Reading the shelf…
Berkeley Bowl is a specialty independent running 2 Bay Area stores, indexing high on clean-organic versus other Bay Area grocers.
Pumpkin Tree Organics is a family-owned company that specializes in organic, non-GMO fruit and vegetable snack pouches for children.
It’s already on the shelf here, with 10 SKUs across 1 category. The growth is depth and breadth: 1 category to widen and 1 new door to enter, replicated across all 2 stores.
Lead with Fruit Puree, Organic, Apple & Grape in Baby Food Purees.
Berkeley Bowl stocks baby food purees thinly, so a differentiated snack stands out instead of becoming the Nth option on a crowded shelf. It already earns space at 6 other Bay Area grocers.
Berkeley Bowl carries baby food purees in real depth, 148 SKUs against a fleet median of 25, 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 2 of the 3 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 Pumpkin Tree 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 10 of 14 SKUs. Room to widen the line.
Already stocked here in other categories, so this one is a natural extension.
Where it would price in baby food purees. Each dot is a product on the shelf, by its cost per oz (hover for which). Pumpkin Tree (orange) sits in line with the shelf.
Pumpkin Tree’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 →
The store barely carries this category, so it is a hard sell.
