Reading the shelf…
Pacific Market is a specialty independent running 2 Bay Area stores.
Kodiak Cakes is a brand specializing in high-protein, whole grain breakfast foods. Their product line includes pancake and waffle mixes, flapjacks, and protein-packed breakfast items.
Kodiak Cakes isn’t on Pacific Market’s shelf yet in any of its 2 stores. The opening: 4 categories where the shelf is already deep and the brand runs strong elsewhere.
Lead with Chocolate Chip Muffin Cup in Muffin Mixes.
Pacific Market stocks muffin mixes 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 muffin mixes: Pacific Market stocks only 4 there, so Kodiak Cakes Chocolate Chip Muffin Cup stands out rather than blending in.
Pacific Market merchandises 9 of the 12 categories the brand sells.
no strong clean/diet signal either way.
an established national brand with proven demand.
enters a thin muffin mixes shelf as a point of difference.
Every category Kodiak Cakes 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.
Not here yet, but the shelf is real: a clean first door into a category the brand runs deep in.
Not here yet, but the shelf is real: a clean first door into a category the brand runs deep in.
Kodiak Cakes’ 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 →
Not here yet, but the shelf is real: a clean first door into a category the brand runs deep in.
Not here yet, but the shelf is real: a clean first door into a category the brand runs deep in.
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.
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.
The store barely carries this category, so it is a hard sell.
The store barely carries this category, so it is a hard sell.
