Reading the shelf…
Community Market CA is a independent grocer running 1 Bay Area store.
Straus Family Creamery is a pioneering certified organic dairy company based in Petaluma, California, established in 1994 as the first 100% certified organic creamery in the United States.
It’s already on the shelf here, with 26 SKUs across 10 categories. The growth is depth and breadth: 4 categories to widen and 1 new door to enter.
Lead with Organic Half & Half in Half & Half.
Community Market CA stocks half & half thinly, so a differentiated snack stands out instead of becoming the Nth option on a crowded shelf. It already earns space at 2 other Bay Area grocers.
The more differentiated opening is half & half: Community Market CA stocks only 3 there, so Straus Family Creamery Organic Half & Half stands out rather than blending in.
Community Market CA merchandises 11 of the 12 categories the brand sells.
grass-fed, non-gmo, organic against the store's assortment lean.
brand excitement 55/100.
enters a thin half & half shelf as a point of difference.
Every category Straus Family Creamery 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 11 of 21 SKUs. Room to widen the line.
On shelf here, but only 3 of 5 SKUs. Room to widen the line.
Where it would price in half & half. Each dot is a product on the shelf, by its cost per fl oz (hover for which). Straus Family Creamery (orange) sits in line with the shelf.
Straus Family Creamery’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 →
On shelf here, but only 2 of 3 SKUs. Room to widen the line.
On shelf here, but only 1 of 2 SKUs. Room to widen the line.
Already stocked here in other categories, so this one is a natural extension.
Fully stocked here (4/4 SKUs).
Fully stocked here (1/1 SKUs).
Fully stocked here (1/1 SKUs).
Fully stocked here (1/1 SKUs).
Fully stocked here (1/1 SKUs).
Fully stocked here (1/1 SKUs).
The store barely carries this category, so it is a hard sell.
