Reading the shelf…
Berkeley Bowl is a specialty independent running 2 Bay Area stores, indexing high on clean-organic versus other Bay Area grocers.
Tasteful Selections® is a U.S.-based brand that specializes in bite-sized baby potatoes, offering both conventional and organic varieties.
It’s already on the shelf here, with 11 SKUs across 4 categories. The growth is depth and breadth: 3 categories to widen, replicated across all 2 stores.
Lead with Tasteful Selections Organic Purple Potatoes in Purple Potatoes.
Berkeley Bowl stocks purple potatoes 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.
The more differentiated opening is purple potatoes: Berkeley Bowl stocks only 2 there, so Tasteful Selections Organic Purple Potatoes stands out rather than blending in.
Berkeley Bowl merchandises 4 of the 5 categories the brand sells.
non-gmo, organic against the store's assortment lean.
brand excitement 55/100.
enters a thin purple potatoes shelf as a point of difference.
Every category Tasteful Selections® 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 6 SKUs. Room to widen the line.
On shelf here, but only 2 of 4 SKUs. Room to widen the line.
On shelf here, but only 2 of 3 SKUs. Room to widen the line.
Tasteful Selections®’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 →
Fully stocked here (3/3 SKUs).
The store barely carries this category, so it is a hard sell.
