Reading the shelf…
Community Market CA is a independent grocer running 1 Bay Area store.
It’s already on the shelf here, with 3 SKUs across 1 category. The growth is depth and breadth: 1 category to widen.
Lead with Less Sugar Organic Pure Dark 85% Chocolate 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 4 other Bay Area grocers.
Community Market CA merchandises 1 of the 1 category the brand sells.
non-gmo, organic, vegan against the store's assortment lean.
an established national brand with proven demand.
maps onto categories the store already runs.
Every category Theo Chocolate 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.
Where it would price in chocolate candies. Each dot is a product on the shelf, by its cost per fl oz (hover for which). Theo Chocolate (orange) sits below the shelf.
Theo Chocolate’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 →