Reading the shelf…
Community Market CA is a independent grocer running 1 Bay Area store.
Point Reyes Farmstead Cheese Company is an artisanal cheese producer located in Point Reyes Station, California, founded in 2000 by the Giacomini family.
It’s already on the shelf here, with 2 SKUs across 2 categories. The growth is depth and breadth: 2 categories to widen.
Lead with Bay Blue in Blue Cheese.
Community Market CA stocks blue cheese thinly, so a differentiated snack stands out instead of becoming the Nth option on a crowded shelf. It already earns space at 5 other Bay Area grocers.
The more differentiated opening is blue cheese: Community Market CA stocks only 2 there, so Point Reyes Farmstead Cheese Company Bay Blue stands out rather than blending in.
Community Market CA merchandises 3 of the 4 categories the brand sells.
organic against the store's assortment lean.
brand excitement 70/100.
enters a thin blue cheese shelf as a point of difference.
Every category Point Reyes Farmstead Cheese Company 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 1 of 10 SKUs. Room to widen the line.
On shelf here, but only 1 of 6 SKUs. Room to widen the line.
Point Reyes Farmstead Cheese Company’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.
The store barely carries this category, so it is a hard sell.