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 Gula specializes in crafting dry-cured Spanish pork mini sticks that capture the essence of traditional Spanish charcuterie.
Santa Gula isn’t on Berkeley Bowl’s shelf yet in any of its 2 stores. The opening: 1 category where the shelf is already deep and the brand runs strong elsewhere.
Lead with Spanish Dry Cured Meat Sticks in Chorizo.
Berkeley Bowl stocks chorizo 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 chorizo in real depth, 16 SKUs against a fleet median of 2.5, 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 1 of the 1 category the brand sells.
keto, paleo against the store's assortment lean.
brand excitement 60/100.
the categories it plays in are already deep here.
Every category Santa Gula 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.
Not here yet, but the shelf is real: a clean first door into a category the brand runs deep in.
Where it would price in chorizo. Each dot is a product on the shelf, by its cost per oz (hover for which). Santa Gula (orange) sits well above the shelf.
Santa Gula’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 →