Reading the shelf…
Community Market CA is a independent grocer running 1 Bay Area store.
It’s already on the shelf here, with 5 SKUs across 2 categories. The growth is depth and breadth: 1 category to widen.
Lead with Plain, Vegan Non-Dairy Cashew Cream Cheese in Cheese Alternatives.
Community Market CA stocks cheese alternatives thinly, so a differentiated snack stands out instead of becoming the Nth option on a crowded shelf. It already earns space at 1 other Bay Area grocer.
Community Market CA carries cheese alternatives in real depth, 30 SKUs against a fleet median of 13, so a new entry there is the Nth option, and its per-unit price would likely sit near the top of a crowded shelf.
Community Market CA merchandises 3 of the 3 categories the brand sells.
non-gmo, vegan, vegetarian against the store's assortment lean.
brand excitement 75/100.
the categories it plays in are already deep here.
Every category Treeline 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 4 of 6 SKUs. Room to widen the line.
Fully stocked here (1/1 SKUs).
Where it would price in cheese alternatives. Each dot is a product on the shelf, by its cost per oz (hover for which).
Treeline’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.