Reading the shelf…
Fairfax Market is a independent grocer running 1 Bay Area store.
Zoup! is a specialty food brand known for its premium broths and soups, originating from its fast-casual restaurant chain, Zoup! Eatery.
It’s already on the shelf here, with 1 SKU across 1 category. The growth is depth and breadth: 1 category to widen and 3 new doors to enter.
Lead with Chicken Bone Broth in Bone Broth.
Fairfax Market stocks bone broth thinly, so a differentiated snack stands out instead of becoming the Nth option on a crowded shelf. It already earns space at 8 other Bay Area grocers.
The more differentiated opening is bone broth: Fairfax Market stocks only 5 there, so Zoup! Chicken Bone Broth stands out rather than blending in.
Fairfax Market merchandises 5 of the 5 categories the brand sells.
non-gmo, vegan, vegetarian against the store's assortment lean.
brand excitement 50/100.
enters a thin bone broth shelf as a point of difference.
Every category Zoup! 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 1 of 5 SKUs. Room to widen the line.
Already stocked here in other categories, so this one is a natural extension.
Zoup!’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 →
Already stocked here in other categories, so this one is a natural extension.
Already stocked here in other categories, so this one is a natural extension.
The store barely carries this category, so it is a hard sell.