Illy vs Equator · Bay Area shelf head-to-head
Illy and Equator, side by side on Bay Area’s shelves · same instruments, same day, no sponsorship.
Equator carries more Brand PowerEquator is in more Bay Area grocersEquator fields the deeper lineupIlly sits further up the premium end
Illy
Equator
40
brand power
45
18
products
27
1
categories
1
4
subcategories
3
13
grocers
16
$2.42
price per oz
$1.90
Brand Power, component by component
the same four weighted signals scored on both brands’ own pages.
▬ Illy▭ Equator
Distribution · 30% of score54·67
carried in 13 of 24 Bay Area grocers·carried in 16 of 24 Bay Area grocers
Depth · 25% of score
Contested categories
categories both brands play in · each bar is that brand’s share of the category’s SKUs citywide.
only Illy
no top category Equator doesn’t also play in.
only Equator
no top category Illy doesn’t also play in.
Doors
who stocks each brand right now · shared, and each brand’s exclusive doors.
both brands
only Illy · 2
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: Illy · Equator
