Reading the shelf…
Community Market CA is a independent grocer running 1 Bay Area store.
Kettle & Fire is a brand specializing in premium bone broths and cooking fats, known for using high-quality, organic ingredients.
It’s already on the shelf here, with 13 SKUs across 4 categories. The growth is depth and breadth: 1 category to widen and 1 new door to enter.
Lead with Reduced Sodium Classic Chicken Bone Broth in Bone Broth.
Community Market CA stocks bone broth thinly, so a differentiated snack stands out instead of becoming the Nth option on a crowded shelf. It already earns space at 4 other Bay Area grocers.
The more differentiated opening is bone broth: Community Market CA stocks only 11 there, so Kettle & Fire Reduced Sodium Classic Chicken Bone Broth stands out rather than blending in.
Community Market CA merchandises 6 of the 6 categories the brand sells.
non-gmo, organic, vegan against the store's assortment lean.
brand excitement 75/100.
enters a thin bone broth shelf as a point of difference.
Every category Kettle & Fire 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 7 of 20 SKUs. Room to widen the line.
Already stocked here in other categories, so this one is a natural extension.
Where it would price in bone broth. Each dot is a product on the shelf, by its cost per oz (hover for which). Kettle & Fire (orange) sits well above the shelf.
Kettle & Fire’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 →
Fully stocked here (2/2 SKUs).
Fully stocked here (2/2 SKUs).
Fully stocked here (2/2 SKUs).
The store barely carries this category, so it is a hard sell.

