Reading the shelf…
Community Market CA is a independent grocer running 1 Bay Area store.
It’s already on the shelf here, with 4 SKUs across 1 category. The growth is depth and breadth: 1 category to widen.
Lead with Strawberry Licorice in Licorice Candy.
Community Market CA stocks licorice candy 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 licorice candy: Community Market CA stocks only 8 there, so Panda Strawberry Licorice stands out rather than blending in.
Community Market CA merchandises 1 of the 1 category the brand sells.
non-gmo, vegan, vegetarian against the store's assortment lean.
brand excitement 45/100.
enters a thin licorice candy shelf as a point of difference.
Every category Panda 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 5 SKUs. Room to widen the line.
Where it would price in licorice candy. Each dot is a product on the shelf, by its cost per oz (hover for which). Panda (orange) sits above the shelf.
Panda’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 →