Reading the shelf…
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 4 SKUs across 2 categories. The growth is depth and breadth: 1 category to widen, replicated across all 2 stores.
Lead with Organic 100% Whole Grain Gluten Free Quinoa in Quinoa.
Berkeley Bowl stocks quinoa 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 dried lentils in real depth, 22 SKUs against a fleet median of 4, 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 quinoa: Berkeley Bowl stocks only 11 there, so TruRoots Organic 100% Whole Grain Gluten Free Quinoa stands out rather than blending in. Lead with the quinoa, and position the dried lentils as a finishing or gift item.
Berkeley Bowl merchandises 2 of the 3 categories the brand sells.
non-gmo, organic, vegan against the store's assortment lean.
brand excitement 60/100.
enters a thin quinoa shelf as a point of difference.
Every category Truroots 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 2 of 3 SKUs. Room to widen the line.
Where it would price in quinoa. Each dot is a product on the shelf, by its cost per oz (hover for which). Truroots (orange) sits well above the shelf.
Truroots’ 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.
