Reading the shelf…
Community Market CA is a independent grocer running 1 Bay Area store.
Marin French Cheese Co. is the oldest continuously operating cheese manufacturer in the U.S., established in 1865.
It’s already on the shelf here, with 1 SKU across 1 category. The growth is depth and breadth: 1 category to widen and 3 new doors to enter.
Lead with Petite Breakfast Fresh Brie in Brie.
Community Market CA stocks brie 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 brie: Community Market CA stocks only 1 there, so Marin French Cheese Co. Petite Breakfast Fresh Brie stands out rather than blending in.
Community Market CA merchandises 7 of the 10 categories the brand sells.
organic against the store's assortment lean.
brand excitement 55/100.
enters a thin brie shelf as a point of difference.
Every category Marin French Cheese Co. 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 12 SKUs. Room to widen the line.
Already stocked here in other categories, so this one is a natural extension.
Marin French Cheese Co.’s SKUs Community Market CA doesn’t carry yet, ordered by how many other Bay Area grocers already stock them.
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 →
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.
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.