Reading the shelf…
Berkeley Bowl is a specialty independent running 2 Bay Area stores, indexing high on clean-organic versus other Bay Area grocers.
Santa Cruz Organic is a pioneer in the organic food and beverage sector, offering a wide variety of products such as fruit juices, lemonades, and apple sauces.
It’s already on the shelf here, with 22 SKUs across 8 categories. The growth is depth and breadth: 5 categories to widen and 2 new doors to enter, replicated across all 2 stores.
Lead with 100% Organic Lime Juice in Lime Juice.
Berkeley Bowl stocks lime juice thinly, so a differentiated snack stands out instead of becoming the Nth option on a crowded shelf. It already earns space at 1 other Bay Area grocer.
Berkeley Bowl carries fruit juice & blends in real depth, 183 SKUs against a fleet median of 39, 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 lime juice: Berkeley Bowl stocks only 11 there, so Santa Cruz Organic 100% Organic Lime Juice stands out rather than blending in. Lead with the lime juice, and position the fruit juice & blends as a finishing or gift item.
Berkeley Bowl merchandises 10 of the 11 categories the brand sells.
non-gmo, organic against the store's assortment lean.
brand excitement 45/100.
enters a thin lime juice shelf as a point of difference.
Every category Santa Cruz Organic 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 7 of 15 SKUs. Room to widen the line.
On shelf here, but only 3 of 7 SKUs. Room to widen the line.
Where it would price in lime juice. Each dot is a product on the shelf, by its cost per fl oz (hover for which). Santa Cruz Organic (orange) sits in line with the shelf.
Santa Cruz Organic’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 3 of 4 SKUs. Room to widen the line.
On shelf here, but only 1 of 2 SKUs. Room to widen the line.
On shelf here, but only 1 of 2 SKUs. Room to widen the line.
Already stocked here in other categories, so this one is a natural extension.
Already stocked here in other categories, so this one is a natural extension.
Fully stocked here (4/4 SKUs).
Fully stocked here (2/2 SKUs).
Fully stocked here (1/1 SKUs).
The store barely carries this category, so it is a hard sell.
