Carbone at Pacific Market
Pacific Market is a specialty independent running 2 Bay Area stores.
Carbone Fine Food is a premium Italian-inspired grocery brand founded in 2021 by chefs Mario Carbone and Rich Torrisi, known for their acclaimed New York City restaurant, Carbone.
It’s already on the shelf here, with 9 SKUs across 2 categories. The growth is depth and breadth: 2 categories to widen, replicated across all 2 stores.
Lead with Cacio e Pepe Alfredo Pasta Sauce, Premium Ingredients in Alfredo Sauce.
Pacific Market stocks alfredo sauce thinly, so a differentiated snack stands out instead of becoming the Nth option on a crowded shelf. It already earns space at 2 other Bay Area grocers.
The more differentiated opening is alfredo sauce: Pacific Market stocks only 10 there, so Carbone Cacio e Pepe Alfredo Pasta Sauce, Premium Ingredients stands out rather than blending in.
Pacific Market merchandises 2 of the 3 categories the brand sells.
non-gmo, vegetarian against the store's assortment lean.
brand excitement 45/100.
enters a thin alfredo sauce shelf as a point of difference.
The full runway · across 2 stores
Every category Carbone 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 6 of 18 SKUs. Room to widen the line.
On shelf here, but only 3 of 7 SKUs. Room to widen the line.
How it prices
Where it would price in alfredo sauce. Each dot is a product on the shelf, by its cost per oz (hover for which). Carbone (orange) sits above the shelf.
What to bring to expand
Carbone’s SKUs Pacific Market 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 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 →
