Reading the shelf…
Berkeley Bowl is a specialty independent running 2 Bay Area stores, indexing high on clean-organic versus other Bay Area grocers.
CLIF Builders is a brand specializing in plant-based protein bars, offering a variety of flavors such as chocolate, chocolatey mint, and vanilla almond.
It’s already on the shelf here, with 6 SKUs across 1 category. The growth is depth and breadth: 1 category to widen, replicated across all 2 stores.
Lead with Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Flavor Plant Based Protein Bar, Gluten Free 2.4 oz in Protein Bars.
Berkeley Bowl stocks protein bars thinly, so a differentiated snack stands out instead of becoming the Nth option on a crowded shelf. It already earns space at 4 other Bay Area grocers.
Berkeley Bowl carries protein bars in real depth, 175 SKUs against a fleet median of 47, 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 1 of the 1 category the brand sells.
non-gmo against the store's assortment lean.
an established national brand with proven demand.
the categories it plays in are already deep here.
Every category Clif Builders 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 6 of 18 SKUs. Room to widen the line.
Where it would price in protein bars. Each dot is a product on the shelf, by its cost per oz (hover for which). Clif Builders (orange) sits in line with the shelf.
Clif Builders’ 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 →
