Reading the shelf…
Falletti Foods is a conventional independent running 1 Bay Area store, indexing high on clean-organic versus other Bay Area grocers.
It’s already on the shelf here, with 2 SKUs across 1 category. The growth is depth and breadth: 1 category to widen.
Lead with Sardines, in Organic Lemon Flavored Extra Virgin Olive Oil, Lightly Smoked in Canned Sardines.
Falletti Foods 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 4 other Bay Area grocers.
The more differentiated opening is canned sardines: Falletti Foods stocks only 7 there, so BELA Sardines, in Organic Lemon Flavored Extra Virgin Olive Oil, Lightly Smoked stands out rather than blending in.
Falletti Foods merchandises 2 of the 3 categories the brand sells.
wild-caught against the store's assortment lean.
brand excitement 50/100.
enters a thin canned sardines shelf as a point of difference.
Every category Bela 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.
The store barely carries this category, so it is a hard sell.
Where it would price in canned sardines. Each dot is a product on the shelf, by its cost per oz (hover for which). Bela (orange) sits in line with the shelf.
Bela’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 →
The store barely carries this category, so it is a hard sell.