Scanning the aisle…
Bay Area's soy sauces aisle is a fragmented shelf spread across many brands: 322 products from 43 brands across 22 grocers. san-j owns the most shelf · 41% of SKUs, ahead of kikkoman. Store brands hold 2%. The shelf leans plant-based · 4% of SKUs carry that claim. Verdict: fragmented · a crowded free-for-all with no clear structure (opportunity 72/100).
brands by share of the soy sauces shelf.
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.
All stores combined.
store-brand share: 2% · scores 0-100.
the soy sauces products in the most Bay Area grocers · widest distribution first.










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