Reading the shelf…
Pacific Market is a specialty independent running 2 Bay Area stores.
LesserEvil is an American snack brand known for its organic and clean-ingredient popcorn and snack products.
Lesserevil isn’t on Pacific Market’s shelf yet in any of its 2 stores. The opening: 2 categories where the shelf is already deep and the brand runs strong elsewhere.
Lead with Organic Popcorn, Himalayan Pink Salt in Popcorn.
Pacific Market stocks popcorn thinly, so a differentiated snack stands out instead of becoming the Nth option on a crowded shelf. It already earns space at 16 other Bay Area grocers.
The more differentiated opening is popcorn: Pacific Market stocks only 8 there, so LesserEvil Organic Popcorn, Himalayan Pink Salt stands out rather than blending in.
Pacific Market merchandises 2 of the 5 categories the brand sells.
non-gmo, organic, vegan against the store's assortment lean.
brand excitement 70/100.
enters a thin popcorn shelf as a point of difference.
Every category Lesserevil 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.
Where it would price in popcorn. Each dot is a product on the shelf, by its cost per oz (hover for which). Lesserevil (orange) sits in line with the shelf.
Lesserevil’s 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 →
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.