Reading the shelf…
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 2 SKUs across 1 category. The growth is depth and breadth: 1 category to widen, replicated across all 2 stores.
Lead with Original Canola Oil Blend Non-Stick Cooking Spray in Cooking Oil Sprays.
Berkeley Bowl stocks cooking oil sprays thinly, so a differentiated snack stands out instead of becoming the Nth option on a crowded shelf. It already earns space at 8 other Bay Area grocers.
The more differentiated opening is cooking oil sprays: Berkeley Bowl stocks only 10 there, so Pam Original Canola Oil Blend Non-Stick Cooking Spray stands out rather than blending in.
Berkeley Bowl merchandises 1 of the 1 category the brand sells.
no strong clean/diet signal either way.
brand excitement 25/100.
enters a thin cooking oil sprays shelf as a point of difference.
Every category Pam 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 2 of 6 SKUs. Room to widen the line.
Where it would price in cooking oil sprays. Each dot is a product on the shelf, by its cost per oz (hover for which). Pam (orange) sits in line with the shelf.
Pam’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 →