Reading the shelf…
Community Market CA is a independent grocer running 1 Bay Area store.
Bitchin' Sauce is a family-owned brand specializing in vegan, almond-based dips and sauces.
It’s already on the shelf here, with 7 SKUs across 3 categories. The growth is depth and breadth: 1 category to widen and 2 new doors to enter.
Lead with Cilantro Chili in Other Dips And Spreads.
Community Market CA stocks other dips and spreads thinly, so a differentiated snack stands out instead of becoming the Nth option on a crowded shelf. It already earns space at 10 other Bay Area grocers.
The more differentiated opening is other dips and spreads: Community Market CA stocks only 7 there, so Bitchin' Sauce Cilantro Chili stands out rather than blending in.
Community Market CA merchandises 5 of the 8 categories the brand sells.
non-gmo, organic, vegan against the store's assortment lean.
brand excitement 90/100.
enters a thin other dips and spreads shelf as a point of difference.
Every category Bitchin' Sauce 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 7 SKUs. Room to widen the line.
Already stocked here in other categories, so this one is a natural extension.
Where it would price in other dips and spreads. Each dot is a product on the shelf, by its cost per oz (hover for which). Bitchin' Sauce (orange) sits in line with the shelf.
Bitchin' Sauce’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 →
Already stocked here in other categories, so this one is a natural extension.
Fully stocked here (3/3 SKUs).
Fully stocked here (1/1 SKUs).
The store barely carries this category, so it is a hard sell.
The store barely carries this category, so it is a hard sell.
The store barely carries this category, so it is a hard sell.