Kite Hill at Berkeley Bowl
Berkeley Bowl is a specialty independent running 2 Bay Area stores, indexing high on clean-organic versus other Bay Area grocers.
Kite Hill is a U.S.-based company that specializes in plant-based dairy alternatives, offering a range of innovative products made primarily from almonds.
It’s already on the shelf here, with 16 SKUs across 5 categories. The growth is depth and breadth: 2 categories to widen and 4 new doors to enter, replicated across all 2 stores.
Lead with Dairy Free Cream Cheese, Garden Veggie in Cheese Alternatives.
Berkeley Bowl stocks cheese alternatives 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 greek & icelandic yogurt in real depth, 170 SKUs against a fleet median of 36, 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 9 of the 10 categories the brand sells.
non-gmo, vegan, vegetarian against the store's assortment lean.
brand excitement 80/100.
the categories it plays in are already deep here.
The full runway · across 2 stores
Every category Kite Hill 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 9 of 11 SKUs. Room to widen the line.
On shelf here, but only 1 of 2 SKUs. Room to widen the line.
How it prices
Where it would price in cheese alternatives. Each dot is a product on the shelf, by its cost per oz (hover for which). Kite Hill (orange) sits above the shelf.
What to bring to expand
Kite Hill’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 →
