The Bear & The Rat at Berkeley Bowl
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 2 SKUs across 2 categories. The growth is depth and breadth: 1 category to widen, replicated across all 2 stores.
Lead with Bacon & Peanut Butter Frozen Dog Treat in Frozen Dog Food.
Berkeley Bowl stocks frozen dog food 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 dog treats in real depth, 51 SKUs against a fleet median of 25, 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 frozen dog food: Berkeley Bowl stocks only 2 there, so The Bear & The Rat Bacon & Peanut Butter Frozen Dog Treat stands out rather than blending in. Lead with the frozen dog food, and position the dog treats as a finishing or gift item.
Berkeley Bowl merchandises 2 of the 2 categories the brand sells.
no strong clean/diet signal either way.
brand excitement 70/100.
enters a thin frozen dog food shelf as a point of difference.
The full runway · across 2 stores
Every category The Bear & The Rat 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 1 of 4 SKUs. Room to widen the line.
Fully stocked here (1/1 SKUs).
What to bring to expand
The Bear & The Rat’s SKUs Berkeley Bowl doesn’t carry yet, ordered by how many other Bay Area grocers already stock them.
Already on the shelf
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 →