Hint vs Mela · Bay Area shelf head-to-head
Hint and Mela, side by side on Bay Area’s shelves · same instruments, same day, no sponsorship.
Hint carries more Brand PowerHint is in more Bay Area grocersHint fields the deeper lineupMela sits further up the premium end
Hint
Mela
49
brand power
16
29
products
3
3
categories
1
11
grocers
6
17.0¢
price per fl oz
26.6¢
Brand Power, component by component
the same four weighted signals scored on both brands’ own pages.
▬ Hint▭ Mela
Distribution · 30% of score46·25
M
carried in 11 of 24 Bay Area grocers·carried in 6 of 24 Bay Area grocers
Depth · 25% of score91·
Contested categories
categories both brands play in · each bar is that brand’s share of the category’s SKUs citywide.
only Hint
only Mela
no top category Hint doesn’t also play in.
Doors
who stocks each brand right now · shared, and each brand’s exclusive doors.
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: Hint · Mela
