Reading the shelf…
Fairfax Market is a independent grocer running 1 Bay Area store.
Smash Foods is a brand specializing in superfood fruit spreads and snack bites that emphasize natural ingredients and nutritional value.
It’s already on the shelf here, with 3 SKUs across 2 categories. The growth is depth and breadth: 2 categories to widen and 1 new door to enter.
Lead with Cashew Butter & Blueberry Jammy Protein Bites in Snack Bites.
Fairfax Market stocks snack bites 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 snack bites: Fairfax Market stocks only 3 there, so Smash Foods Cashew Butter & Blueberry Jammy Protein Bites stands out rather than blending in.
Fairfax Market merchandises 3 of the 3 categories the brand sells.
non-gmo, vegan, vegetarian against the store's assortment lean.
brand excitement 60/100.
enters a thin snack bites shelf as a point of difference.
Every category Smash Foods 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 14 SKUs. Room to widen the line.
On shelf here, but only 1 of 5 SKUs. Room to widen the line.
Smash Foods’ 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.