Reading the shelf…
Community Market CA is a independent grocer running 1 Bay Area store.
Quinn Snacks is a food brand specializing in pretzels, known for its commitment to real ingredients and food ethics.
It’s already on the shelf here, with 4 SKUs across 1 category. The growth is depth and breadth: 1 category to widen and 1 new door to enter.
Lead with Sea Salt Pretzel Sticks in Pretzels.
Community Market CA stocks pretzels thinly, so a differentiated snack stands out instead of becoming the Nth option on a crowded shelf. It already earns space at 11 other Bay Area grocers.
The more differentiated opening is pretzels: Community Market CA stocks only 7 there, so Quinn Snacks Sea Salt Pretzel Sticks stands out rather than blending in.
Community Market CA merchandises 2 of the 2 categories the brand sells.
non-gmo, vegan, vegetarian against the store's assortment lean.
brand excitement 70/100.
enters a thin pretzels shelf as a point of difference.
Every category Quinn Snacks 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 9 SKUs. Room to widen the line.
Already stocked here in other categories, so this one is a natural extension.
Where it would price in pretzels. Each dot is a product on the shelf, by its cost per oz (hover for which). Quinn Snacks (orange) sits above the shelf.
Quinn Snacks’ 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 →
