Maya Kaimal at Community Market CA
Community Market CA is a independent grocer running 1 Bay Area store.
Maya Kaimal Foods specializes in Indian-inspired cuisine, offering a range of products including simmer sauces, dals, rice, and condiments.
It’s already on the shelf here, with 13 SKUs across 2 categories. The growth is depth and breadth: 2 categories to widen and 2 new doors to enter.
Lead with Indian Simmer Sauce, Jalfrezi Curry, Medium in Curry Sauces.
Community Market CA stocks curry sauces thinly, so a differentiated snack stands out instead of becoming the Nth option on a crowded shelf. It already earns space at 5 other Bay Area grocers.
Community Market CA carries shelf stable prepared meals in real depth, 20 SKUs against a fleet median of 8, 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 curry sauces: Community Market CA stocks only 7 there, so Maya Kaimal Indian Simmer Sauce, Jalfrezi Curry, Medium stands out rather than blending in. Lead with the curry sauces, and position the shelf stable prepared meals as a finishing or gift item.
Community Market CA merchandises 5 of the 7 categories the brand sells.
non-gmo, organic, vegan against the store's assortment lean.
brand excitement 65/100.
enters a thin curry sauces shelf as a point of difference.
The full runway
Every category Maya Kaimal 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 7 of 12 SKUs. Room to widen the line.
On shelf here, but only 6 of 11 SKUs. Room to widen the line.
How it prices
Where it would price in curry sauces. Each dot is a product on the shelf, by its cost per oz (hover for which). Maya Kaimal (orange) sits in line with the shelf.
What to bring to expand
Maya Kaimal’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 →
