San Francisco · 3 grocers · Contested

the beef aisle

San Francisco's beef aisle is a fragmented shelf spread across many brands: 117 products from 17 brands across 3 grocers. brandt beef owns the most shelf — 27% of SKUs, ahead of country natural beef co op. Store brands hold 3%. The shelf leans low sugar — 4% of SKUs carry that claim. Verdict: contested — real competition, no single winner (opportunity 59/100).

117
products
17
brands
$20.46
avg price
$6.49–$36.99
typical range

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this aisle breaks into 25 sub-categories — open one for its own shelf report.

Who owns the shelf

brands by share of the beef shelf.

brandt beef
27% of shelf31 SKUs
country natural beef co op
21% of shelf25 SKUs
stemple creek ranch
13% of shelf15 SKUs
eeel river
3% of shelf4 SKUs
bi-rite marketPL
3% of shelf4 SKUs
ccream co.
2% of shelf2 SKUs
ppiedmontese
1% of shelf1 SKU
san-j
1% of shelf1 SKU
mmishima foods
1% of shelf1 SKU
ffirst light
1% of shelf1 SKU
force of nature
1% of shelf1 SKU
bbare bones
1% of shelf1 SKU
oorigin provisions
1% of shelf1 SKU
ppainted hills
1% of shelf1 SKU

How it's positioned

the claims products on this shelf lead with — share of SKUs carrying each.

Low sugar
4%
Gluten-Free
4%
High-Protein
4%
Dairy-Free
4%
Not vegan
4%
Seed-Oil-Free
4%
Organic
3%

Brand positioning

every brand by share of shelf × price. bubble size = the brand's total reach across all aisles; color = positioning stance. top-right owns the premium end; bottom-right owns the mainstream.

store
scale
premium leadersmainstream leadersniche premiumvalue playersshare of shelfavg $/ct
Color:indulgentbetter-for-you
Size:total brand reach (SKUs across all aisles)
Shape:nationalstore brand
price normalized per ct (sizes vary)12 omitted (no ct size)

All stores combined. Tap a store to see who wins its shelf.

Market structure

61
med
Brand competition
how many brands compete
79
high
Variety of offers
how differentiated the shelf is
14
low
Top-brand grip
how much a few brands dominate
59
med
Launch whitespace
room for a new brand

store-brand share: 3% · scores 0–100.

More aisles

how we measure.prices & assortment are collected from public storefronts of San Franciscogrocers, deduped to distinct products, and normalized to a per-unit price from each product's parsed size. market-structure scores come from brand shares. figures update as we re-measure. full methodology →