Reading the shelf…
Berkeley Bowl is a specialty independent running 2 Bay Area stores, indexing high on clean-organic versus other Bay Area grocers.
Boulder Canyon is a snack brand known for its kettle-cooked potato chips and healthier snack options, founded in 1994 in Boulder, Colorado.
It’s already on the shelf here, with 22 SKUs across 2 categories. The growth is depth and breadth: 2 categories to widen and 1 new door to enter, replicated across all 2 stores.
Lead with Lime & Sea Salt Avocado Oil Tortilla Chips in Tortilla Chips.
Berkeley Bowl stocks tortilla chips thinly, so a differentiated snack stands out instead of becoming the Nth option on a crowded shelf. It already earns space at 2 other Bay Area grocers.
Berkeley Bowl carries potato chips in real depth, 120 SKUs against a fleet median of 46.5, 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 4 of the 5 categories the brand sells.
non-gmo, vegetarian against the store's assortment lean.
brand excitement 53/100.
the categories it plays in are already deep here.
Every category Boulder Canyon 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 20 of 40 SKUs. Room to widen the line.
On shelf here, but only 2 of 7 SKUs. Room to widen the line.
Where it would price in tortilla chips. Each dot is a product on the shelf, by its cost per oz (hover for which). Boulder Canyon (orange) sits above the shelf.
Boulder Canyon’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.
The store barely carries this category, so it is a hard sell.
The store barely carries this category, so it is a hard sell.