Near East at Berkeley Bowl
Berkeley Bowl is a specialty independent running 2 Bay Area stores, indexing high on clean-organic versus other Bay Area grocers.
Near East® is a brand known for its grain-based food products, including rice pilafs and couscous, founded in 1962 by Armenian immigrants in Worcester, Massachusetts.
It’s already on the shelf here, with 14 SKUs across 3 categories. The growth is depth and breadth: 1 category to widen and 2 new doors to enter, replicated across all 2 stores.
Lead with Roasted Garlic & Olive Oil Couscous Mix in Boxed Grain Meal & Sides.
Berkeley Bowl stocks boxed grain meal & sides thinly, so a differentiated snack stands out instead of becoming the Nth option on a crowded shelf. It already earns space at 11 other Bay Area grocers.
Berkeley Bowl carries boxed grain meal & sides in real depth, 43 SKUs against a fleet median of 14, 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 5 of the 5 categories the brand sells.
non-gmo, vegetarian against the store's assortment lean.
brand excitement 45/100.
the categories it plays in are already deep here.
The full runway · across 2 stores
Every category Near East 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 11 of 14 SKUs. Room to widen the line.
Already stocked here in other categories, so this one is a natural extension.
How it prices
Where it would price in boxed grain meal & sides. Each dot is a product on the shelf, by its cost per oz (hover for which). Near East (orange) sits above the shelf.
What to bring to expand
Near East’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 →
