Lake Champlain Chocolates at Berkeley Bowl
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 8 SKUs across 2 categories. The growth is depth and breadth: 2 categories to widen, replicated across all 2 stores.
Lead with Mocha Hot Chocolate in Hot Cocoa Mix.
Berkeley Bowl stocks hot cocoa mix thinly, so a differentiated snack stands out instead of becoming the Nth option on a crowded shelf. It already earns space at 2 other Bay Area grocers.
Berkeley Bowl carries chocolate candies in real depth, 407 SKUs against a fleet median of 159, 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 hot cocoa mix: Berkeley Bowl stocks only 10 there, so Lake Champlain Chocolates Mocha Hot Chocolate stands out rather than blending in. Lead with the hot cocoa mix, and position the chocolate candies as a finishing or gift item.
Berkeley Bowl merchandises 2 of the 2 categories the brand sells.
non-gmo, organic, vegetarian against the store's assortment lean.
brand excitement 60/100.
enters a thin hot cocoa mix shelf as a point of difference.
The full runway · across 2 stores
Every category Lake Champlain Chocolates 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 22 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 hot cocoa mix. Each dot is a product on the shelf, by its cost per oz (hover for which).
What to bring to expand
Lake Champlain Chocolates’ 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 →
