Reading the shelf…
Fairfax Market is a independent grocer running 1 Bay Area store.
Alicias Tamales Los Mayas: Alicia's Tamales Los Mayas specializes in authentic Mexican tamales and related cuisine, founded by Alicia Villanueva from Mazatlán, Sinaloa.
It’s already on the shelf here, with 2 SKUs across 2 categories. The growth is depth and breadth: 2 categories to widen and 1 new door to enter.
Lead with Alicia’s Tamales Los Mayas Mushroom Tamales in Prepared Tamales.
Fairfax Market stocks prepared tamales thinly, so a differentiated snack stands out instead of becoming the Nth option on a crowded shelf. It already earns space at 2 other Bay Area grocers.
The more differentiated opening is prepared tamales: Fairfax Market stocks only 2 there, so Alicia’s Tamales Los Mayas Mushroom Tamales stands out rather than blending in.
Fairfax Market merchandises 4 of the 5 categories the brand sells.
non-gmo, vegan, vegetarian against the store's assortment lean.
brand excitement 75/100.
enters a thin prepared tamales shelf as a point of difference.
Every category Alicias Tamales Los Mayas 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 4 SKUs. Room to widen the line.
On shelf here, but only 1 of 2 SKUs. Room to widen the line.
Alicias Tamales Los Mayas’ SKUs Fairfax Market doesn’t carry yet, ordered by how many other Bay Area grocers already stock them.
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 →
Already stocked here in other categories, so this one is a natural extension.
The store barely carries this category, so it is a hard sell.
The store barely carries this category, so it is a hard sell.