San Francisco · 4 grocers · Contested

the salts aisle

San Francisco's salts aisle is a fragmented shelf spread across many brands: 56 products from 15 brands across 4 grocers. diamond owns the most shelf — 13% of SKUs, ahead of maldon. The shelf leans organic — 4% of SKUs carry that claim. Verdict: contested — real competition, no single winner (opportunity 65/100).

56
products
15
brands
$10.02
avg price
$3.59–$18.03
typical range

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Who owns the shelf

brands by share of the salts shelf.

ddiamond
13% of shelf7 SKUs
mmaldon
11% of shelf6 SKUs
rreal salt
11% of shelf6 SKUs
jjacobsen salt co.
9% of shelf5 SKUs
hhimalasalt
7% of shelf4 SKUs
oaktown spice shop
7% of shelf4 SKUs
oomnivore
7% of shelf4 SKUs
nnatierra
5% of shelf3 SKUs
bborrometi
5% of shelf3 SKUs
hhain pure foods
4% of shelf2 SKUs
kk.l. keller
4% of shelf2 SKUs
mmorton
4% of shelf2 SKUs
iiblea
4% of shelf2 SKUs
india tree
2% of shelf1 SKU

How it's positioned

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

Organic
4%
Plant-Based
2%
Vegan
2%

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.

store
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)2 omitted (no oz size)

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

Market structure

57
med
Brand competition
how many brands compete
58
med
Variety of offers
how differentiated the shelf is
7
low
Top-brand grip
how much a few brands dominate
65
med
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 →