4th & Heart at Fairfax Market
Fairfax Market is a independent grocer running 1 Bay Area store.
4th & Heart is a brand specializing in ghee, a type of clarified butter known for its rich, creamy texture and gut-friendly properties.
It’s already on the shelf here, with 1 SKU across 1 category. The growth is depth and breadth: 1 category to widen.
Lead with Ghee Clarified Butter Himalayan Pink Salt in Ghee.
Fairfax Market stocks ghee thinly, so a differentiated snack stands out instead of becoming the Nth option on a crowded shelf. It already earns space at 8 other Bay Area grocers.
The more differentiated opening is ghee: Fairfax Market stocks only 1 there, so 4th & Heart Ghee Clarified Butter Himalayan Pink Salt stands out rather than blending in.
Fairfax Market merchandises 1 of the 1 category the brand sells.
grass-fed, non-gmo, pasture-raised against the store's assortment lean.
an established national brand with proven demand.
enters a thin ghee shelf as a point of difference.
The full runway
Every category 4th & Heart plays in across the Bay Area grocers we track, and where it stands at Fairfax 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 1 of 5 SKUs. Room to widen the line.
What to bring to expand
4th & Heart’s SKUs Fairfax Market doesn’t carry yet, ordered by how many other Bay Area grocers already stock them.
Already on the shelf
Presence and depth are measured from Fairfax 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. Fairfax Market profile →
