Reading the shelf…
Fairfax Market is a independent grocer running 1 Bay Area store.
Teasdale isn’t on Fairfax Market’s shelf yet. The opening: 3 categories where the shelf is already deep and the brand runs strong elsewhere.
Lead with Black Beans in Canned Black Beans.
Fairfax Market stocks canned black beans 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 canned black beans: Fairfax Market stocks only 7 there, so Teasdale Black Beans stands out rather than blending in.
Fairfax Market merchandises 4 of the 4 categories the brand sells.
no strong clean/diet signal either way.
brand excitement 35/100.
enters a thin canned black beans shelf as a point of difference.
Every category Teasdale 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.
Not here yet, but the shelf is real: a clean first door into a category the brand runs deep in.
Not here yet, but the shelf is real: a clean first door into a category the brand runs deep in.
Where it would price in canned black beans. Each dot is a product on the shelf, by its cost per oz (hover for which).
Teasdale’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 →
Not here yet, but the shelf is real: a clean first door into a category the brand runs deep in.
The store barely carries this category, so it is a hard sell.
