Dole at Berkeley Bowl
Berkeley Bowl is a specialty independent running 2 Bay Area stores, indexing high on clean-organic versus other Bay Area grocers.
Dole is a renowned brand specializing in fresh fruits and fruit-based products, including packaged fruit snacks and a variety of juices.
It’s already on the shelf here, with 13 SKUs across 4 categories. The growth is depth and breadth: 3 categories to widen and 11 new doors to enter, replicated across all 2 stores.
Lead with Best Available Pineapple Dole Gold Cr 6Ct in Pineapples.
Berkeley Bowl stocks pineapples 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 fruit juice & blends in real depth, 183 SKUs against a fleet median of 39, 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 pineapples: Berkeley Bowl stocks only 3 there, so Dole Best Available Pineapple Dole Gold Cr 6Ct stands out rather than blending in. Lead with the pineapples, and position the fruit juice & blends as a finishing or gift item.
Berkeley Bowl merchandises 18 of the 21 categories the brand sells.
non-gmo, organic, vegan against the store's assortment lean.
brand excitement 25/100.
enters a thin pineapples shelf as a point of difference.
The full runway · across 2 stores
Every category Dole 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 17 SKUs. Room to widen the line.
On shelf here, but only 3 of 12 SKUs. Room to widen the line.
What to bring to expand
Dole’s SKUs Berkeley Bowl doesn’t carry yet, ordered by how many other Bay Area grocers already stock them.
Already on the shelf
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 →
