AI Shelf Index · 2026 holiday shopping season
Acana AI shopping shelf share
🐾 Pet Supplies · 🇨🇦 CA · updated 12 Oct 2026
Standing
#7
Pet Supplies · CA
Shelf-share
3.4%
of CA answers
Sentiment
78%
positive
No week-to-week change larger than the variation between readings.
Who's on the pet supplies shelf
Purina
9.1%
Open Farm
6.1%
Nutrience
5.3%
Royal Canin
5.2%
Litter-Robot
4.1%
Hill's
3.5%
Acana
3.4%
The shoppers Acana wins
The same answers, sliced by the shopper the question implies — where Acana ranks best.
Where Acana wins the journey
Its rank at each phase of the shopping journey — from first awareness to the moment of purchase.
Awareness
#8
3.7%
Research
#12
1.4%
Comparison
#8
5.0%
Validation
#7
4.2%
Purchase
#7
3.3%
Where the engines differ
What AI says about Acana
Observed from the answers themselves — not a score.
Sentiment
78% positive · no negative mentions
Price framing
framed premium
2% budget, 38% mid, 60% premium
“(Canine Bible) [Open Farm Ancient Grains Dry Dog Food]() $64.99 - Acana — ⭐ Good Canadian-made premium option.”
ChatGPT
“Acana → Canadian-made premium alternative 5.”
ChatGPT
“Acana Both are made by Champion Petfoods in Canada and focus heavily on animal ingredients.”
ChatGPT
“(Catster) Best for indoor cats - Royal Canin Indoor formulas — designed around lower activity and hairball/weight concerns.”
ChatGPT
Products AI names
The specific Acana items the engines put in front of CA shoppers.
Shelved alongside
Brands the engines recommend in the same answers as Acana.
How to read this
Bar is how often that brand is recommended in the same answer as Acana, relative to the rest.
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Holiday Shopping 2026 · reading updated 11 Oct. An independent measurement by Slingso; not affiliated with Acana.