Reading the shelf…
Berkeley Bowl is a specialty independent running 2 Bay Area stores, indexing high on clean-organic versus other Bay Area grocers.
Conservas Ortiz is a Spanish brand renowned for its premium canned seafood products, with a history dating back to 1891.
It’s already on the shelf here, with 5 SKUs across 3 categories. The growth is depth and breadth: 3 categories to widen, replicated across all 2 stores.
Lead with Marinated White Anchovies in Canned Anchovies.
Berkeley Bowl stocks canned anchovies 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 canned tuna in real depth, 70 SKUs against a fleet median of 17.5, 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 3 of the 3 categories the brand sells.
non-gmo, wild-caught against the store's assortment lean.
brand excitement 60/100.
the categories it plays in are already deep here.
Every category Conservas Ortiz 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 3 of 6 SKUs. Room to widen the line.
On shelf here, but only 1 of 4 SKUs. Room to widen the line.
Where it would price in canned anchovies. Each dot is a product on the shelf, by its cost per oz (hover for which). Conservas Ortiz (orange) sits well above the shelf.
Conservas Ortiz’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 2 SKUs. Room to widen the line.

