Mekhala vs Thai Kitchen · Bay Area shelf head-to-head
Mekhala and Thai Kitchen, side by side on Bay Area’s shelves · same instruments, same day, no sponsorship.
Thai Kitchen carries more Brand PowerThai Kitchen is in more Bay Area grocersThai Kitchen fields the deeper lineupMekhala sits further up the premium end
Mekhala
Thai Kitchen
29
brand power
61
7
products
20
4
categories
8
4
subcategories
11
5
grocers
20
$2.47
price per oz
$1.55
Brand Power, component by component
the same four weighted signals scored on both brands’ own pages.
▬ Mekhala▭ Thai Kitchen
Distribution · 30% of score21·83
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T
carried in 5 of 24 Bay Area grocers·carried in 20 of 24 Bay Area grocers
Depth · 25% of score44·81
Contested categories
categories both brands play in · each bar is that brand’s share of the category’s SKUs citywide.
only Mekhala
only Thai Kitchen
Doors
who stocks each brand right now · shared, and each brand’s exclusive doors.
both brands
only Mekhala · 0
no exclusive doors — everywhere Mekhala is, Thai Kitchen is too.
only Thai Kitchen · 15
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: Mekhala · Thai Kitchen
