Ghirardelli vs Mars · Bay Area shelf head-to-head
Ghirardelli and Mars, side by side on Bay Area’s shelves · same instruments, same day, no sponsorship.
Ghirardelli carries more Brand PowerGhirardelli is in more Bay Area grocersGhirardelli fields the deeper lineupMars sits further up the premium end
Ghirardelli
Mars
67
brand power
29
69
products
14
7
categories
1
9
subcategories
2
19
grocers
7
$1.20
price per item
$16.34
Brand Power, component by component
the same four weighted signals scored on both brands’ own pages.
▬ Ghirardelli▭ Mars
Distribution · 30% of score79·29
M
carried in 19 of 24 Bay Area grocers·carried in 7 of 24 Bay Area grocers
Depth · 25% of score100
Contested categories
categories both brands play in · each bar is that brand’s share of the category’s SKUs citywide.
only Ghirardelli
only Mars
no top category Ghirardelli doesn’t also play in.
Doors
who stocks each brand right now · shared, and each brand’s exclusive doors.
both brands
only Ghirardelli · 12
Head to head
each brand’s closest counterpart to the other’s, matched on what the product is (name, category, description) · not price.
both sides measured by the same instruments on the same shelves · see each brand’s full page: Ghirardelli · Mars
