Reading the shelf…
Berkeley Bowl is a specialty independent running 2 Bay Area stores, indexing high on clean-organic versus other Bay Area grocers.
SunRidge Farms is a family-owned manufacturer and distributor of certified organic and natural foods, established in 1982 and based in Royal Oaks, California.
It’s already on the shelf here, with 20 SKUs across 12 categories. The growth is depth and breadth: 11 categories to widen and 30 new doors to enter, replicated across all 2 stores.
Lead with Sweet Cherries in Dried Cherries.
Berkeley Bowl stocks dried cherries thinly, so a differentiated snack stands out instead of becoming the Nth option on a crowded shelf. It already earns space at 4 other Bay Area grocers.
Berkeley Bowl carries chocolate candies in real depth, 407 SKUs against a fleet median of 159, 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 dried cherries: Berkeley Bowl stocks only 1 there, so SunRidge Farms Sweet Cherries stands out rather than blending in. Lead with the dried cherries, and position the chocolate candies as a finishing or gift item.
Berkeley Bowl merchandises 45 of the 47 categories the brand sells.
non-gmo, organic, vegan against the store's assortment lean.
brand excitement 50/100.
enters a thin dried cherries shelf as a point of difference.
Every category Sunridge Farms 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 4 of 8 SKUs. Room to widen the line.
On shelf here, but only 3 of 9 SKUs. Room to widen the line.
Sunridge Farms’ 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 2 of 26 SKUs. Room to widen the line.
On shelf here, but only 2 of 13 SKUs. Room to widen the line.
On shelf here, but only 2 of 5 SKUs. Room to widen the line.
On shelf here, but only 1 of 6 SKUs. Room to widen the line.
On shelf here, but only 1 of 4 SKUs. Room to widen the line.
On shelf here, but only 1 of 3 SKUs. Room to widen the line.
On shelf here, but only 1 of 3 SKUs. Room to widen the line.
On shelf here, but only 1 of 3 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Already stocked here in other categories, so this one is a natural extension.
+ 23 more categories (mostly fully stocked or too thin to matter).