Reading the shelf…
Berkeley Bowl is a specialty independent running 2 Bay Area stores, indexing high on clean-organic versus other Bay Area grocers.
Dr. McDougall's Right Foods is a brand specializing in plant-based, vegan, and oil-free soups and noodle products.
It’s already on the shelf here, with 9 SKUs across 3 categories. The growth is depth and breadth: 2 categories to widen, replicated across all 2 stores.
Lead with Pad Thai Asian Noodle Cup in Instant Noodles.
Berkeley Bowl stocks instant noodles thinly, so a differentiated snack stands out instead of becoming the Nth option on a crowded shelf. It already earns space at 3 other Bay Area grocers.
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.
Berkeley Bowl merchandises 3 of the 3 categories the brand sells.
non-gmo, organic, vegan against the store's assortment lean.
brand excitement 60/100.
the categories it plays in are already deep here.
Every category Dr. Mcdougall's Right 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 4 of 6 SKUs. Room to widen the line.
On shelf here, but only 2 of 4 SKUs. Room to widen the line.
Where it would price in instant noodles. Each dot is a product on the shelf, by its cost per oz (hover for which). Dr. Mcdougall's Right Foods (orange) sits well above the shelf.
Dr. Mcdougall's Right 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 (3/3 SKUs).
