Reading the shelf…
Pacific Market is a specialty independent running 2 Bay Area stores.
Lipton is a renowned British brand known for its extensive range of tea products and instant soup mixes.
It’s already on the shelf here, with 4 SKUs across 2 categories. The growth is depth and breadth: 2 categories to widen and 3 new doors to enter, replicated across all 2 stores.
Lead with Soup Mix, Chicken Noodle in Dry Soup Kits.
Pacific Market stocks dry soup kits 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 dry soup kits: Pacific Market stocks only 12 there, so Lipton Soup Mix, Chicken Noodle stands out rather than blending in.
Pacific Market merchandises 5 of the 7 categories the brand sells.
no strong clean/diet signal either way.
brand excitement 25/100.
enters a thin dry soup kits shelf as a point of difference.
Every category Lipton 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.
On shelf here, but only 3 of 7 SKUs. Room to widen the line.
On shelf here, but only 1 of 2 SKUs. Room to widen the line.
Lipton’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 →
Already stocked here in other categories, so this one is a natural extension.
Already stocked here in other categories, so this one is a natural extension.
Already stocked here in other categories, so this one is a natural extension.
The store barely carries this category, so it is a hard sell.
The store barely carries this category, so it is a hard sell.
