M&m's at Safeway
Safeway is a conventional independent running 13 Bay Area stores, large-format at about 37,374 sq ft each, indexing high on established names versus other Bay Area grocers.
M&M's is a renowned brand of colorful, sugar-coated chocolate candies produced by Mars Inc. since 1941.
It’s already on the shelf here, with 26 SKUs across 1 category. The growth is depth and breadth: 1 category to widen, replicated across all 13 stores.
Lead with Peanut Milk Chocolate Candy Sharing Size in Chocolate Candies.
Safeway stocks chocolate candies thinly, so a differentiated snack stands out instead of becoming the Nth option on a crowded shelf. It already earns space at 5 other Bay Area grocers.
Safeway merchandises 2 of the 2 categories the brand sells.
no strong clean/diet signal either way.
brand excitement 30/100.
maps onto categories the store already runs.
The full runway · across 13 stores
Every category M&m's plays in across the Bay Area grocers we track, and where it stands at Safeway. 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 26 of 47 SKUs. Room to widen the line.
The store barely carries this category, so it is a hard sell.
How it prices
Where it would price in chocolate candies. Each dot is a product on the shelf, by its cost per fl oz (hover for which). M&m's (orange) sits in line with the shelf.
What to bring to expand
M&m's’ SKUs Safeway doesn’t carry yet, ordered by how many other Bay Area grocers already stock them.
Already on the shelf · showing 24 of 26
Presence and depth are measured from Safeway’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. Safeway profile →
