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.
Sambazon is a brand specializing in organic, fair-trade certified açaí products, including smoothie packs, sorbets, and bowls.
It’s already on the shelf here, with 2 SKUs across 1 category. The growth is depth and breadth: 1 category to widen and 3 new doors to enter, replicated across all 13 stores.
Lead with Fruit Topped Açaí Bowl, Açaí Raspberry with Strawberry Chocolate in Other Frozen Breakfast.
Safeway stocks other frozen breakfast 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 other frozen breakfast: Safeway stocks only 10 there, so Sambazon Fruit Topped Açaí Bowl, Açaí Raspberry with Strawberry Chocolate stands out rather than blending in.
Safeway merchandises 4 of the 7 categories the brand sells.
non-gmo, organic, vegan against the store's assortment lean.
brand excitement 75/100.
enters a thin other frozen breakfast shelf as a point of difference.
Every category Sambazon 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.
On shelf here, but only 2 of 6 SKUs. Room to widen the line.
Already stocked here in other categories, so this one is a natural extension.
Sambazon’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 →
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.