Reading the shelf…
Community Market CA is a independent grocer running 1 Bay Area store.
Genova is a brand specializing in premium canned seafood, particularly known for its wild-caught Yellowfin and Albacore tuna.
Genova isn’t on Community Market CA’s shelf yet. The opening: 2 categories where the shelf is already deep and the brand runs strong elsewhere.
Lead with Meat Ravioli in Frozen Pasta Meals.
Community Market CA stocks frozen pasta meals thinly, so a differentiated snack stands out instead of becoming the Nth option on a crowded shelf. It already earns space at 7 other Bay Area grocers.
The more differentiated opening is frozen pasta meals: Community Market CA stocks only 5 there, so Genova Meat Ravioli stands out rather than blending in.
Community Market CA merchandises 3 of the 5 categories the brand sells.
non-gmo, wild-caught against the store's assortment lean.
brand excitement 45/100.
enters a thin frozen pasta meals shelf as a point of difference.
Every category Genova 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.
Not here yet, but the shelf is real: a clean first door into a category the brand runs deep in.
Not here yet, but the shelf is real: a clean first door into a category the brand runs deep in.
Where it would price in frozen pasta meals. Each dot is a product on the shelf, by its cost per oz (hover for which).
Genova’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 →
The store barely carries this category, so it is a hard sell.
The store barely carries this category, so it is a hard sell.
The store barely carries this category, so it is a hard sell.