Kerrygold at Berkeley Bowl
Berkeley Bowl is a specialty independent running 2 Bay Area stores, indexing high on clean-organic versus other Bay Area grocers.
Kerrygold is a premium dairy brand known for its high-quality butter and cheese products, established in 1962 by the Irish Dairy Board.
It’s already on the shelf here, with 14 SKUs across 8 categories. The growth is depth and breadth: 5 categories to widen and 2 new doors to enter, replicated across all 2 stores.
Lead with Dubliner Block Cheese in Dubliner.
Berkeley Bowl stocks dubliner 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 cheddar in real depth, 78 SKUs against a fleet median of 31, so a new entry there is the Nth option, and its per-unit price would likely sit near the top of a crowded shelf. The more differentiated opening is dubliner: Berkeley Bowl stocks only 2 there, so Kerrygold Dubliner Block Cheese stands out rather than blending in. Lead with the dubliner, and position the cheddar as a finishing or gift item.
Berkeley Bowl merchandises 10 of the 12 categories the brand sells.
grass-fed against the store's assortment lean.
brand excitement 55/100.
enters a thin dubliner shelf as a point of difference.
The full runway · across 2 stores
Every category Kerrygold 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 2 of 5 SKUs. Room to widen the line.
On shelf here, but only 2 of 4 SKUs. Room to widen the line.
What to bring to expand
Kerrygold’s SKUs Berkeley Bowl doesn’t carry yet, ordered by how many other Bay Area grocers already stock them.
Already on the shelf
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 →
