Reading the shelf…
Berkeley Bowl is a specialty independent running 2 Bay Area stores, indexing high on clean-organic versus other Bay Area grocers.
Green Valley Creamery is a U.S.-based dairy brand that specializes in organic, lactose-free products, catering to consumers with lactose intolerance.
It’s already on the shelf here, with 15 SKUs across 8 categories. The growth is depth and breadth: 1 category to widen and 5 new doors to enter, replicated across all 2 stores.
Lead with Green Valley Lactose Free Cream Cheese in Cream Cheese.
Berkeley Bowl stocks cream cheese 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 traditional yogurt in real depth, 143 SKUs against a fleet median of 48, 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 13 of the 13 categories the brand sells.
non-gmo, organic, pasture-raised against the store's assortment lean.
brand excitement 60/100.
the categories it plays in are already deep here.
Every category Green Valley Creamery 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 1 of 2 SKUs. Room to widen the line.
Already stocked here in other categories, so this one is a natural extension.
Where it would price in cream cheese. Each dot is a product on the shelf, by its cost per oz (hover for which). Green Valley Creamery (orange) sits in line with the shelf.
Green Valley Creamery’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 →
Already stocked here in other categories, so this one is a natural extension.
Already stocked here in other categories, so this one is a natural extension.
Already stocked here in other categories, so this one is a natural extension.
Already stocked here in other categories, so this one is a natural extension.
Fully stocked here (6/6 SKUs).
Fully stocked here (2/2 SKUs).
Fully stocked here (2/2 SKUs).
Fully stocked here (1/1 SKUs).
Fully stocked here (1/1 SKUs).
Fully stocked here (1/1 SKUs).
Fully stocked here (1/1 SKUs).

