Reading the shelf…
Mill Valley Market is a specialty independent running 1 Bay Area store, mid-size at about 8,590 sq ft each.
Wild Tonic isn’t on Mill Valley Market’s shelf yet. The opening: 2 categories where the shelf is already deep and the brand runs strong elsewhere.
Lead with Jun Persephone Mocktail in Non-Alcoholic Cocktails.
Mill Valley Market stocks non-alcoholic cocktails thinly, so a differentiated snack stands out instead of becoming the Nth option on a crowded shelf. It already earns space at 1 other Bay Area grocer.
The more differentiated opening is non-alcoholic cocktails: Mill Valley Market stocks only 9 there, so Wild Tonic Jun Persephone Mocktail stands out rather than blending in.
Mill Valley Market merchandises 2 of the 2 categories the brand sells.
non-gmo against the store's assortment lean.
brand excitement 85/100.
enters a thin non-alcoholic cocktails shelf as a point of difference.
Every category Wild Tonic plays in across the Bay Area grocers we track, and where it stands at Mill Valley 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.
Not here yet, but the shelf is real: a clean first door into a category the brand runs deep in.
Where it would price in non-alcoholic cocktails. Each dot is a product on the shelf, by its cost per fl oz (hover for which). Wild Tonic (orange) sits in line with the shelf.
Wild Tonic’s SKUs Mill Valley Market doesn’t carry yet, ordered by how many other Bay Area grocers already stock them.
Presence and depth are measured from Mill Valley 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. Mill Valley Market profile →