Reading the shelf…
Pacific Market is a specialty independent running 2 Bay Area stores.
Wild Planet Foods is a U.S.-based company dedicated to sustainably sourced seafood and organic land-based products.
It’s already on the shelf here, with 12 SKUs across 3 categories. The growth is depth and breadth: 2 categories to widen and 2 new doors to enter, replicated across all 2 stores.
Lead with Wild Sardines in Water in Canned Sardines.
Pacific Market stocks canned sardines 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.
The more differentiated opening is canned sardines: Pacific Market stocks only 7 there, so Wild Planet Wild Sardines in Water stands out rather than blending in.
Pacific Market merchandises 6 of the 9 categories the brand sells.
keto, non-gmo, organic against the store's assortment lean.
brand excitement 65/100.
enters a thin canned sardines shelf as a point of difference.
Every category Wild Planet 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 8 of 20 SKUs. Room to widen the line.
On shelf here, but only 3 of 5 SKUs. Room to widen the line.
Where it would price in canned sardines. Each dot is a product on the shelf, by its cost per oz (hover for which). Wild Planet (orange) sits below the shelf.
Wild Planet’s 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 →
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).
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.
The store barely carries this category, so it is a hard sell.