Marin French Cheese Co. at Falletti Foods
Falletti Foods is a conventional independent running 1 Bay Area store, indexing high on clean-organic versus other Bay Area grocers.
Marin French Cheese Co. is the oldest continuously operating cheese manufacturer in the U.S., established in 1865.
Marin French Cheese Co. isn’t on Falletti Foods’ shelf yet. The opening: 1 category where the shelf is already deep and the brand runs strong elsewhere.
Lead with Marin Cheese Co. Organic Shredded Parmesan in Parmesan.
Falletti Foods stocks parmesan 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.
The more differentiated opening is parmesan: Falletti Foods stocks only 5 there, so Marin Cheese Co. Organic Shredded Parmesan stands out rather than blending in.
Falletti Foods merchandises 4 of the 10 categories the brand sells.
organic against the store's assortment lean.
brand excitement 55/100.
enters a thin parmesan shelf as a point of difference.
The full runway
Every category Marin French Cheese Co. 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.
Not here yet, but the shelf is real: a clean first door into a category the brand runs deep in.
The store barely carries this category, so it is a hard sell.
What to bring to land
Marin French Cheese Co.’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 →
