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.
Yerba Madre Organic Yerba Mate: Yerba Madre, formerly known as Guayakí Yerba Mate, is a prominent brand specializing in organic yerba mate beverages.
It’s already on the shelf here, with 12 SKUs across 1 category. The growth is depth and breadth: 1 category to widen and 2 new doors to enter, replicated across all 3 stores.
Woodlands merchandises 3 of the 4 categories the brand sells.
non-gmo, organic against the store's assortment lean.
brand excitement 65/100.
maps onto categories the store already runs.
Every category Yerba Madre Organic Yerba Mate 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 12 of 28 SKUs. Room to widen the line.
Already stocked here in other categories, so this one is a natural extension.
Yerba Madre Organic Yerba Mate’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 →
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.

5 named buyer contacts (Asst Store Mngr, Experienced Grocery Buyer, General Manager) are on file. Direct contacts are reserved for verified brand partners.