Reading the shelf…
Community Market CA is a independent grocer running 1 Bay Area store.
Hummingbird Wholesale is a family-owned distributor that specializes in organic food products, emphasizing sustainability and local sourcing.
It’s already on the shelf here, with 9 SKUs across 7 categories. The growth is depth and breadth: 1 category to widen and 3 new doors to enter.
Lead with Oregon Trail Mix in Trail Mix.
Community Market CA stocks trail mix 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.
The more differentiated opening is trail mix: Community Market CA stocks only 9 there, so Hummingbird Oregon Trail Mix stands out rather than blending in.
Community Market CA merchandises 13 of the 13 categories the brand sells.
organic, vegan, vegetarian against the store's assortment lean.
brand excitement 60/100.
enters a thin trail mix shelf as a point of difference.
Every category Hummingbird 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.
Where it would price in trail mix. Each dot is a product on the shelf, by its cost per oz (hover for which). Hummingbird (orange) sits well above the shelf.
Hummingbird’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 →
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).
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.
The store barely carries this category, so it is a hard sell.