Reading the shelf…
Community Market CA is a independent grocer running 1 Bay Area store.
Oatly is a Swedish company that specializes in producing plant-based dairy alternatives primarily made from oats.
It’s already on the shelf here, with 8 SKUs across 2 categories. The growth is depth and breadth: 2 categories to widen and 2 new doors to enter.
Lead with Barista Edition Chilled Oatmilk 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 10 other Bay Area grocers.
The more differentiated opening is oat milk: Community Market CA stocks only 9 there, so Oatly Barista Edition Chilled Oatmilk stands out rather than blending in.
Community Market CA merchandises 4 of the 4 categories the brand sells.
non-gmo, vegan, vegetarian against the store's assortment lean.
brand excitement 90/100.
enters a thin oat milk shelf as a point of difference.
Every category Oatly 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.
Where it would price in oat milk. Each dot is a product on the shelf, by its cost per fl oz (hover for which). Oatly (orange) sits below the shelf.
Oatly’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.
