Reading the shelf…
Community Market CA is a independent grocer running 1 Bay Area store.
Food For Life is a family-owned company that specializes in organic, non-GMO, and sprouted grain baked goods.
It’s already on the shelf here, with 12 SKUs across 8 categories. The growth is depth and breadth: 5 categories to widen.
Lead with English Muffins 7-Sprouted Grains in English Muffins.
Community Market CA stocks english muffins thinly, so a differentiated snack stands out instead of becoming the Nth option on a crowded shelf. It already earns space at 6 other Bay Area grocers.
The more differentiated opening is english muffins: Community Market CA stocks only 4 there, so Food for Life English Muffins 7-Sprouted Grains stands out rather than blending in.
Community Market CA merchandises 9 of the 10 categories the brand sells.
non-gmo, organic, vegan against the store's assortment lean.
brand excitement 55/100.
enters a thin english muffins shelf as a point of difference.
Every category Food For Life plays in across the Bay Area grocers we track, and where it stands at Community Market CA. 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 4 of 6 SKUs. Room to widen the line.
On shelf here, but only 2 of 5 SKUs. Room to widen the line.
Food For Life’s SKUs Community Market CA doesn’t carry yet, ordered by how many other Bay Area grocers already stock them.
Presence and depth are measured from Community Market CA’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. Community Market CA profile →
On shelf here, but only 1 of 7 SKUs. Room to widen the line.
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.
Fully stocked here (1/1 SKUs).
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.
