Reading the shelf…
Berkeley Bowl is a specialty independent running 2 Bay Area stores, indexing high on clean-organic versus other Bay Area grocers.
The Granola Guru is a brand specializing in granola products, offering a variety of flavors and formulations.
It’s already on the shelf here, with 9 SKUs across 2 categories. The growth is depth and breadth: 1 category to widen, replicated across all 2 stores.
Lead with Matcha Moon in Granola.
Berkeley Bowl stocks granola thinly, so a differentiated snack stands out instead of becoming the Nth option on a crowded shelf. It already earns space at 2 other Bay Area grocers.
Berkeley Bowl carries granola in real depth, 144 SKUs against a fleet median of 41, 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 2 of the 2 categories the brand sells.
non-gmo against the store's assortment lean.
brand excitement 50/100.
the categories it plays in are already deep here.
Every category The Granola Guru 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 10 SKUs. Room to widen the line.
Fully stocked here (2/2 SKUs).
Where it would price in granola. Each dot is a product on the shelf, by its cost per oz (hover for which). The Granola Guru (orange) sits above the shelf.
The Granola Guru’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 →
