Reading the shelf…
Pacific Market is a specialty independent running 2 Bay Area stores.
Nicasio Valley Cheese Company is a family-owned artisan cheese producer based in Nicasio, California, specializing in organic, farmstead cheeses.
It’s already on the shelf here, with 1 SKU across 1 category. The growth is depth and breadth: 1 category to widen and 2 new doors to enter, replicated across all 2 stores.
Lead with Nicasio Valley Organic Brie Cheese Round in Brie.
Pacific Market stocks brie 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 brie: Pacific Market stocks only 7 there, so Nicasio Valley Organic Brie Cheese Round stands out rather than blending in.
Pacific Market merchandises 3 of the 5 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 Nicasio Valley Cheese Company plays in across the Bay Area grocers we track, and where it stands at Pacific Market. 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 2 SKUs. Room to widen the line.
Already stocked here in other categories, so this one is a natural extension.
Where it would price in brie. Each dot is a product on the shelf, by its cost per oz (hover for which). Nicasio Valley Cheese Company (orange) sits in line with the shelf.
Nicasio Valley Cheese Company’s SKUs Pacific Market doesn’t carry yet, ordered by how many other Bay Area grocers already stock them.
Presence and depth are measured from Pacific Market’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. Pacific Market profile →
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.