Reading the shelf…
Community Market CA is a independent grocer running 1 Bay Area store.
Mountain Valley is a premium water brand known for its natural spring and sparkling waters, sourced from the Ouachita Mountains in the USA.
It’s already on the shelf here, with 5 SKUs across 2 categories. The growth is depth and breadth: 2 categories to widen.
Community Market CA merchandises 2 of the 3 categories the brand sells.
no strong clean/diet signal either way.
brand excitement 60/100.
maps onto categories the store already runs.
Every category Mountain Valley 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 4 of 8 SKUs. Room to widen the line.
On shelf here, but only 1 of 3 SKUs. Room to widen the line.
Mountain Valley’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 →
The store barely carries this category, so it is a hard sell.
