Reading the shelf…
Berkeley Bowl is a specialty independent running 2 Bay Area stores, indexing high on clean-organic versus other Bay Area grocers.
Abe's is a brand specializing in vegan and allergy-friendly baked goods, offering a variety of muffins, cupcakes, brownies, and cakes.
It’s already on the shelf here, with 10 SKUs across 2 categories. The growth is depth and breadth: 2 categories to widen and 3 new doors to enter, replicated across all 2 stores.
Lead with Mini Brownies, Vegan in Brownies.
Berkeley Bowl stocks brownies thinly, so a differentiated snack stands out instead of becoming the Nth option on a crowded shelf. It already earns space at 1 other Bay Area grocer.
Berkeley Bowl carries muffins in real depth, 43 SKUs against a fleet median of 9.5, so a new entry there is the Nth option, and its per-unit price would likely sit near the top of a crowded shelf.
Berkeley Bowl merchandises 5 of the 8 categories the brand sells.
non-gmo, vegan, vegetarian against the store's assortment lean.
brand excitement 60/100.
the categories it plays in are already deep here.
Every category Abe's 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.
Abe'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 →
Already stocked here in other categories, so this one is a natural extension.
Already stocked here in other categories, so this one is a natural extension.
Already stocked here in other categories, so this one is a natural extension.
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.
