Lean Cuisine vs Rao's · Bay Area shelf head-to-head
Lean Cuisine and Rao's, side by side on Bay Area’s shelves · same instruments, same day, no sponsorship.
Rao's carries more Brand PowerRao's is in more Bay Area grocersRao's fields the deeper lineupRao's sits further up the premium end
Lean Cuisine
Rao's
45
brand power
66
39
products
79
4
categories
6
7
subcategories
16
8
grocers
21
62.7¢
price per oz
59.1¢
Brand Power, component by component
the same four weighted signals scored on both brands’ own pages.
▬ Lean Cuisine▭ Rao's
Distribution · 30% of score33·88
carried in 8 of 24 Bay Area grocers·carried in 21 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.
Prepared Meals20 vs 17 SKUs
1% of shelf
only Lean Cuisine
only Rao's
Doors
who stocks each brand right now · shared, and each brand’s exclusive doors.
both brands
only Lean Cuisine · 0
no exclusive doors — everywhere Lean Cuisine is, Rao's is too.
only Rao's · 13
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: Lean Cuisine · Rao's
