Reading the shelf…
Falletti Foods is a conventional independent running 1 Bay Area store, indexing high on clean-organic versus other Bay Area grocers.
It’s already on the shelf here, with 1 SKU across 1 category. The growth is depth and breadth: 1 category to widen and 1 new door to enter.
Lead with Hemp Seeds, Organic, Shelled in Hemp Seeds.
Falletti Foods stocks hemp seeds 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 hemp seeds: Falletti Foods stocks only 1 there, so Manitoba Harvest Hemp Seeds, Organic, Shelled stands out rather than blending in.
Falletti Foods merchandises 2 of the 4 categories the brand sells.
non-gmo, organic, vegan against the store's assortment lean.
an established national brand with proven demand.
enters a thin hemp seeds shelf as a point of difference.
Every category Manitoba Harvest 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.
On shelf here, but only 1 of 7 SKUs. Room to widen the line.
Already stocked here in other categories, so this one is a natural extension.
Manitoba Harvest’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 →
The store barely carries this category, so it is a hard sell.
The store barely carries this category, so it is a hard sell.