Reading the shelf…
Pacific Market is a specialty independent running 2 Bay Area stores.
Bragg is a well-established brand known for its commitment to natural wellness, offering products like apple cider vinegar, olive oil, and nutritional supplements.
It’s already on the shelf here, with 12 SKUs across 6 categories. The growth is depth and breadth: 3 categories to widen and 1 new door to enter, replicated across all 2 stores.
Lead with Liquid Aminos in Soy Sauces.
Pacific Market stocks soy sauces thinly, so a differentiated snack stands out instead of becoming the Nth option on a crowded shelf. It already earns space at 1 other Bay Area grocer.
Pacific Market carries olive oils in real depth, 63 SKUs against a fleet median of 31, 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 soy sauces: Pacific Market stocks only 3 there, so Bragg Liquid Aminos stands out rather than blending in. Lead with the soy sauces, and position the olive oils as a finishing or gift item.
Pacific Market merchandises 10 of the 10 categories the brand sells.
non-gmo, organic, vegan against the store's assortment lean.
brand excitement 65/100.
enters a thin soy sauces shelf as a point of difference.
Every category Bragg plays in across the Bay Area grocers we track, and where it stands at Pacific Market. 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 10 SKUs. Room to widen the line.
On shelf here, but only 2 of 5 SKUs. Room to widen the line.
Bragg’s SKUs Pacific Market doesn’t carry yet, ordered by how many other Bay Area grocers already stock them.
Presence and depth are measured from Pacific Market’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. Pacific Market profile →
On shelf here, but only 1 of 2 SKUs. Room to widen the line.
Already stocked here in other categories, so this one is a natural extension.
Fully stocked here (4/4 SKUs).
Fully stocked here (2/2 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.
