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San Francisco · 3 grocers · Contested

the butter aisle

San Francisco's butter aisle is a fragmented shelf spread across many brands: 54 products from 10 brands across 3 grocers. clover sonoma owns the most shelf — 24% of SKUs, ahead of kerrygold. The shelf leans organic — 7% of SKUs carry that claim. Verdict: contested — real competition, no single winner (opportunity 68/100).

54
products
10
brands
$9.57
avg price
$4.99–$14.70
typical range

Zoom in

this aisle breaks into 2 sub-categories — open one for its own shelf report.

Who owns the shelf

brands by share of the butter shelf.

clover sonoma
24% of shelf13 SKUs
kerrygold
22% of shelf12 SKUs
isigny ste mère
13% of shelf7 SKUs
straus family creamery
11% of shelf6 SKUs
rrodolphe le meunier
7% of shelf4 SKUs
ggilt edge
7% of shelf4 SKUs
vital farms
4% of shelf2 SKUs
lle gall
4% of shelf2 SKUs
mmoinear
4% of shelf2 SKUs
pplugrà
4% of shelf2 SKUs

How it's positioned

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

Organic
7%
Gluten-Free
6%
Low sugar
6%
Seed-Oil-Free
6%
Heart Health
4%

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 $/oz
Color:indulgentbetter-for-you
Size:total brand reach (SKUs across all aisles)
price normalized per oz (sizes vary)

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

Market structure

43
med
Brand competition
how many brands compete
73
high
Variety of offers
how differentiated the shelf is
15
low
Top-brand grip
how much a few brands dominate
68
high
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 →