Pickled Planet at Community Market CA
Community Market CA is a independent grocer running 1 Bay Area store.
Pickled Planet is a brand specializing in fermented foods and pickles, known for its raw, fermented pickles and sauerkraut.
It’s already on the shelf here, with 3 SKUs across 1 category. The growth is depth and breadth: 1 category to widen and 1 new door to enter.
Lead with Sauerkraut in Sauerkraut.
Community Market CA stocks sauerkraut thinly, so a differentiated snack stands out instead of becoming the Nth option on a crowded shelf. It already earns space at 2 other Bay Area grocers.
Community Market CA carries sauerkraut in real depth, 13 SKUs against a fleet median of 6.5, so a new entry there is the Nth option, and its per-unit price would likely sit near the top of a crowded shelf.
Community Market CA merchandises 2 of the 2 categories the brand sells.
organic, vegan, vegetarian against the store's assortment lean.
brand excitement 70/100.
the categories it plays in are already deep here.
The full runway
Every category Pickled Planet 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 3 of 6 SKUs. Room to widen the line.
Already stocked here in other categories, so this one is a natural extension.
How it prices
Where it would price in sauerkraut. Each dot is a product on the shelf, by its cost per oz (hover for which). Pickled Planet (orange) sits in line with the shelf.
What to bring to expand
Pickled Planet’s SKUs Community Market CA doesn’t carry yet, ordered by how many other Bay Area grocers already stock them.
Already on the shelf
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 →
