Reading the shelf…
Berkeley Bowl is a specialty independent running 2 Bay Area stores, indexing high on clean-organic versus other Bay Area grocers.
It’s already on the shelf here, with 15 SKUs across 4 categories. The growth is depth and breadth: 2 categories to widen and 1 new door to enter, replicated across all 2 stores.
Lead with World Market Hawaiian Sun Banana Macadamia Nut Pancake Mix in Pancake & Waffle Mix.
Berkeley Bowl stocks pancake & waffle mix 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.
Berkeley Bowl merchandises 5 of the 6 categories the brand sells.
no strong clean/diet signal either way.
brand excitement 30/100.
the categories it plays in are already deep here.
Every category Hawaiian Sun 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 7 of 9 SKUs. Room to widen the line.
On shelf here, but only 5 of 6 SKUs. Room to widen the line.
Where it would price in pancake & waffle mix. Each dot is a product on the shelf, by its cost per oz (hover for which).
Hawaiian Sun’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.
Fully stocked here (2/2 SKUs).
Fully stocked here (1/1 SKUs).
The store barely carries this category, so it is a hard sell.
