Reading the shelf…
Pacific Market is a specialty independent running 2 Bay Area stores.
C2O Coconut Water is a brand specializing in pure coconut water sourced from young green Nam Hom coconuts in Thailand.
It’s already on the shelf here, with 3 SKUs across 1 category. The growth is depth and breadth: 1 category to widen and 1 new door to enter, replicated across all 2 stores.
Lead with Coconut Water with Pulp in Coconut Water.
Pacific Market stocks coconut water 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 coconut water: Pacific Market stocks only 7 there, so C2O Coconut Water Coconut Water with Pulp stands out rather than blending in.
Pacific Market merchandises 2 of the 3 categories the brand sells.
non-gmo, organic, vegan against the store's assortment lean.
brand excitement 60/100.
enters a thin coconut water shelf as a point of difference.
Every category C2o Coconut Water 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 3 of 16 SKUs. Room to widen the line.
Already stocked here in other categories, so this one is a natural extension.
Where it would price in coconut water. Each dot is a product on the shelf, by its cost per fl oz (hover for which). C2o Coconut Water (orange) sits in line with the shelf.
C2o Coconut Water’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 →
The store barely carries this category, so it is a hard sell.