Reading the shelf…
Community Market CA is a independent grocer running 1 Bay Area store.
Rumford is a brand specializing in baking ingredients, particularly known for its baking powder.
It’s already on the shelf here, with 1 SKU across 1 category. The growth is depth and breadth: 1 category to widen.
Lead with Baking Powder in Baking Powder.
Community Market CA stocks baking powder thinly, so a differentiated snack stands out instead of becoming the Nth option on a crowded shelf. It already earns space at 7 other Bay Area grocers.
The more differentiated opening is baking powder: Community Market CA stocks only 1 there, so Rumford Baking Powder stands out rather than blending in.
Community Market CA merchandises 2 of the 2 categories the brand sells.
non-gmo against the store's assortment lean.
brand excitement 30/100.
enters a thin baking powder shelf as a point of difference.
Every category Rumford 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 2 SKUs. Room to widen the line.
The store barely carries this category, so it is a hard sell.
Rumford’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 →