Alvarado Street Bakery at Community Market CA
Community Market CA is a independent grocer running 1 Bay Area store.
Alvarado Street Bakery is an employee-owned cooperative that specializes in organic, sprouted grain breads and bagels.
It’s already on the shelf here, with 7 SKUs across 5 categories. The growth is depth and breadth: 3 categories to widen and 1 new door to enter.
Lead with Sprouted Whole Wheat Bread in Whole Wheat Bread.
Community Market CA stocks whole wheat bread thinly, so a differentiated snack stands out instead of becoming the Nth option on a crowded shelf. It already earns space at 9 other Bay Area grocers.
The more differentiated opening is whole wheat bread: Community Market CA stocks only 2 there, so Alvarado Street Bakery Sprouted Whole Wheat Bread stands out rather than blending in.
Community Market CA merchandises 7 of the 7 categories the brand sells.
non-gmo, organic, vegetarian against the store's assortment lean.
brand excitement 60/100.
enters a thin whole wheat bread shelf as a point of difference.
The full runway
Every category Alvarado Street Bakery plays in across the Bay Area grocers we track, and where it stands at Community Market CA. 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 3 of 5 SKUs. Room to widen the line.
On shelf here, but only 1 of 7 SKUs. Room to widen the line.
What to bring to expand
Alvarado Street Bakery’s SKUs Community Market CA doesn’t carry yet, ordered by how many other Bay Area grocers already stock them.
Already on the shelf
Presence and depth are measured from Community Market CA’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. Community Market CA profile →
