Reading the shelf…
Berkeley Bowl is a specialty independent running 2 Bay Area stores, indexing high on clean-organic versus other Bay Area grocers.
It’s already on the shelf here, with 5 SKUs across 4 categories. The growth is depth and breadth: 2 categories to widen, replicated across all 2 stores.
Lead with Plant Based Steaks 2 Pack in Other Meat Substitutes.
Berkeley Bowl stocks other meat substitutes 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 other frozen meat substitutes in real depth, 19 SKUs against a fleet median of 3, 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 other meat substitutes: Berkeley Bowl stocks only 11 there, so Chunk Foods Plant Based Steaks 2 Pack stands out rather than blending in. Lead with the other meat substitutes, and position the other frozen meat substitutes as a finishing or gift item.
Berkeley Bowl merchandises 4 of the 4 categories the brand sells.
non-gmo, vegetarian against the store's assortment lean.
brand excitement 80/100.
enters a thin other meat substitutes shelf as a point of difference.
Every category Chunk Foods 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 2 of 3 SKUs. Room to widen the line.
On shelf here, but only 1 of 2 SKUs. Room to widen the line.
Where it would price in other meat substitutes. Each dot is a product on the shelf, by its cost per oz (hover for which).
Chunk Foods’ 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 →
Fully stocked here (1/1 SKUs).
Fully stocked here (1/1 SKUs).