Reading the shelf…
Berkeley Bowl is a specialty independent running 2 Bay Area stores, indexing high on clean-organic versus other Bay Area grocers.
Freestyle Snacks offers a diverse range of olive products, all traditionally harvested in Greece and marinated with premium ingredients like extra virgin olive oil and a variety of herbs…
It’s already on the shelf here, with 6 SKUs across 2 categories. The growth is depth and breadth: 1 category to widen, replicated across all 2 stores.
Lead with Green Olives Lemon Garlic in Olives.
Berkeley Bowl stocks olives 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 olives in real depth, 115 SKUs against a fleet median of 19.5, 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 2 of the 2 categories the brand sells.
keto, non-gmo, paleo against the store's assortment lean.
brand excitement 70/100.
the categories it plays in are already deep here.
Every category Freestyle Snacks 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 5 SKUs. Room to widen the line.
Where it would price in olives. Each dot is a product on the shelf, by its cost per oz (hover for which). Freestyle Snacks (orange) sits well above the shelf.
Freestyle Snacks’ 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 →
