Reading the shelf…
Berkeley Bowl is a specialty independent running 2 Bay Area stores, indexing high on clean-organic versus other Bay Area grocers.
Tony's Chocolonely is a Dutch chocolate company founded in 2005, known for its commitment to creating a slave-free chocolate industry.
It’s already on the shelf here, with 17 SKUs across 2 categories. The growth is depth and breadth: 1 category to widen, replicated across all 2 stores.
Lead with Milk Caramel Sea Salt in Chocolate Candies.
Berkeley Bowl stocks chocolate candies thinly, so a differentiated snack stands out instead of becoming the Nth option on a crowded shelf. It already earns space at 12 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.
Berkeley Bowl merchandises 2 of the 3 categories the brand sells.
vegetarian against the store's assortment lean.
brand excitement 85/100.
the categories it plays in are already deep here.
Every category Tony's Chocolonely 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 16 of 26 SKUs. Room to widen the line.
Fully stocked here (1/1 SKUs).
Where it would price in chocolate candies. Each dot is a product on the shelf, by its cost per fl oz (hover for which). Tony's Chocolonely (orange) sits below the shelf.
Tony's Chocolonely’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 →
The store barely carries this category, so it is a hard sell.
