Reading the shelf…
Fairfax Market is a independent grocer running 1 Bay Area store.
It’s already on the shelf here, with 8 SKUs across 4 categories. The growth is depth and breadth: 2 categories to widen.
Lead with Double Chocolate Decadence Cookie in Chocolate Chip Cookies.
Fairfax Market stocks chocolate chip cookies 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 chocolate chip cookies: Fairfax Market stocks only 3 there, so Alternative Baking Company, Inc. Double Chocolate Decadence Cookie stands out rather than blending in.
Fairfax Market merchandises 5 of the 5 categories the brand sells.
non-gmo, organic, vegetarian against the store's assortment lean.
brand excitement 65/100.
enters a thin chocolate chip cookies shelf as a point of difference.
Every category Alternative Baking Company, Inc. 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 5 of 9 SKUs. Room to widen the line.
On shelf here, but only 1 of 2 SKUs. Room to widen the line.
Alternative Baking Company, Inc.’s 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 →
Fully stocked here (1/1 SKUs).
Fully stocked here (1/1 SKUs).
The store barely carries this category, so it is a hard sell.
