Reading the shelf…
Pacific Market is a specialty independent running 2 Bay Area stores.
Vital Farms is a brand that specializes in pasture-raised eggs and butter, emphasizing ethical food production and animal welfare.
It’s already on the shelf here, with 4 SKUs across 1 category. The growth is depth and breadth: 1 category to widen and 1 new door to enter, replicated across all 2 stores.
Lead with Pasture-Raised Organic Eggs 6 in Whole Eggs.
Pacific Market stocks whole eggs thinly, so a differentiated snack stands out instead of becoming the Nth option on a crowded shelf. It already earns space at 3 other Bay Area grocers.
Pacific Market merchandises 4 of the 5 categories the brand sells.
grass-fed, non-gmo, organic against the store's assortment lean.
brand excitement 70/100.
maps onto categories the store already runs.
Every category Vital Farms plays in across the Bay Area grocers we track, and where it stands at Pacific Market. 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 17 SKUs. Room to widen the line.
Already stocked here in other categories, so this one is a natural extension.
Vital Farms’ SKUs Pacific Market doesn’t carry yet, ordered by how many other Bay Area grocers already stock them.
Presence and depth are measured from Pacific Market’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. Pacific Market 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.
The store barely carries this category, so it is a hard sell.