Reading the shelf…
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.
Positive Food Co. isn’t on Safeway’s shelf yet in any of its 13 stores. The opening: 2 categories where the shelf is already deep and the brand runs strong elsewhere.
Lead with Salmon Kale Cucumber-mint Baby Kale Broccolini Radish Onion Dill Chili Flakes Cucumber Mint Dressing Salad in Seafood Salad.
Safeway stocks seafood salad thinly, so a differentiated snack stands out instead of becoming the Nth option on a crowded shelf. It already earns space at 1 other Bay Area grocer.
The more differentiated opening is seafood salad: Safeway stocks only 3 there, so Positive Food Co. Salmon Kale Cucumber-mint Baby Kale Broccolini Radish Onion Dill Chili Flakes Cucumber Mint Dressing Salad stands out rather than blending in.
Safeway merchandises 2 of the 2 categories the brand sells.
no strong clean/diet signal either way.
brand excitement 70/100.
enters a thin seafood salad shelf as a point of difference.
Every category Positive Food Co. 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.
Not here yet, but the shelf is real: a clean first door into a category the brand runs deep in.
Not here yet, but the shelf is real: a clean first door into a category the brand runs deep in.
Positive Food Co.’s SKUs Safeway doesn’t carry yet, ordered by how many other Bay Area grocers already stock them.


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 →