Manitoba Harvest at Community Market CA
Community Market CA is a independent grocer running 1 Bay Area store.
It’s already on the shelf here, with 1 SKU across 1 category. The growth is depth and breadth: 1 category to widen and 1 new door to enter.
Lead with Hemp Hearts, Shelled Hemp Seeds, Natural in Hemp Seeds.
Community Market CA stocks hemp seeds 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 hemp seeds: Community Market CA stocks only 2 there, so Manitoba Harvest Hemp Hearts, Shelled Hemp Seeds, Natural stands out rather than blending in.
Community Market CA merchandises 2 of the 4 categories the brand sells.
non-gmo, organic, vegan against the store's assortment lean.
an established national brand with proven demand.
enters a thin hemp seeds shelf as a point of difference.
The full runway
Every category Manitoba Harvest plays in across the Bay Area grocers we track, and where it stands at Community Market CA. 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 1 of 7 SKUs. Room to widen the line.
Already stocked here in other categories, so this one is a natural extension.
What to bring to expand
Manitoba Harvest’s SKUs Community Market CA doesn’t carry yet, ordered by how many other Bay Area grocers already stock them.
Already on the shelf
Presence and depth are measured from Community Market CA’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. Community Market CA profile →
