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San Francisco · 3 grocers · Contested

the black tea aisle

San Francisco's black tea aisle is a fragmented shelf spread across many brands: 63 products from 17 brands across 3 grocers. taylors of harrogate owns the most shelf — 16% of SKUs, ahead of numi. The shelf leans organic — 22% of SKUs carry that claim. Verdict: contested — real competition, no single winner (opportunity 65/100).

63
products
17
brands
$10.38
avg price
$5.49–$18.18
typical range

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Who owns the shelf

brands by share of the black tea shelf.

ttaylors of harrogate
16% of shelf10 SKUs
numi
14% of shelf9 SKUs
the republic of tea
11% of shelf7 SKUs
harney & sons
11% of shelf7 SKUs
cchoice organics
6% of shelf4 SKUs
ttwinings
6% of shelf4 SKUs
stash
6% of shelf4 SKUs
ppg tips
5% of shelf3 SKUs
eequal exchange
5% of shelf3 SKUs
tazo tea
3% of shelf2 SKUs
wwild orchard
3% of shelf2 SKUs
kkazi yetu
3% of shelf2 SKUs
rishi tea & botanicals
3% of shelf2 SKUs
yyerba buena tea co.
2% of shelf1 SKU
bbigelow
2% of shelf1 SKU
fflowerhead tea
2% of shelf1 SKU
bbarry's tea
2% of shelf1 SKU

How it's positioned

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

Organic
22%
Dairy-Free
10%
Gluten-Free
8%
Seed-Oil-Free
8%
Vegan
8%

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:no dominant segmentation on this shelf
Size:total brand reach (SKUs across all aisles)
price normalized per ct (sizes vary)1 omitted (no ct size)

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Market structure

61
med
Brand competition
how many brands compete
79
high
Variety of offers
how differentiated the shelf is
9
low
Top-brand grip
how much a few brands dominate
65
med
Launch whitespace
room for a new brand

store-brand share: 0% · 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 →