Reading the shelf…
Fairfax Market is a independent grocer running 1 Bay Area store.
Diamond Crystal Salt Co. is a renowned brand specializing in kosher salt, known for its distinctive flake crystals crafted using the Alberger® process.
Diamond Crystal isn’t on Fairfax Market’s shelf yet. The opening: 1 category where the shelf is already deep and the brand runs strong elsewhere.
Lead with Salt Co. Kosher Salt Flakes 3 lb. box in Salts.
Fairfax Market stocks salts thinly, so a differentiated snack stands out instead of becoming the Nth option on a crowded shelf. It already earns space at 12 other Bay Area grocers.
Fairfax Market merchandises 1 of the 1 category the brand sells.
no strong clean/diet signal either way.
brand excitement 45/100.
maps onto categories the store already runs.
Every category Diamond Crystal 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.
Where it would price in salts. Each dot is a product on the shelf, by its cost per oz (hover for which). Diamond Crystal (orange) sits in line with the shelf.
Diamond Crystal’s 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 →