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.
Del Monte is a well-known brand specializing in canned vegetables and fruits. Their product line includes items such as canned corn, green beans, and premium pineapple.
It’s already on the shelf here, with 6 SKUs across 4 categories. The growth is depth and breadth: 3 categories to widen, replicated across all 13 stores.
Lead with Gold Pineapple in Pineapples.
Safeway stocks pineapples 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 pineapples: Safeway stocks only 1 there, so Del Monte Gold Pineapple stands out rather than blending in.
Safeway merchandises 8 of the 28 categories the brand sells.
non-gmo, vegetarian against the store's assortment lean.
brand excitement 40/100.
enters a thin pineapples shelf as a point of difference.
Every category Del Monte 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 18 SKUs. Room to widen the line.
On shelf here, but only 1 of 12 SKUs. Room to widen the line.
Del Monte’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 →
On shelf here, but only 1 of 7 SKUs. Room to widen the line.
Fully stocked here (2/2 SKUs).
The store barely carries this category, so it is a hard sell.
The store barely carries this category, so it is a hard sell.
The store barely carries this category, so it is a hard sell.
The store barely carries this category, so it is a hard sell.
The store barely carries this category, so it is a hard sell.
The store barely carries this category, so it is a hard sell.
The store barely carries this category, so it is a hard sell.
The store barely carries this category, so it is a hard sell.
The store barely carries this category, so it is a hard sell.
The store barely carries this category, so it is a hard sell.
The store barely carries this category, so it is a hard sell.
The store barely carries this category, so it is a hard sell.
The store barely carries this category, so it is a hard sell.
The store barely carries this category, so it is a hard sell.
The store barely carries this category, so it is a hard sell.
The store barely carries this category, so it is a hard sell.
The store barely carries this category, so it is a hard sell.
The store barely carries this category, so it is a hard sell.
The store barely carries this category, so it is a hard sell.
The store barely carries this category, so it is a hard sell.
+ 4 more categories (mostly fully stocked or too thin to matter).