Reading the shelf…
Falletti Foods is a conventional independent running 1 Bay Area store, indexing high on clean-organic versus other Bay Area grocers.
Hakubaku is a brand specializing in authentic Japanese noodles, offering a variety of organic options such as ramen, soba, and udon.
It’s already on the shelf here, with 2 SKUs across 2 categories. The growth is depth and breadth: 1 new door to enter.
Falletti Foods merchandises 5 of the 5 categories the brand sells.
non-gmo, organic, vegetarian against the store's assortment lean.
brand excitement 50/100.
maps onto categories the store already runs.
Every category Hakubaku plays in across the Bay Area grocers we track, and where it stands at Falletti Foods. Depth is the distinct SKUs the store carries there versus the fleet median, shown next to the rival brands already on that shelf.
Already stocked here in other categories, so this one is a natural extension.
Where it would price in instant noodles. Each dot is a product on the shelf, by its cost per oz (hover for which). Hakubaku (orange) sits in line with the shelf.
Hakubaku’s SKUs Falletti Foods doesn’t carry yet, ordered by how many other Bay Area grocers already stock them.
Presence and depth are measured from Falletti Foods’ 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. Falletti Foods profile →
Fully stocked here (1/1 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.