Reading the shelf…
Safeway is a conventional independent running 13 Bay Area stores, large-format at about 37,374 sq ft each, indexing high on established names versus other Bay Area grocers.
Deep Indian Kitchen offers a range of frozen Indian meals that are crafted from family recipes and made from scratch.
It’s already on the shelf here, with 2 SKUs across 1 category. The growth is depth and breadth: 1 category to widen and 5 new doors to enter, replicated across all 13 stores.
Lead with Spinach Paneer, Mild Spice in Frozen Indian Meals.
Safeway stocks frozen indian meals 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.
The more differentiated opening is frozen indian meals: Safeway stocks only 3 there, so Deep Indian Kitchen Spinach Paneer, Mild Spice stands out rather than blending in.
Safeway merchandises 6 of the 7 categories the brand sells.
non-gmo, vegan, vegetarian against the store's assortment lean.
brand excitement 70/100.
enters a thin frozen indian meals shelf as a point of difference.
Every category Deep Indian Kitchen plays in across the Bay Area grocers we track, and where it stands at Safeway. 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 11 SKUs. Room to widen the line.
Already stocked here in other categories, so this one is a natural extension.
Deep Indian Kitchen’s SKUs Safeway doesn’t carry yet, ordered by how many other Bay Area grocers already stock them.
Presence and depth are measured from Safeway’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. Safeway 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.
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.