Reading the shelf…
Community Market CA is a independent grocer running 1 Bay Area store.
Tasteful Selections® is a U.S.-based brand that specializes in bite-sized baby potatoes, offering both conventional and organic varieties.
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 24oz. Purple Passion™ Baby Potatoes in Purple Potatoes.
Community Market CA stocks purple potatoes 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 purple potatoes: Community Market CA stocks only 1 there, so Tasteful Selections® 24oz. Purple Passion™ Baby Potatoes stands out rather than blending in.
Community Market CA merchandises 2 of the 5 categories the brand sells.
non-gmo, organic against the store's assortment lean.
brand excitement 55/100.
enters a thin purple potatoes shelf as a point of difference.
Every category Tasteful Selections® 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 3 SKUs. Room to widen the line.
The store barely carries this category, so it is a hard sell.
The store barely carries this category, so it is a hard sell.
Tasteful Selections®’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 →
The store barely carries this category, so it is a hard sell.
The store barely carries this category, so it is a hard sell.