Reading the shelf…
Fairfax Market is a independent grocer running 1 Bay Area store.
Yasso is a brand specializing in frozen Greek yogurt desserts, offering a healthier alternative to traditional ice cream with more protein and fewer calories.
It’s already on the shelf here, with 9 SKUs across 1 category. The growth is depth and breadth: 1 category to widen and 1 new door to enter.
Lead with Frozen Greek Yogurt Bars Chocolate Peanut Butter Chip in Frozen Yogurt.
Fairfax Market stocks frozen yogurt thinly, so a differentiated snack stands out instead of becoming the Nth option on a crowded shelf. It already earns space at 7 other Bay Area grocers.
The more differentiated opening is frozen yogurt: Fairfax Market stocks only 9 there, so Yasso Frozen Greek Yogurt Bars Chocolate Peanut Butter Chip stands out rather than blending in.
Fairfax Market merchandises 2 of the 3 categories the brand sells.
no strong clean/diet signal either way.
an established national brand with proven demand.
enters a thin frozen yogurt shelf as a point of difference.
Every category Yasso 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.
On shelf here, but only 9 of 23 SKUs. Room to widen the line.
Already stocked here in other categories, so this one is a natural extension.
Where it would price in frozen yogurt. Each dot is a product on the shelf, by its cost per fl oz (hover for which). Yasso (orange) sits in line with the shelf.
Yasso’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 →
The store barely carries this category, so it is a hard sell.
