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: 1 category to widen and 2 new doors to enter.
Lead with Spaghetti, 16 oz, Classic Pasta, Non-GMO, Great Taste in Spaghetti Pasta.
Fairfax Market stocks spaghetti pasta 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 spaghetti pasta: Fairfax Market stocks only 14 there, so Ronzoni Spaghetti, 16 oz, Classic Pasta, Non-GMO, Great Taste stands out rather than blending in.
Fairfax Market merchandises 6 of the 6 categories the brand sells.
no strong clean/diet signal either way.
brand excitement 30/100.
enters a thin spaghetti pasta shelf as a point of difference.
Every category Ronzoni 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.
On shelf here, but only 1 of 2 SKUs. Room to widen the line.
Already stocked here in other categories, so this one is a natural extension.
Where it would price in spaghetti pasta. Each dot is a product on the shelf, by its cost per oz (hover for which).
Ronzoni’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 →
Already stocked here in other categories, so this one is a natural extension.
Fully stocked here (1/1 SKUs).
Fully stocked here (1/1 SKUs).
The store barely carries this category, so it is a hard sell.
