Nongshim vs Maruchan · Bay Area shelf head-to-head
Nongshim and Maruchan, side by side on Bay Area’s shelves · same instruments, same day, no sponsorship.
Nongshim carries more Brand PowerMaruchan is in more Bay Area grocersNongshim fields the deeper lineupNongshim sits further up the premium end
Nongshim
Maruchan
46
brand power
33
38
products
18
2
categories
2
6
grocers
10
56.0¢
price per oz
31.4¢
Brand Power, component by component
the same four weighted signals scored on both brands’ own pages.
▬ Nongshim▭ Maruchan
Distribution · 30% of score25·42
N
M
carried in 6 of 24 Bay Area grocers·carried in 10 of 24 Bay Area grocers
Depth · 25% of score96·78
Contested categories
categories both brands play in · each bar is that brand’s share of the category’s SKUs citywide.
only Nongshim
no top category Maruchan doesn’t also play in.
only Maruchan
no top category Nongshim doesn’t also play in.
Doors
who stocks each brand right now · shared, and each brand’s exclusive doors.
only Nongshim · 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: Nongshim · Maruchan
