Reading the shelf…
Lactaid is a leading brand specializing in lactose-free dairy products, allowing those with lactose intolerance to enjoy dairy without discomfort. Their offerings include a variety of milk options, creamers, and ice cream, all made from 100% real dairy with the lactose removed. The brand is known for its commitment to providing real dairy taste and texture without the digestive issues associated with lactose.
Brand Power (0-100) blends four shelf signals. Price position is shown below for context · a value↔premium read, not part of the score.
carried in 14 of 24 Bay Area grocers. how many stores stock the brand.
27 products in the catalog. how deep the product line is (saturating).
spans 5 categories. how many categories the brand plays in (saturating).
each bar is the % of that category's SKUs that are Lactaid (full bar = 100% of the shelf), grouped by department.
the brands crowding the same categories as Lactaid · photographed shelf-mates first, then brands stocked beside it at the same grocers, then same-category rivals citywide.
closest to Lactaid in what it makes — matched on product name, category & description across the whole catalog, wherever they’re sold. Not who it competes with on the shelf.
every Lactaid product in stock, cheapest first.












Bay Area grocers where neither the digital catalog nor our shelf photos show Lactaid· but the shelf it belongs on is already there, ranked by fit. Fit blends category coverage, rival presence, price-band match, and openness to independents at this scale; weigh the footprint chips and route notes against it · a 7-door chain and a single great shop are different prizes. Our capture is partial, so a widely-distributed brand may already be carried through channels we don’t index.
Lead with Lactaid 2% Reduced Fat Milk, 64 fl oz (Pack of 1) · its most-distributed SKU (1 door) in Chocolate Milk, the biggest opening. The closest open door is Rainbow Grocery Cooperative · 4 rivals already on that shelf.
~4% average share on the shelves it competes on. how dominant it is where it shows up.
priced above 18% of same-category rivals. where it sits on price vs category peers · context, not scored into Brand Power.
36 storefronts across 14 grocers carry it · tap a pin to open the store.
already on that shelf: clover sonoma, straus family creamery, organic valley®
absence = seen in neither the grocer's digital catalog nor our shelf photos (90 days); assortments move. fit reads the shelf, not the buying office — see route notes.
Bay Area stores already carrying Lactaidthat meaningfully merchandise other categories it sells but isn't in here yet · ranked by open categories. A door already won, with room on adjacent shelves.
open here: Chocolate Milk, Cottage Cheese, Dairy-Based Coffee Creamers · +2 more
open here: Chocolate Milk, Cottage Cheese, Dairy-Based Coffee Creamers · +1 more
open here: Chocolate Milk, Dairy-Based Coffee Creamers, Ice Cream Tubs · +1 more
open here: Chocolate Milk, Dairy-Based Coffee Creamers, Ice Cream Tubs · +1 more
open here: Chocolate Milk, Dairy-Based Coffee Creamers, Ice Cream Tubs
open here: Chocolate Milk, Cottage Cheese, Ice Cream Tubs
open = the store meaningfully carries that category (real depth, not a token SKU) and Lactaid sells it elsewhere but has no SKU here.