Belfiore Cheese at Berkeley Bowl
Berkeley Bowl is a specialty independent running 2 Bay Area stores, indexing high on clean-organic versus other Bay Area grocers.
Belfiore Cheese Company is a family-owned artisan cheese producer based in Berkeley, California, known for its Italian-style cheeses crafted using traditional methods.
It’s already on the shelf here, with 13 SKUs across 5 categories. The growth is depth and breadth: 2 categories to widen, replicated across all 2 stores.
Lead with Burrata Di Bufala in Burrata.
Berkeley Bowl stocks burrata 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 mozzarella in real depth, 29 SKUs against a fleet median of 10, 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 burrata: Berkeley Bowl stocks only 7 there, so Belfiore Cheese Burrata Di Bufala stands out rather than blending in. Lead with the burrata, and position the mozzarella as a finishing or gift item.
Berkeley Bowl merchandises 5 of the 5 categories the brand sells.
non-gmo, organic against the store's assortment lean.
brand excitement 60/100.
enters a thin burrata shelf as a point of difference.
The full runway · across 2 stores
Every category Belfiore Cheese 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 7 of 9 SKUs. Room to widen the line.
On shelf here, but only 1 of 2 SKUs. Room to widen the line.
How it prices
Where it would price in burrata. Each dot is a product on the shelf, by its cost per oz (hover for which). Belfiore Cheese (orange) sits in line with the shelf.
What to bring to expand
Belfiore Cheese’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 →
