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.
Sunset Brands is a prominent producer of greenhouse-grown tomatoes and other vegetables, known for their focus on flavor and quality.
It’s already on the shelf here, with 1 SKU across 1 category. The growth is depth and breadth: 1 category to widen and 1 new door to enter, replicated across all 13 stores.
Lead with Wild Wonders Medley Tomatoes in Cherry Tomatoes.
Safeway stocks cherry tomatoes thinly, so a differentiated snack stands out instead of becoming the Nth option on a crowded shelf. It already earns space at 3 other Bay Area grocers.
The more differentiated opening is cherry tomatoes: Safeway stocks only 1 there, so Sunset Brands Wild Wonders Medley Tomatoes stands out rather than blending in.
Safeway merchandises 7 of the 11 categories the brand sells.
non-gmo, organic against the store's assortment lean.
brand excitement 35/100.
enters a thin cherry tomatoes shelf as a point of difference.
Every category Sunset Brands 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 1 of 11 SKUs. Room to widen the line.
Already stocked here in other categories, so this one is a natural extension.
Sunset Brands’ 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 →
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.
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.
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.