Reading the shelf…
Pacific Market is a specialty independent running 2 Bay Area stores.
Califia Farms is a Los Angeles-based company specializing in plant-based dairy alternatives, including almond and oat milks, creamers, and ready-to-drink coffees.
It’s already on the shelf here, with 6 SKUs across 5 categories. The growth is depth and breadth: 3 categories to widen and 4 new doors to enter, replicated across all 2 stores.
Lead with Unsweetened Vanilla Almond Milk in Almond Milk.
Pacific Market stocks almond milk thinly, so a differentiated snack stands out instead of becoming the Nth option on a crowded shelf. It already earns space at 16 other Bay Area grocers.
Pacific Market carries fruit juice & blends in real depth, 104 SKUs against a fleet median of 39, 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 almond milk: Pacific Market stocks only 8 there, so Califia Farms Unsweetened Vanilla Almond Milk stands out rather than blending in. Lead with the almond milk, and position the fruit juice & blends as a finishing or gift item.
Pacific Market merchandises 10 of the 13 categories the brand sells.
non-gmo, organic, vegan against the store's assortment lean.
brand excitement 75/100.
enters a thin almond milk shelf as a point of difference.
Every category Califia Farms 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 12 SKUs. Room to widen the line.
On shelf here, but only 1 of 19 SKUs. Room to widen the line.
Where it would price in almond milk. Each dot is a product on the shelf, by its cost per fl oz (hover for which). Califia Farms (orange) sits in line with the shelf.
Califia Farms’ 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 8 SKUs. Room to widen the line.
Already stocked here in other categories, so this one is a natural extension.
Already stocked here in other categories, so this one is a natural extension.
Already stocked here in other categories, so this one is a natural extension.
Already stocked here in other categories, so this one is a natural extension.
Fully stocked here (1/1 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.
The store barely carries this category, so it is a hard sell.
