Reading the shelf…
Fairfax Market is a independent grocer running 1 Bay Area store.
It’s already on the shelf here, with 3 SKUs across 3 categories. The growth is depth and breadth: 3 categories to widen and 3 new doors to enter.
Lead with Beef Bologna Sliced Deli Sandwich Lunch Meat in Bologna.
Fairfax Market stocks bologna thinly, so a differentiated snack stands out instead of becoming the Nth option on a crowded shelf. It already earns space at 2 other Bay Area grocers.
The more differentiated opening is bologna: Fairfax Market stocks only 1 there, so Oscar Mayer Beef Bologna Sliced Deli Sandwich Lunch Meat stands out rather than blending in.
Fairfax Market merchandises 11 of the 12 categories the brand sells.
no strong clean/diet signal either way.
brand excitement 25/100.
enters a thin bologna shelf as a point of difference.
Every category Oscar Mayer 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.
Oscar Mayer’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 5 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.
The store barely carries this category, so it is a hard sell.
The store barely carries this category, so it is a hard sell.
The store barely carries this category, so it is a hard sell.
The store barely carries this category, so it is a hard sell.