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.
Thai Kitchen is a brand dedicated to bringing authentic Thai flavors to the American market, offering a variety of products including curry pastes, sauces, noodles, and coconut milk.
Thai Kitchen isn’t on Safeway’s shelf yet in any of its 13 stores. the categories it plays in are thin here, so it is a harder sell.
Safeway merchandises 2 of the 11 categories the brand sells.
non-gmo, organic, vegan against the store's assortment lean.
brand excitement 50/100.
maps onto categories the store already runs.
Every category Thai Kitchen 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.
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.
Thai Kitchen’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 →
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.