Reading the shelf…
Fairfax Market is a independent grocer running 1 Bay Area store.
Howl at the Spoon offers a range of plant-based, non-GMO, and vegan sauces crafted in small batches in the Pacific Northwest.
Howl At The Spoon 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 Al Pastor Finishing Sauce in Other Sauces.
Fairfax Market stocks other sauces 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 other sauces: Fairfax Market stocks only 6 there, so Howl at the Spoon Al Pastor Finishing Sauce stands out rather than blending in.
Fairfax Market merchandises 1 of the 1 category the brand sells.
keto, paleo, vegan against the store's assortment lean.
brand excitement 75/100.
enters a thin other sauces shelf as a point of difference.
Every category Howl At The Spoon 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 other sauces. Each dot is a product on the shelf, by its cost per oz (hover for which). Howl At The Spoon (orange) sits well above the shelf.
Howl At The Spoon’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 →