World Market stocks only 2 there, so Virgil's Root Beer, Handcrafted stands out rather than blending in.
World Market merchandises 3 of the 3 categories the brand sells.
non-gmo against the store's assortment lean.
an established national brand with proven demand.
enters a thin root beer shelf as a point of difference.
Every category Virgil's 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.
On shelf here, but only 1 of 14 SKUs. Room to widen the line.
On shelf here, but only 1 of 5 SKUs. Room to widen the line.
Virgil'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 →