Beyond Meat at Community Market CA
Community Market CA is a independent grocer running 1 Bay Area store.
Beyond Meat is a brand specializing in plant-based meat alternatives, offering a range of products that mimic the taste and texture of traditional meat.
It’s already on the shelf here, with 3 SKUs across 2 categories. The growth is depth and breadth: 1 category to widen and 3 new doors to enter.
Lead with Breakfast Sausage Plant-Based Links, Original in Vegetarian Sausages.
Community Market CA stocks vegetarian sausages thinly, so a differentiated snack stands out instead of becoming the Nth option on a crowded shelf. It already earns space at 3 other Bay Area grocers.
The more differentiated opening is vegetarian sausages: Community Market CA stocks only 14 there, so Beyond Meat Breakfast Sausage Plant-Based Links, Original stands out rather than blending in.
Community Market CA merchandises 7 of the 11 categories the brand sells.
non-gmo, vegan, vegetarian against the store's assortment lean.
brand excitement 80/100.
enters a thin vegetarian sausages shelf as a point of difference.
The full runway
Every category Beyond Meat 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 2 of 5 SKUs. Room to widen the line.
Already stocked here in other categories, so this one is a natural extension.
How it prices
Where it would price in vegetarian sausages. Each dot is a product on the shelf, by its cost per oz (hover for which). Beyond Meat (orange) sits below the shelf.
What to bring to expand
Beyond Meat’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 →
