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 9 SKUs across 2 categories. The growth is depth and breadth: 2 categories to widen and 1 new door to enter, replicated across all 2 stores.
Lead with Dry Cat Food Seafood Sensations With Salmon, Tuna, and Shrimp Flavors in Dry Cat Food.
Berkeley Bowl stocks dry cat food 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 wet cat food in real depth, 77 SKUs against a fleet median of 21, so a new entry there is the Nth option, and its per-unit price would likely sit near the top of a crowded shelf. The more differentiated opening is dry cat food: Berkeley Bowl stocks only 10 there, so Purina Friskies Dry Cat Food Seafood Sensations With Salmon, Tuna, and Shrimp Flavors stands out rather than blending in. Lead with the dry cat food, and position the wet cat food as a finishing or gift item.
Berkeley Bowl merchandises 3 of the 3 categories the brand sells.
no strong clean/diet signal either way.
brand excitement 30/100.
enters a thin dry cat food shelf as a point of difference.
Every category Purina Friskies 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 41 SKUs. Room to widen the line.
On shelf here, but only 1 of 6 SKUs. Room to widen the line.
Where it would price in dry cat food. Each dot is a product on the shelf, by its cost per oz (hover for which). Purina Friskies (orange) sits below the shelf.
Purina Friskies’ 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 →
Already stocked here in other categories, so this one is a natural extension.