Reading the shelf…
Community Market CA is a independent grocer running 1 Bay Area store.
It’s already on the shelf here, with 1 SKU across 1 category. The growth is depth and breadth: 1 category to widen and 1 new door to enter.
Lead with Green Pea Snacks, Lightly Salted, Baked, Sharing Size in Vegetable Chips.
Community Market CA stocks vegetable chips thinly, so a differentiated snack stands out instead of becoming the Nth option on a crowded shelf. It already earns space at 11 other Bay Area grocers.
The more differentiated opening is vegetable chips: Community Market CA stocks only 6 there, so Harvest Snaps Green Pea Snacks, Lightly Salted, Baked, Sharing Size stands out rather than blending in.
Community Market CA merchandises 2 of the 3 categories the brand sells.
non-gmo, organic, vegan against the store's assortment lean.
an established national brand with proven demand.
enters a thin vegetable chips shelf as a point of difference.
Every category Harvest Snaps 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 1 of 10 SKUs. Room to widen the line.
Already stocked here in other categories, so this one is a natural extension.
Where it would price in vegetable chips. Each dot is a product on the shelf, by its cost per oz (hover for which). Harvest Snaps (orange) sits in line with the shelf.
Harvest Snaps’ 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.