Reading the shelf…
Berkeley Bowl is a specialty independent running 2 Bay Area stores, indexing high on clean-organic versus other Bay Area grocers.
A Taste Of Thai isn’t on Berkeley Bowl’s shelf yet in any of its 2 stores. The opening: 8 categories where the shelf is already deep and the brand runs strong elsewhere.
Lead with Rice Noodles, Linguine in Rice Noodles.
Berkeley Bowl stocks rice noodles thinly, so a differentiated snack stands out instead of becoming the Nth option on a crowded shelf. It already earns space at 3 other Bay Area grocers.
Berkeley Bowl carries boxed grain meal & sides in real depth, 43 SKUs against a fleet median of 14, so a new entry there is the Nth option, and its per-unit price would likely sit near the top of a crowded shelf. The more differentiated opening is rice noodles: Berkeley Bowl stocks only 5 there, so A Taste of Thai Rice Noodles, Linguine stands out rather than blending in. Lead with the rice noodles, and position the boxed grain meal & sides as a finishing or gift item.
Berkeley Bowl merchandises 10 of the 11 categories the brand sells.
non-gmo, vegetarian against the store's assortment lean.
brand excitement 40/100.
enters a thin rice noodles shelf as a point of difference.
Every category A Taste Of Thai plays in across the Bay Area grocers we track, and where it stands at Berkeley Bowl. Depth is the distinct SKUs the store carries there versus the fleet median, shown next to the rival brands already on that shelf.
Not here yet, but the shelf is real: a clean first door into a category the brand runs deep in.
Not here yet, but the shelf is real: a clean first door into a category the brand runs deep in.
A Taste Of Thai’s SKUs Berkeley Bowl doesn’t carry yet, ordered by how many other Bay Area grocers already stock them.
Presence and depth are measured from Berkeley Bowl’s current Bay Area storefront: its online catalog plus our shelf photos, a partial view. A widely-distributed brand shown as a new door may already be carried through channels we don’t index. Berkeley Bowl profile →
Not here yet, but the shelf is real: a clean first door into a category the brand runs deep in.
Not here yet, but the shelf is real: a clean first door into a category the brand runs deep in.
Not here yet, but the shelf is real: a clean first door into a category the brand runs deep in.
Not here yet, but the shelf is real: a clean first door into a category the brand runs deep in.
Not here yet, but the shelf is real: a clean first door into a category the brand runs deep in.
Not here yet, but the shelf is real: a clean first door into a category the brand runs deep in.
The store barely carries this category, so it is a hard sell.
The store barely carries this category, so it is a hard sell.
The store barely carries this category, so it is a hard sell.
