Reading the shelf…
Pacific Market is a specialty independent running 2 Bay Area stores.
Green Valley Creamery is a U.S.-based dairy brand that specializes in organic, lactose-free products, catering to consumers with lactose intolerance.
It’s already on the shelf here, with 12 SKUs across 8 categories. The growth is depth and breadth: 4 categories to widen and 4 new doors to enter, replicated across all 2 stores.
Lead with Green Valley Lactose Free Cream Cheese in Cream Cheese.
Pacific Market stocks cream cheese thinly, so a differentiated snack stands out instead of becoming the Nth option on a crowded shelf. It already earns space at 1 other Bay Area grocer.
Pacific Market carries traditional yogurt in real depth, 103 SKUs against a fleet median of 48, so a new entry there is the Nth option, and its per-unit price would likely sit near the top of a crowded shelf. The more differentiated opening is cream cheese: Pacific Market stocks only 11 there, so Green Valley Lactose Free Cream Cheese stands out rather than blending in. Lead with the cream cheese, and position the traditional yogurt as a finishing or gift item.
Pacific Market merchandises 13 of the 13 categories the brand sells.
non-gmo, organic, pasture-raised against the store's assortment lean.
brand excitement 60/100.
enters a thin cream cheese shelf as a point of difference.
Every category Green Valley Creamery 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 5 of 6 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 cream cheese. Each dot is a product on the shelf, by its cost per oz (hover for which). Green Valley Creamery (orange) sits in line with the shelf.
Green Valley Creamery’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 →
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.
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.
Already stocked here in other categories, so this one is a natural extension.
Fully stocked here (1/1 SKUs).
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.
