Reading the shelf…
Community Market CA is a independent grocer running 1 Bay Area store.
Babybel isn’t on Community Market CA’s shelf yet. The opening: 3 categories where the shelf is already deep and the brand runs strong elsewhere.
Lead with Mini Babybel® Light Snack Cheese, 6 Pack (4.2 oz) in Other Cheese.
Community Market CA stocks other cheese thinly, so a differentiated snack stands out instead of becoming the Nth option on a crowded shelf. It already earns space at 6 other Bay Area grocers.
Community Market CA carries cheese alternatives in real depth, 30 SKUs against a fleet median of 13, so a new entry there is the Nth option, and its per-unit price would likely sit near the top of a crowded shelf. The more differentiated opening is other cheese: Community Market CA stocks only 9 there, so Mini Babybel® Light Snack Cheese, 6 Pack (4.2 oz) stands out rather than blending in. Lead with the other cheese, and position the cheese alternatives as a finishing or gift item.
Community Market CA merchandises 3 of the 5 categories the brand sells.
non-gmo, vegan, vegetarian against the store's assortment lean.
brand excitement 50/100.
enters a thin other cheese shelf as a point of difference.
Every category Babybel 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.
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 other cheese. Each dot is a product on the shelf, by its cost per oz (hover for which).
Babybel’s SKUs Community Market CA doesn’t carry yet, ordered by how many other Bay Area grocers already stock them.
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 →
Not here yet, but the shelf is real: a clean first door into a category the brand runs deep in.
The store barely carries this category, so it is a hard sell.
The store barely carries this category, so it is a hard sell.
