Reading the shelf…
Fairfax Market is a independent grocer running 1 Bay Area store.
Marin French Cheese Co. is the oldest continuously operating cheese manufacturer in the U.S., established in 1865.
It’s already on the shelf here, with 2 SKUs across 2 categories. The growth is depth and breadth: 1 category to widen and 2 new doors to enter.
Lead with Raspberry Cacao Kombucha in Kombucha.
Fairfax Market stocks kombucha thinly, so a differentiated snack stands out instead of becoming the Nth option on a crowded shelf. It already earns space at 6 other Bay Area grocers.
Fairfax Market merchandises 4 of the 5 categories the brand sells.
no strong clean/diet signal either way.
brand excitement 60/100.
maps onto categories the store already runs.
Every category Marin 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.
Where it would price in kombucha. Each dot is a product on the shelf, by its cost per fl oz (hover for which). Marin (orange) sits in line with the shelf.
Marin’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 →
The store barely carries this category, so it is a hard sell.
