Reading the shelf…
Berkeley Bowl is a specialty independent running 2 Bay Area stores, indexing high on clean-organic versus other Bay Area grocers.
Just Date offers a range of organic, date-based sweeteners and chocolate products that emphasize natural ingredients and sustainability.
It’s already on the shelf here, with 3 SKUs across 3 categories. The growth is depth and breadth: 1 category to widen, replicated across all 2 stores.
Lead with Organic 31% Cacao Milk Chocolate Chips in Chocolate Chips.
Berkeley Bowl stocks chocolate chips 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 chocolate chips in real depth, 37 SKUs against a fleet median of 10, 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 4 of the 4 categories the brand sells.
non-gmo, organic, vegan against the store's assortment lean.
brand excitement 70/100.
the categories it plays in are already deep here.
Every category Just Date 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 3 SKUs. Room to widen the line.
Fully stocked here (1/1 SKUs).
Where it would price in chocolate chips. Each dot is a product on the shelf, by its cost per oz (hover for which). Just Date (orange) sits above the shelf.
Just Date’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 →
Fully stocked here (1/1 SKUs).