Reading the shelf…
Woodlands is a specialty independent running 3 Bay Area stores, small-format at about 2,336 sq ft each, indexing high on clean-organic versus other Bay Area grocers.
Yasso is a brand specializing in frozen Greek yogurt desserts, offering a healthier alternative to traditional ice cream with more protein and fewer calories.
It’s already on the shelf here, with 6 SKUs across 1 category. The growth is depth and breadth: 1 category to widen and 1 new door to enter, replicated across all 3 stores.
Lead with Frozen Greek Yogurt Bars Vanilla Chocolate Crunch in Frozen Yogurt.
Woodlands stocks frozen yogurt thinly, so a differentiated snack stands out instead of becoming the Nth option on a crowded shelf. It already earns space at 8 other Bay Area grocers.
The more differentiated opening is frozen yogurt: Woodlands stocks only 8 there, so Yasso Frozen Greek Yogurt Bars Vanilla Chocolate Crunch stands out rather than blending in.
Woodlands merchandises 2 of the 3 categories the brand sells.
no strong clean/diet signal either way.
an established national brand with proven demand.
enters a thin frozen yogurt shelf as a point of difference.
Every category Yasso plays in across the Bay Area grocers we track, and where it stands at Woodlands. 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 6 of 23 SKUs. Room to widen the line.
Already stocked here in other categories, so this one is a natural extension.
Where it would price in frozen yogurt. Each dot is a product on the shelf, by its cost per fl oz (hover for which). Yasso (orange) sits in line with the shelf.
Yasso’s SKUs Woodlands doesn’t carry yet, ordered by how many other Bay Area grocers already stock them.
Presence and depth are measured from Woodlands’ 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. Woodlands profile →
The store barely carries this category, so it is a hard sell.

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