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.
Woodridge Snacks offers a diverse range of plant-based snacks that emphasize flavor and nutrition.
Woodridge Snacks isn’t on Safeway’s shelf yet in any of its 13 stores. The opening: 1 category where the shelf is already deep and the brand runs strong elsewhere.
Lead with Sriracha Sticky Rice Chips in Grain Chips.
Safeway stocks grain chips 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.
The more differentiated opening is grain chips: Safeway stocks only 6 there, so Woodridge Snacks Sriracha Sticky Rice Chips stands out rather than blending in.
Safeway merchandises 1 of the 1 category the brand sells.
vegan, vegetarian against the store's assortment lean.
brand excitement 50/100.
enters a thin grain chips shelf as a point of difference.
Every category Woodridge Snacks 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.
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 grain chips. Each dot is a product on the shelf, by its cost per oz (hover for which). Woodridge Snacks (orange) sits well above the shelf.
Woodridge Snacks’ 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 →