Ancient Harvest at Berkeley Bowl
Berkeley Bowl is a specialty independent running 2 Bay Area stores, indexing high on clean-organic versus other Bay Area grocers.
Ancient Harvest is a pioneering brand in the development and marketing of gluten-free pasta alternatives and quinoa products.
It’s already on the shelf here, with 10 SKUs across 5 categories. The growth is depth and breadth: 1 category to widen and 3 new doors to enter, replicated across all 2 stores.
Lead with Red Quinoa in Quinoa.
Berkeley Bowl stocks quinoa thinly, so a differentiated snack stands out instead of becoming the Nth option on a crowded shelf. It already earns space at 5 other Bay Area grocers.
Berkeley Bowl carries spaghetti pasta in real depth, 48 SKUs against a fleet median of 13, 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 quinoa: Berkeley Bowl stocks only 11 there, so Ancient Harvest Red Quinoa stands out rather than blending in. Lead with the quinoa, and position the spaghetti pasta as a finishing or gift item.
Berkeley Bowl merchandises 8 of the 8 categories the brand sells.
non-gmo, organic, vegetarian against the store's assortment lean.
brand excitement 60/100.
enters a thin quinoa shelf as a point of difference.
The full runway · across 2 stores
Every category Ancient Harvest 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.
On shelf here, but only 3 of 4 SKUs. Room to widen the line.
Already stocked here in other categories, so this one is a natural extension.
How it prices
Where it would price in quinoa. Each dot is a product on the shelf, by its cost per oz (hover for which). Ancient Harvest (orange) sits well above the shelf.
What to bring to expand
Ancient Harvest’s SKUs Berkeley Bowl doesn’t carry yet, ordered by how many other Bay Area grocers already stock them.
Already on the shelf
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 →
