Reading the shelf…
Pacific Market is a specialty independent running 2 Bay Area stores.
Little Sesame is a gourmet food brand specializing in organic hummus, crafted with regeneratively farmed chickpeas.
It’s already on the shelf here, with 4 SKUs across 1 category. The growth is depth and breadth: 1 category to widen, replicated across all 2 stores.
Lead with Avocado Oil Hummus in Hummus.
Pacific Market stocks hummus thinly, so a differentiated snack stands out instead of becoming the Nth option on a crowded shelf. It already earns space at 3 other Bay Area grocers.
The more differentiated opening is hummus: Pacific Market stocks only 10 there, so Little Sesame Avocado Oil Hummus stands out rather than blending in.
Pacific Market merchandises 2 of the 2 categories the brand sells.
non-gmo, organic, vegetarian against the store's assortment lean.
brand excitement 65/100.
enters a thin hummus shelf as a point of difference.
Every category Little Sesame 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 4 of 14 SKUs. Room to widen the line.
The store barely carries this category, so it is a hard sell.
Where it would price in hummus. Each dot is a product on the shelf, by its cost per oz (hover for which). Little Sesame (orange) sits in line with the shelf.
Little Sesame’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 →
