Reading the shelf…
Berkeley Bowl is a specialty independent running 2 Bay Area stores, indexing high on clean-organic versus other Bay Area grocers.
Campbell's: The Campbell's Company, originally founded in 1869 in Camden, New Jersey, is a prominent food and beverage manufacturer known for its wide range of products beyond its iconic soups.
It’s already on the shelf here, with 10 SKUs across 3 categories. The growth is depth and breadth: 3 categories to widen and 6 new doors to enter, replicated across all 2 stores.
Lead with Turkey Gravy in Gravies.
Berkeley Bowl stocks gravies 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 canned soup in real depth, 125 SKUs against a fleet median of 44, 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 gravies: Berkeley Bowl stocks only 5 there, so Campbell's Turkey Gravy stands out rather than blending in. Lead with the gravies, and position the canned soup as a finishing or gift item.
Berkeley Bowl merchandises 10 of the 10 categories the brand sells.
non-gmo, vegetarian against the store's assortment lean.
brand excitement 40/100.
enters a thin gravies shelf as a point of difference.
Every category Campbell'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.
On shelf here, but only 8 of 119 SKUs. Room to widen the line.
On shelf here, but only 1 of 5 SKUs. Room to widen the line.
Campbell'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 →
On shelf here, but only 1 of 4 SKUs. Room to widen the line.
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.
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.