San Francisco · 4 grocers · Contested

the hot dogs aisle

San Francisco's hot dogs aisle is a fragmented shelf spread across many brands: 14 products from 9 brands across 4 grocers. zoe's meats owns the most shelf — 21% of SKUs, ahead of niman ranch. The shelf leans heart health — 7% of SKUs carry that claim. Verdict: contested — real competition, no single winner (opportunity 67/100).

14
products
9
brands
$10.80
avg price
$5.03–$14.99
typical range

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Who owns the shelf

brands by share of the hot dogs shelf.

zoe's meats
21% of shelf3 SKUs
niman ranch
21% of shelf3 SKUs
ccream co.
14% of shelf2 SKUs
hhebrew national
7% of shelf1 SKU
applegate
7% of shelf1 SKU
oold fashioned
7% of shelf1 SKU
ooscar mayer
7% of shelf1 SKU
sschwarz
7% of shelf1 SKU
ccaspers famous hot dogs
7% of shelf1 SKU

How it's positioned

the claims products on this shelf lead with — share of SKUs carrying each.

Heart Health
7%
Organic
7%

Brand positioning

every brand by share of shelf × price. bubble size = the brand's total reach across all aisles; color = positioning stance. top-right owns the premium end; bottom-right owns the mainstream.

scale
premium leadersmainstream leadersniche premiumvalue playersshare of shelfavg $/oz
Color:indulgentbetter-for-you
Size:total brand reach (SKUs across all aisles)
price normalized per oz (sizes vary)3 omitted (no oz size)

All stores combined. Tap a store to see who wins its shelf.

Market structure

39
med
Brand competition
how many brands compete
47
med
Variety of offers
how differentiated the shelf is
14
low
Top-brand grip
how much a few brands dominate
67
high
Launch whitespace
room for a new brand

store-brand share: 0% · scores 0–100.

More aisles

how we measure.prices & assortment are collected from public storefronts of San Franciscogrocers, deduped to distinct products, and normalized to a per-unit price from each product's parsed size. market-structure scores come from brand shares. figures update as we re-measure. full methodology →