Reading the shelf…
Falletti Foods is a conventional independent running 1 Bay Area store, indexing high on clean-organic versus other Bay Area grocers.
Alvarado Street Bakery is an employee-owned cooperative that specializes in organic, sprouted grain breads and bagels.
It’s already on the shelf here, with 3 SKUs across 2 categories. The growth is depth and breadth: 1 category to widen and 4 new doors to enter.
Lead with Sprouted Whole Wheat Bread, Thin Sliced in Whole Wheat Bread.
Falletti Foods stocks whole wheat bread 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 whole wheat bread: Falletti Foods stocks only 9 there, so Alvarado Street Bakery Sprouted Whole Wheat Bread, Thin Sliced stands out rather than blending in.
Falletti Foods merchandises 6 of the 7 categories the brand sells.
non-gmo, organic, vegetarian against the store's assortment lean.
brand excitement 60/100.
enters a thin whole wheat bread shelf as a point of difference.
Every category Alvarado Street Bakery plays in across the Bay Area grocers we track, and where it stands at Falletti Foods. 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 2 of 3 SKUs. Room to widen the line.
Already stocked here in other categories, so this one is a natural extension.
Where it would price in whole wheat bread. Each dot is a product on the shelf, by its cost per oz (hover for which). Alvarado Street Bakery (orange) sits above the shelf.
Alvarado Street Bakery’s SKUs Falletti Foods doesn’t carry yet, ordered by how many other Bay Area grocers already stock them.
Presence and depth are measured from Falletti Foods’ 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. Falletti Foods 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.
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.