Reading the shelf…
Pacific Market is a specialty independent running 2 Bay Area stores.
Portland Pet Food Company specializes in producing human-grade, natural pet food and treats for dogs and cats.
It’s already on the shelf here, with 3 SKUs across 2 categories. The growth is depth and breadth: 2 categories to widen and 1 new door to enter, replicated across all 2 stores.
Lead with Company Cat Meal, Luke's Chicken N' Pumpkin in Wet Cat Food.
Pacific Market stocks wet cat food 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 wet cat food: Pacific Market stocks only 10 there, so Portland Pet Food Company Cat Meal, Luke's Chicken N' Pumpkin stands out rather than blending in.
Pacific Market merchandises 3 of the 3 categories the brand sells.
no strong clean/diet signal either way.
brand excitement 65/100.
enters a thin wet cat food shelf as a point of difference.
Every category Portland Pet Food 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 2 of 6 SKUs. Room to widen the line.
On shelf here, but only 1 of 2 SKUs. Room to widen the line.
Where it would price in wet cat food. Each dot is a product on the shelf, by its cost per oz (hover for which). Portland Pet Food (orange) sits well above the shelf.
Portland Pet Food’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.