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Fridge Food

Maybe

Returns run at only 0.4% of orders. But prices span $1.00–$12.12, mostly outside the sweet spot, so Fridge Food is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
63
63 / 100
Top 12% of 5,777 Home & Garden niches · +12 vs the category median of 51
Market size
£381K/yr524K searches / yr
90-day growth
+87.5%search demand this quarter
Competition
62%top-5 click share · 20 brands · 56 sellers

Flapen Score

Fridge Food against its category

The dotted line is the Home & Garden average. Past it, Fridge Food is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

63Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Fridge Food market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Fridge Food 524K times last year and spent an estimated £381K. The top 5 brands take 62% of clicks. Demand peaks in May–Jun–Jul. Flapen scores it 63 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

15.3% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 524K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 15.3% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved +87.5% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £381K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
524K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
+87.5%
Conversion, latest week
15.3%
Market size, estimated
£381Ka year
Peak month
July3.1× the quietest month
Top search term
bbq skewers73K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £4.76.

Listings sell for £4.76 on average, from £1.00 to £12.12. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 80K to 100K a year. The average listing sells 4,000 to 5,000 of them. At £4.76 that is £19K to £24K a year per listing.

Average price
£4.76under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£1.00–£12.12
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
80K–100K
Units per listing a year
4,000–5,000
Revenue per listing a year
£19K–£24K
Returns
0.4%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is low.

70% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 5.9% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #14 within Barbecue & Outdoor Dining. It carries 767 reviews at 4.43 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
70%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
5.9%
Average rank
#14in Barbecue & Outdoor Dining
Average rating
4.43 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
767per listing
Listings tracked
20

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 1 of last year's 3 launches as successful.

3 products launched here in the last 12 months. Amazon counts 1 of them as successful launches, new products that hit its first-year sales bar. The brands on the shelf have sold for 33 months on average, so a newcomer is not facing entrenched names.

Launched, last 12 months
3
Successful launches
1Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
33 months

Products

Top Fridge Food products & what they sell for

Every tracked product: its share of the shelf, its reviews, and its price.

Competition

Competition: brands, sellers & click share

The top 5 products take 62% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

£0£38K£76K£114K£153K1101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

20 falling

Sellers

56

Top-5 brand share

62%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

62%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

34%

  • G4GADGET27%
  • Chef Aid15%
  • DAJING9%
  • IMEEA6%
  • 1ABOVE5%
  • Tala5%

Demand

Fridge Food search demand

Weekly searches over the year, seasonality beneath. Pick a range.

20K15KSpike '25Prime Day '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: May, Jun, Jul · busiest ÷ quietest = 3.1×

Search terms

Top Fridge Food search terms shoppers use

The exact words shoppers type, with yearly volume, growth, and conversion.

  • bbq skewers73K/yr
  • skewers127K/yr
  • kebab skewers83K/yr
  • wooden skewers66K/yr
  • bamboo skewers40K/yr
  • barbecue skewers14K/yr
  • kebab sticks19K/yr
  • wooden skewers for kebabs15K/yr
  • skewers wood23K/yr
  • skewer11K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Fridge Food

What buyers praise, what they complain about and why they send it back, from the reviews.

Complain

Strength20%−0.16

They are a bit flimsy

Theyre not the strongest things

Bit flimsy

Size-Overall19%−0.12

They are tiny

Very small

A bit smaller than I thought

Sharpness9%−0.08

Very flimsy and wickedly sharp

These are unbelievably almost impossibly absolutely terrifyingly sharp

They are easily as sharp as a knife

Thickness9%

the bamboo is too thick for that

Very thin

Very thin sticks

Quality-Overall6%+1.56

the quality proved rather inconsistent

Low quality

Poor Quality

Love

Quality-Overall20%+1.56

Perfect for what I need them for

Decent quality

Excellent product

Value For Money20%+1.05

Good for the price

Excellent value

Excellent value for money

Advertised Vs Actual Product13%+0.67

Item as shown

Just what I needed

As described

Size-Overall10%−0.12

And for this they are the perfect length

Good size

two squares of mango - so a great size for kids

Ease Of Use8%+0.68

Easy to use

Easy to thtead

which is handy

Return

0.4% Return rate 68% Fixable by listing

Size-Overall59%▆▆▆▅█▇

They are tiny

Very small

A bit smaller than I thought

Quality-Overall7%█▄▆▃▅▃

the quality proved rather inconsistent

Low quality

Poor Quality

Thin6%▁█▄▄▂▅

Thin

Very thin skewers

Strength6%▁▁▇▄▅█

They are a bit flimsy

Theyre not the strongest things

Bit flimsy

Advertised Vs Actual Product4%▁▁▃█▃▃

The image shows a picture of fruit skewers which is what I wanted them for - I absolutely could not

The images on the listing are very misleading - those pics of well-stuffed kebabs

FAQ

Common Fridge Food questions

Answered from the same tracked data.