Reading the shelf…
Fairfax Market is a independent grocer running 1 Bay Area store.
Safe Catch is a brand specializing in canned seafood, including tuna, salmon, sardines, and mackerel.
It’s already on the shelf here, with 3 SKUs across 2 categories. The growth is depth and breadth: 2 categories to widen and 2 new doors to enter.
Lead with Wild Pacific Pink Salmon, Boneless & Skinless, No Salt Added in Canned Salmon.
Fairfax Market stocks canned salmon 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.
The more differentiated opening is canned salmon: Fairfax Market stocks only 1 there, so Safe Catch Wild Pacific Pink Salmon, Boneless & Skinless, No Salt Added stands out rather than blending in.
Fairfax Market merchandises 6 of the 7 categories the brand sells.
non-gmo, wild-caught against the store's assortment lean.
brand excitement 70/100.
enters a thin canned salmon shelf as a point of difference.
Every category Safe Catch 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 2 of 11 SKUs. Room to widen the line.
On shelf here, but only 1 of 5 SKUs. Room to widen the line.
Safe Catch’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.
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.