Reading the shelf…
Pacific Market is a specialty independent running 2 Bay Area stores.
Lestornell 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 Vinegar, Red Wine in Red Wine Vinegar.
Pacific Market stocks red wine vinegar 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.
Pacific Market carries olive oils in real depth, 63 SKUs against a fleet median of 31, so a new entry there is the Nth option, and its per-unit price would likely sit near the top of a crowded shelf. The more differentiated opening is red wine vinegar: Pacific Market stocks only 7 there, so LEstornell Vinegar, Red Wine stands out rather than blending in. Lead with the red wine vinegar, and position the olive oils as a finishing or gift item.
Pacific Market merchandises 2 of the 2 categories the brand sells.
organic against the store's assortment lean.
brand excitement 50/100.
enters a thin red wine vinegar shelf as a point of difference.
Every category Lestornell 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 red wine vinegar. Each dot is a product on the shelf, by its cost per fl oz (hover for which). Lestornell (orange) sits well above the shelf.
Lestornell’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 →