Reading the shelf…
Falletti Foods is a conventional independent running 1 Bay Area store, indexing high on clean-organic versus other Bay Area grocers.
Blue Diamond is a prominent brand specializing in almond-based products, including snacks, almond milk, and gluten-free crackers.
It’s already on the shelf here, with 3 SKUs across 1 category. The growth is depth and breadth: 1 category to widen and 2 new doors to enter.
Lead with Original Sea Salt Rice Cracker Snacks with Almonds in Crackers.
Falletti Foods stocks crackers thinly, so a differentiated snack stands out instead of becoming the Nth option on a crowded shelf. It already earns space at 10 other Bay Area grocers.
Falletti Foods merchandises 3 of the 4 categories the brand sells.
non-gmo, vegetarian against the store's assortment lean.
brand excitement 50/100.
maps onto categories the store already runs.
Every category Blue Diamond 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 3 of 13 SKUs. Room to widen the line.
Already stocked here in other categories, so this one is a natural extension.
Where it would price in crackers. Each dot is a product on the shelf, by its cost per oz (hover for which). Blue Diamond (orange) sits above the shelf.
Blue Diamond’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.
The store barely carries this category, so it is a hard sell.