Reading the shelf…
Pacific Market is a specialty independent running 2 Bay Area stores.
Catalina Crunch is a brand specializing in low-sugar, high-protein snacks and cereals.
It’s already on the shelf here, with 2 SKUs across 2 categories. The growth is depth and breadth: 2 categories to widen and 3 new doors to enter, replicated across all 2 stores.
Lead with Cheddar Keto Snack Mix in Mixed Dry Snacks.
Pacific Market stocks mixed dry snacks thinly, so a differentiated snack stands out instead of becoming the Nth option on a crowded shelf. It already earns space at 3 other Bay Area grocers.
The more differentiated opening is mixed dry snacks: Pacific Market stocks only 2 there, so Catalina Crunch Cheddar Keto Snack Mix stands out rather than blending in.
Pacific Market merchandises 6 of the 7 categories the brand sells.
non-gmo, vegan against the store's assortment lean.
brand excitement 75/100.
enters a thin mixed dry snacks shelf as a point of difference.
Every category Catalina Crunch 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 1 of 11 SKUs. Room to widen the line.
On shelf here, but only 1 of 7 SKUs. Room to widen the line.
Catalina Crunch’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 →
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.
The store barely carries this category, so it is a hard sell.
The store barely carries this category, so it is a hard sell.