Marou Faiseurs De Chocolat at Berkeley Bowl
Berkeley Bowl is a specialty independent running 2 Bay Area stores, indexing high on clean-organic versus other Bay Area grocers.
Marou Faiseurs De Chocolat isn’t on Berkeley Bowl’s shelf yet in any of its 2 stores. The opening: 2 categories where the shelf is already deep and the brand runs strong elsewhere.
Lead with Marou Dark Chocolate Coated Pineapple in Chocolate Covered Dried Fruit.
Berkeley Bowl stocks chocolate covered dried fruit 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 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 chocolate covered dried fruit: Berkeley Bowl stocks only 9 there, so Marou Dark Chocolate Coated Pineapple stands out rather than blending in. Lead with the chocolate covered dried fruit, and position the chocolate candies as a finishing or gift item.
Berkeley Bowl merchandises 2 of the 2 categories the brand sells.
vegetarian against the store's assortment lean.
brand excitement 85/100.
enters a thin chocolate covered dried fruit shelf as a point of difference.
The full runway · across 2 stores
Every category Marou Faiseurs De Chocolat 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.
Not here yet, but the shelf is real: a clean first door into a category the brand runs deep in.
Not here yet, but the shelf is real: a clean first door into a category the brand runs deep in.
How it prices
Where it would price in chocolate covered dried fruit. Each dot is a product on the shelf, by its cost per oz (hover for which). Marou Faiseurs De Chocolat (orange) sits well above the shelf.
What to bring to land
Marou Faiseurs De Chocolat’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 →
