Reading the shelf…
Berkeley Bowl is a specialty independent running 2 Bay Area stores, indexing high on clean-organic versus other Bay Area grocers.
Woodstock is a natural and organic food brand that has been providing a variety of products for over 35 years.
It’s already on the shelf here, with 94 SKUs across 53 categories. The growth is depth and breadth: 14 categories to widen and 15 new doors to enter, replicated across all 2 stores.
Lead with Organic Unsweetened Black Mission Figs in Dried Figs.
Berkeley Bowl stocks dried figs thinly, so a differentiated snack stands out instead of becoming the Nth option on a crowded shelf. It already earns space at 5 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. The more differentiated opening is dried figs: Berkeley Bowl stocks only 3 there, so WOODSTOCK Organic Unsweetened Black Mission Figs stands out rather than blending in. Lead with the dried figs, and position the chocolate candies as a finishing or gift item.
Berkeley Bowl merchandises 70 of the 70 categories the brand sells.
non-gmo, organic, vegan against the store's assortment lean.
brand excitement 55/100.
enters a thin dried figs shelf as a point of difference.
Every category Woodstock 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 5 of 6 SKUs. Room to widen the line.
On shelf here, but only 4 of 7 SKUs. Room to widen the line.
Woodstock’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 →
On shelf here, but only 4 of 5 SKUs. Room to widen the line.
On shelf here, but only 3 of 6 SKUs. Room to widen the line.
On shelf here, but only 1 of 4 SKUs. Room to widen the line.
On shelf here, but only 1 of 3 SKUs. Room to widen the line.
On shelf here, but only 1 of 2 SKUs. Room to widen the line.
On shelf here, but only 1 of 2 SKUs. Room to widen the line.
On shelf here, but only 1 of 2 SKUs. Room to widen the line.
On shelf here, but only 1 of 2 SKUs. Room to widen the line.
On shelf here, but only 1 of 2 SKUs. Room to widen the line.
On shelf here, but only 1 of 2 SKUs. Room to widen the line.
On shelf here, but only 1 of 2 SKUs. Room to widen the line.
On shelf here, but only 1 of 2 SKUs. Room to widen the line.
Already stocked here in other categories, so this one is a natural extension.
Already stocked here in other categories, so this one is a natural extension.
Already stocked here in other categories, so this one is a natural extension.
Already stocked here in other categories, so this one is a natural extension.
Already stocked here in other categories, so this one is a natural extension.
Already stocked here in other categories, so this one is a natural extension.
Already stocked here in other categories, so this one is a natural extension.
Already stocked here in other categories, so this one is a natural extension.
Already stocked here in other categories, so this one is a natural extension.
Already stocked here in other categories, so this one is a natural extension.
+ 46 more categories (mostly fully stocked or too thin to matter).
