Method vs Seventh Generation · Bay Area shelf head-to-head
Method and Seventh Generation, side by side on Bay Area’s shelves · same instruments, same day, no sponsorship.
Method is in more Bay Area grocersMethod fields the deeper lineupSeventh Generation sits further up the premium end
Method
Seventh Generation
38
brand power
35
14
products
5
2
categories
1
4
grocers
3
75.7¢
price per fl oz
64.2¢
Brand Power, component by component
the same four weighted signals scored on both brands’ own pages.
▬ Method▭ Seventh Generation
Distribution · 30% of score17·13
carried in 4 of 24 Bay Area grocers·carried in 3 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 Method
only Seventh Generation
no top category Method doesn’t also play in.
Doors
who stocks each brand right now · shared, and each brand’s exclusive doors.
both brands
only Method · 3
only Seventh Generation · 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: Method · Seventh Generation
