Reading the shelf…
Community Market CA is a independent grocer running 1 Bay Area store.
Upton's Naturals offers a diverse range of plant-based products that utilize unique ingredients like banana blossom and jackfruit, providing versatile alternatives to traditional meat and…
It’s already on the shelf here, with 3 SKUs across 3 categories. The growth is depth and breadth: 1 category to widen and 4 new doors to enter.
Lead with Chorizo Seitan in Seitan.
Community Market CA stocks seitan thinly, so a differentiated snack stands out instead of becoming the Nth option on a crowded shelf. It already earns space at 5 other Bay Area grocers.
The more differentiated opening is seitan: Community Market CA stocks only 1 there, so Upton's Naturals Chorizo Seitan stands out rather than blending in.
Community Market CA merchandises 8 of the 10 categories the brand sells.
non-gmo, organic, vegan against the store's assortment lean.
brand excitement 75/100.
enters a thin seitan shelf as a point of difference.
Every category Upton's Naturals 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 2 SKUs. Room to widen the line.
Already stocked here in other categories, so this one is a natural extension.
Upton's Naturals’ 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 →
Already stocked here in other categories, so this one is a natural extension.
Already stocked here in other categories, so this one is a natural extension.
Already stocked here in other categories, so this one is a natural extension.
Fully stocked here (1/1 SKUs).
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.