Reading the shelf…
Fairfax Market is a independent grocer running 1 Bay Area store.
Lipton is a renowned British brand known for its extensive range of tea products and instant soup mixes.
It’s already on the shelf here, with 4 SKUs across 3 categories. The growth is depth and breadth: 3 categories to widen and 2 new doors to enter.
Lead with Recipe Soup & Dip Mix, Onion in Dry Soup Kits.
Fairfax Market stocks dry soup kits 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 dry soup kits: Fairfax Market stocks only 6 there, so Lipton Recipe Soup & Dip Mix, Onion stands out rather than blending in.
Fairfax Market merchandises 5 of the 7 categories the brand sells.
no strong clean/diet signal either way.
brand excitement 25/100.
enters a thin dry soup kits shelf as a point of difference.
Every category Lipton 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 7 SKUs. Room to widen the line.
On shelf here, but only 1 of 15 SKUs. Room to widen the line.
Lipton’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 →
On shelf here, but only 1 of 2 SKUs. Room to widen the line.
Already stocked here in other categories, so this one is a natural extension.
Already stocked here in other categories, so this one is a natural extension.
The store barely carries this category, so it is a hard sell.
The store barely carries this category, so it is a hard sell.
