Reading the shelf…
Berkeley Bowl is a specialty independent running 2 Bay Area stores, indexing high on clean-organic versus other Bay Area grocers.
Nature's Path is a Canadian, family-owned company that specializes in organic breakfast and snack foods.
It’s already on the shelf here, with 67 SKUs across 10 categories. The growth is depth and breadth: 5 categories to widen, replicated across all 2 stores.
Lead with Oats, Gluten Free, Old Fashioned in Rolled Oats.
Berkeley Bowl stocks rolled oats thinly, so a differentiated snack stands out instead of becoming the Nth option on a crowded shelf. It already earns space at 3 other Bay Area grocers.
Berkeley Bowl carries cereal in real depth, 200 SKUs against a fleet median of 56, 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 10 of the 11 categories the brand sells.
non-gmo, organic, vegan against the store's assortment lean.
brand excitement 65/100.
the categories it plays in are already deep here.
Every category Nature's Path 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 33 of 37 SKUs. Room to widen the line.
On shelf here, but only 12 of 15 SKUs. Room to widen the line.
Where it would price in rolled oats. Each dot is a product on the shelf, by its cost per oz (hover for which). Nature's Path (orange) sits above the shelf.
Nature's Path’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 5 of 11 SKUs. Room to widen the line.
On shelf here, but only 5 of 6 SKUs. Room to widen the line.
On shelf here, but only 1 of 2 SKUs. Room to widen the line.
Fully stocked here (5/5 SKUs).
Fully stocked here (3/3 SKUs).
Fully stocked here (1/1 SKUs).
Fully stocked here (1/1 SKUs).
Fully stocked here (1/1 SKUs).
The store barely carries this category, so it is a hard sell.
