Reading the shelf…
Berkeley Bowl is a specialty independent running 2 Bay Area stores, indexing high on clean-organic versus other Bay Area grocers.
Muir Glen is a brand known for its organic tomato products, including a variety of canned and jarred tomatoes, sauces, salsas, and ketchup.
It’s already on the shelf here, with 24 SKUs across 8 categories. The growth is depth and breadth: 5 categories to widen and 1 new door to enter, replicated across all 2 stores.
Lead with Tomato Puree in Canned Tomato Sauce.
Berkeley Bowl stocks canned tomato sauce 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 tomato based sauces in real depth, 133 SKUs against a fleet median of 44, 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 9 categories the brand sells.
non-gmo, organic, vegetarian against the store's assortment lean.
brand excitement 45/100.
the categories it plays in are already deep here.
Every category Muir Glen 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 8 of 9 SKUs. Room to widen the line.
On shelf here, but only 7 of 8 SKUs. Room to widen the line.
Where it would price in canned tomato sauce. Each dot is a product on the shelf, by its cost per oz (hover for which). Muir Glen (orange) sits well above the shelf.
Muir Glen’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 →
On shelf here, but only 2 of 3 SKUs. Room to widen the line.
On shelf here, but only 1 of 3 SKUs. Room to widen the line.
On shelf here, but only 1 of 2 SKUs. Room to widen the line.
Already stocked here in other categories, so this one is a natural extension.
Fully stocked here (3/3 SKUs).
Fully stocked here (1/1 SKUs).
Fully stocked here (1/1 SKUs).
