Sour Patch Kids at Safeway
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.
It’s already on the shelf here, with 11 SKUs across 3 categories. The growth is depth and breadth: 3 categories to widen and 1 new door to enter, replicated across all 13 stores.
Lead with Apple Harvest Soft & Chewy Gummy Candy 10 oz in Sour Candy.
Safeway stocks sour candy 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.
Safeway merchandises 4 of the 4 categories the brand sells.
no strong clean/diet signal either way.
brand excitement 40/100.
maps onto categories the store already runs.
The full runway · across 13 stores
Every category Sour Patch Kids 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 9 of 19 SKUs. Room to widen the line.
On shelf here, but only 1 of 5 SKUs. Room to widen the line.
What to bring to expand
Sour Patch Kids’ SKUs Safeway doesn’t carry yet, ordered by how many other Bay Area grocers already stock them.
Already on the shelf
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 →
