The Laughing Cow 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 3 SKUs across 2 categories. The growth is depth and breadth: 1 category to widen, replicated across all 13 stores.
Lead with Creamy Original Spreadable Cheese Wedges, 5.4 oz Box (8 Count) in Cheese Dips And Spreads.
Safeway stocks cheese dips and spreads thinly, so a differentiated snack stands out instead of becoming the Nth option on a crowded shelf. It already earns space at 9 other Bay Area grocers.
The more differentiated opening is cheese dips and spreads: Safeway stocks only 5 there, so The Laughing Cow Creamy Original Spreadable Cheese Wedges, 5.4 oz Box (8 Count) stands out rather than blending in.
Safeway merchandises 2 of the 2 categories the brand sells.
no strong clean/diet signal either way.
brand excitement 50/100.
enters a thin cheese dips and spreads shelf as a point of difference.
The full runway · across 13 stores
Every category The Laughing Cow 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 2 of 9 SKUs. Room to widen the line.
What to bring to expand
The Laughing Cow’s 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 →
