Reading the shelf…
Fairfax Market is a independent grocer running 1 Bay Area store.
It’s already on the shelf here, with 5 SKUs across 4 categories. The growth is depth and breadth: 2 categories to widen and 1 new door to enter.
Lead with Original Crispy Fried Onions in Crispy Fried Onions.
Fairfax Market stocks crispy fried onions thinly, so a differentiated snack stands out instead of becoming the Nth option on a crowded shelf. It already earns space at 3 other Bay Area grocers.
The more differentiated opening is crispy fried onions: Fairfax Market stocks only 2 there, so French's® Original Crispy Fried Onions stands out rather than blending in.
Fairfax Market merchandises 6 of the 6 categories the brand sells.
no strong clean/diet signal either way.
brand excitement 30/100.
enters a thin crispy fried onions shelf as a point of difference.
Every category French's® 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.
On shelf here, but only 2 of 3 SKUs. Room to widen the line.
On shelf here, but only 1 of 2 SKUs. Room to widen the line.
French's®’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 →
Already stocked here in other categories, so this one is a natural extension.
Fully stocked here (1/1 SKUs).
Fully stocked here (1/1 SKUs).
The store barely carries this category, so it is a hard sell.