Reading the shelf…
Community Market CA is a independent grocer running 1 Bay Area store.
Minor Figures is a brand specializing in plant-based milk products, particularly oat milk designed for coffee enthusiasts.
It’s already on the shelf here, with 4 SKUs across 2 categories. The growth is depth and breadth: 1 category to widen.
Lead with Barista Oat Milk in Oat Milk.
Community Market CA stocks oat milk thinly, so a differentiated snack stands out instead of becoming the Nth option on a crowded shelf. It already earns space at 9 other Bay Area grocers.
The more differentiated opening is oat milk: Community Market CA stocks only 9 there, so Minor Figures Barista Oat Milk stands out rather than blending in.
Community Market CA merchandises 2 of the 2 categories the brand sells.
non-gmo, organic, vegan against the store's assortment lean.
brand excitement 85/100.
enters a thin oat milk shelf as a point of difference.
Every category Minor Figures 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 6 SKUs. Room to widen the line.
Fully stocked here (3/3 SKUs).
Where it would price in oat milk. Each dot is a product on the shelf, by its cost per fl oz (hover for which). Minor Figures (orange) sits in line with the shelf.
Minor Figures’ 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 →