Reading the shelf…
Fairfax Market is a independent grocer running 1 Bay Area store.
Core Foods isn’t on Fairfax Market’s shelf yet. The opening: 3 categories where the shelf is already deep and the brand runs strong elsewhere.
Lead with Organic Chocolate Lots Bar in Breakfast Bars.
Fairfax Market stocks breakfast bars thinly, so a differentiated snack stands out instead of becoming the Nth option on a crowded shelf. It already earns space at 1 other Bay Area grocer.
The more differentiated opening is breakfast bars: Fairfax Market stocks only 6 there, so Core Foods Organic Chocolate Lots Bar stands out rather than blending in.
Fairfax Market merchandises 3 of the 3 categories the brand sells.
organic, vegan, vegetarian against the store's assortment lean.
brand excitement 65/100.
enters a thin breakfast bars shelf as a point of difference.
Every category Core Foods 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.
Not here yet, but the shelf is real: a clean first door into a category the brand runs deep in.
Not here yet, but the shelf is real: a clean first door into a category the brand runs deep in.
Where it would price in breakfast bars. Each dot is a product on the shelf, by its cost per oz (hover for which).
Core Foods’ 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 →
Not here yet, but the shelf is real: a clean first door into a category the brand runs deep in.