Reading the shelf…
Community Market CA is a independent grocer running 1 Bay Area store.
Imperial Elixir isn’t on Community Market CA’s shelf yet. The opening: 1 category where the shelf is already deep and the brand runs strong elsewhere.
Lead with Gardenia Tiare Coconut Oil in Coconut Oil.
Community Market CA stocks coconut oil 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 coconut oil: Community Market CA stocks only 7 there, so Imperial Elixir Gardenia Tiare Coconut Oil stands out rather than blending in.
Community Market CA merchandises 1 of the 1 category the brand sells.
no strong clean/diet signal either way.
brand excitement 40/100.
enters a thin coconut oil shelf as a point of difference.
Every category Imperial Elixir 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.
Where it would price in coconut oil. Each dot is a product on the shelf, by its cost per fl oz (hover for which). Imperial Elixir (orange) sits well above the shelf.
Imperial Elixir’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 →