Reading the shelf…
Pacific Market is a specialty independent running 2 Bay Area stores.
Colman’s: Colman's is a renowned English brand known for its distinctive mustard products, including both mustard powder and prepared mustard.
It’s already on the shelf here, with 3 SKUs across 3 categories. The growth is depth and breadth: 2 categories to widen and 2 new doors to enter, replicated across all 2 stores.
Lead with Mustard Powder in Dried Mustard.
Pacific Market stocks dried mustard thinly, so a differentiated snack stands out instead of becoming the Nth option on a crowded shelf. It already earns space at 5 other Bay Area grocers.
The more differentiated opening is dried mustard: Pacific Market stocks only 4 there, so Colman’s Mustard Powder stands out rather than blending in.
Pacific Market merchandises 5 of the 5 categories the brand sells.
no strong clean/diet signal either way.
brand excitement 45/100.
enters a thin dried mustard shelf as a point of difference.
Every category Colman’s 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 2 SKUs. Room to widen the line.
On shelf here, but only 1 of 2 SKUs. Room to widen the line.
Where it would price in dried mustard. Each dot is a product on the shelf, by its cost per oz (hover for which). Colman’s (orange) sits below the shelf.
Colman’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.
Fully stocked here (1/1 SKUs).
