Shelf space that lasts, for products that belong there.

We help emerging natural and specialty brands earn shelf space, and save buyers the search with retail-ready products that fit their shelf.

How it works

We find the right stores, pitch them, and follow up on reorders.

Connect your numbers

Share your UNFI or KeHE reports, your accounting records and your product details. We use them to back every pitch with order numbers checked against your books, set launch and promo budgets your cash can carry, and find more stores like your best ones.

What your numbers tell us

Example · Moss & Oat (fictional) · 9 months of UNFI reports and QuickBooks
1Books check✓ Match within 1.5%
UNFI received from you, Jan to Sep$20,670
Your invoices to UNFI in QuickBooks$20,360
2Launch budget, next 10 stores$900 total
Free fill, 1 case per item, at distributor cost$510
Intro promo, 15% off for 4 weeks$90
Two demos$300
Slotting feesNot in budget
3Where you sell best
Co-ops and independents under 8,000 sq ft2.4 units / item / store / wk
Larger stores1.6 units / item / store / wk
Similar stores we found to pitch14

We find the right stores

We match your products to each store’s gaps, standards and local rules, including co-ops and independents a busy rep rarely reaches. You approve the list, and we time each pitch to the store’s review calendar.

Why Tamberlin Market

Nashua, NH · 6,500 sq ft independent · for Maple Tahini Granola
  • GapNo maple-sweetened granola on their set
  • Their standardsNo cane sugar, nothing over $8 retail
  • Local ruleWithin 150 miles. Made 55 miles away
  • DistributorUNFI Chesterfield, already carries the item
  • TimingGranola review Nov 9. Pitch must land by Oct 26
Approved by you · Oct 6

We send a complete pitch

Each pitch has your pricing and the store’s margin, item number, launch promo plan and the store’s own vendor form, with order history from your records. We never agree to a price, promo or fee without your written OK.

Tamberlin Market · Nashua, NH

Maple Tahini Granola · UNFI Chesterfield
Waiting on review
  1. ✓Fit checkedOct 6
  2. ✓Pitch sentOct 13
  3. ✓Buyer repliedOct 15
  4. ✓Samples inOct 20
  5. 5Category reviewNov 9
  6. Added to order guidenext
  7. First ordernext
  8. On shelfnext

We stay on it after the yes

We submit your promos to UNFI or KeHE, check each chargeback against what you approved, and review every store’s orders and your warehouse stock each week. We flag stalled stores and coming stockouts early and work them with the store or distributor.

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What your numbers tell us

Example · Moss & Oat (fictional) · 9 months of UNFI reports and QuickBooks
1Books check✓ Match within 1.5%
UNFI received from you, Jan to Sep$20,670
Your invoices to UNFI in QuickBooks$20,360
2Launch budget, next 10 stores$900 total
Free fill, 1 case per item, at distributor cost$510
Intro promo, 15% off for 4 weeks$90
Two demos$300
Slotting feesNot in budget
3Where you sell best
Co-ops and independents under 8,000 sq ft2.4 units / item / store / wk
Larger stores1.6 units / item / store / wk
Similar stores we found to pitch14

Why Tamberlin Market

Nashua, NH · 6,500 sq ft independent · for Maple Tahini Granola
  • GapNo maple-sweetened granola on their set
  • Their standardsNo cane sugar, nothing over $8 retail
  • Local ruleWithin 150 miles. Made 55 miles away
  • DistributorUNFI Chesterfield, already carries the item
  • TimingGranola review Nov 9. Pitch must land by Oct 26
Approved by you · Oct 6

Tamberlin Market · Nashua, NH

Maple Tahini Granola · UNFI Chesterfield
Waiting on review
  1. ✓Fit checkedOct 6
  2. ✓Pitch sentOct 13
  3. ✓Buyer repliedOct 15
  4. ✓Samples inOct 20
  5. 5Category reviewNov 9
  6. Added to order guidenext
  7. First ordernext
  8. On shelfnext
Works with your systems

We work from the systems you already use.

We start with your distributor reports, accounting software and product details. If yours isn’t listed, tell us and we’ll check what its export allows. You keep the tools you have.

  • UNFI
  • KeHE
  • Excel and CSV
  • QuickBooks
  • Xero
  • Google Sheets

What we handle for you

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Pricing

You only pay when stores we open or manage buy from you.

Accounts we open5%

Of net sales in each new account’s first 12 months, then 4% while it keeps ordering.

Accounts you hand us3%

Existing accounts you’d like us to manage.

Accounts you keep0%

We never charge on accounts you keep. You approve our store list before we pitch, so it’s clear which stores are ours.

  • No retainer
  • No setup, store or minimum fees
  • Month to month
  • No exclusivity

30 days’ notice. A 90-day tail only if you end it. Questions about the full terms? Get in touch.

Founding brands

Our first 10 brands pay 4% on new accounts in year one, with every rate locked for 24 months. All we ask is that you connect your sales data and, once it’s working, share how it went in a short case study.

Moss & Oat · October statement

Commissionable sales to stores Tanda opened or manages, less credits, returns, trade spend and free fill
Billed after UNFI pays you$151.63
AccountTypeCasesNet salesRateFee
Wrenfield Food Co-op (4 stores)Opened · month 1420$432.004%$17.28
Ostler Hill Markets (6 stores)Opened · month 1325$540.004%$21.60
Penrow Grocer (5 stores)Opened · month 922$475.205%$23.76
Fenwyck Market (12 stores)Opened · month 441$885.605%$44.28
Quillmont Natural Grocer (1 store)Opened · month 13$64.805%$3.24
Halvering Grocer (18 stores)Handed to us · month 564$1,382.403%$41.47
46 stores175$3,780.00Where this number comes fromSourceUNFI shipments to these 46 storesPeriodOct 1 to Oct 31PriceYour $21.60 case priceLessCredits, returns and free fill$151.63
28 stores you keep · $0Credits this month · noneRetainer · none

Let’s talk about your brand

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Best fit: natural and specialty food brands on UNFI or KeHE.

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How it works

You tell us what’s missing, we pitch what fits, and we stay on it after the yes.

Tell us what’s missing

Share what you’re looking for, your price range, standards like organic or local, and your distributor. A short form or an email reply is all we need.

We find the right products

Instead of a catalog, you get a short list. We check each item we represent against your needs and its order history in stores like yours, and only pitch what passes both. If you have a review calendar, we time each pitch to it.

We send a complete pitch

Cost, suggested retail, item number, specs and the brand’s order history from its own distributor records, with your vendor form filled in. Any launch promo runs through your distributor. A person checks every pitch before it reaches you.

Your store · New Product Requestyour form
VendorMoss & Oat LLC
ProductMaple Tahini Granola 10 oz
Distributor and item #UNFI · 284316
UPC0 00000 00000 0 (example)
Case pack6 × 10 oz
Unit cost / SRP$4.79 / $7.99
Shelf life9 months
Liability insuranceCertificate attached
✓ Filled in by Tanda · confirmed by brand

We stay on it after the yes

We watch the brand’s stock at your warehouse and its shipments to your store. If a shortage is coming, you hear from us first, with the expected restock date. Price changes come with notice, and we chase billing and credit issues on our brands’ items.

Heads-up: Moss & Oat Cinnamon may be short from about Oct 30

UNFI Chesterfield is low. New stock is expected about Nov 4. You don’t need to do anything.

Want Maple Tahini in that slot for a week? Reply “swap.”

From Tanda, for Moss & Oat · Oct 21
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Your store · New Product Requestyour form
VendorMoss & Oat LLC
ProductMaple Tahini Granola 10 oz
Distributor and item #UNFI · 284316
UPC0 00000 00000 0 (example)
Case pack6 × 10 oz
Unit cost / SRP$4.79 / $7.99
Shelf life9 months
Liability insuranceCertificate attached
✓ Filled in by Tanda · confirmed by brand

Heads-up: Moss & Oat Cinnamon may be short from about Oct 30

UNFI Chesterfield is low. New stock is expected about Nov 4. You don’t need to do anything.

Want Maple Tahini in that slot for a week? Reply “swap.”

From Tanda, for Moss & Oat · Oct 21

Everything you need to say yes, in one pitch

Typical cold pitch
Subject: Partnership opportunity!

Hi there! We’re a delicious better-for-you granola that customers love. We’d love to be on your shelves! Sell sheet attached. Can we send samples?

  • ✕ No item number or distributor
  • ✕ No cost or margin
  • ✕ No order history
  • ✕ Sent after the review closed
  • ✕ You still have to fill out the form
Our pitch
Subject: Maple Tahini Granola for your January granola review · UNFI #284316

No cane sugar, $7.99 retail at a 40% margin, made 96 miles away. 2.4 units a week shipped to stores your size. Your form is filled in and attached.

  • ✓ Orders through your UNFI rep
  • ✓ Cost, retail and margin up front
  • ✓ Shipments from UNFI records, with source
  • ✓ Lands 11 weeks before your review
  • ✓ Your form, filled in

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