Reading the shelf…
Pacific Market is a specialty independent running 2 Bay Area stores.
It’s already on the shelf here, with 3 SKUs across 2 categories. The growth is depth and breadth: 1 category to widen, replicated across all 2 stores.
Lead with Kendall Brook Cold Smoked Atlantic Salmon in Smoked Salmon.
Pacific Market stocks smoked salmon thinly, so a differentiated snack stands out instead of becoming the Nth option on a crowded shelf. It already earns space at 4 other Bay Area grocers.
The more differentiated opening is smoked salmon: Pacific Market stocks only 7 there, so Ducktrap River of Maine Kendall Brook Cold Smoked Atlantic Salmon stands out rather than blending in.
Pacific Market merchandises 3 of the 3 categories the brand sells.
no strong clean/diet signal either way.
brand excitement 55/100.
enters a thin smoked salmon shelf as a point of difference.
Every category Ducktrap River Of Maine 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 7 SKUs. Room to widen the line.
Fully stocked here (1/1 SKUs).
Where it would price in smoked salmon. Each dot is a product on the shelf, by its cost per oz (hover for which). Ducktrap River Of Maine (orange) sits below the shelf.
Ducktrap River Of Maine’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.