Reading the shelf…
Community Market CA is a independent grocer running 1 Bay Area store.
TCHO is a craft chocolate maker based in Berkeley, California, known for its high-quality, plant-based chocolates.
It’s already on the shelf here, with 9 SKUs across 2 categories. The growth is depth and breadth: 1 category to widen and 1 new door to enter.
Lead with Aww Nuts! Almond Filled Dark Chocolate Bar in Chocolate Candies.
Community Market CA stocks chocolate candies 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.
Community Market CA merchandises 4 of the 6 categories the brand sells.
non-gmo, organic, vegan against the store's assortment lean.
brand excitement 65/100.
maps onto categories the store already runs.
Every category Tcho 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 8 of 24 SKUs. Room to widen the line.
Already stocked here in other categories, so this one is a natural extension.
Where it would price in chocolate candies. Each dot is a product on the shelf, by its cost per fl oz (hover for which). Tcho (orange) sits above the shelf.
Tcho’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 →
Fully stocked here (1/1 SKUs).
The store barely carries this category, so it is a hard sell.
The store barely carries this category, so it is a hard sell.
The store barely carries this category, so it is a hard sell.