Reading the shelf…
Pacific Market is a specialty independent running 2 Bay Area stores.
It’s already on the shelf here, with 6 SKUs across 2 categories. The growth is depth and breadth: 2 categories to widen, replicated across all 2 stores.
Lead with Cat Treats, Party Mix Original Crunch in Cat Treats.
Pacific Market stocks cat treats thinly, so a differentiated snack stands out instead of becoming the Nth option on a crowded shelf. It already earns space at 4 other Bay Area grocers.
The more differentiated opening is cat treats: Pacific Market stocks only 8 there, so Purina Friskies Cat Treats, Party Mix Original Crunch 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 30/100.
enters a thin cat treats shelf as a point of difference.
Every category Purina Friskies 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 5 of 41 SKUs. Room to widen the line.
On shelf here, but only 1 of 16 SKUs. Room to widen the line.
Purina Friskies’ 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 →
The store barely carries this category, so it is a hard sell.
