Greenvale, the UK’s leading supplier of fresh potatoes, has secured two new listings through Ocado and Amazon for its branded product, GreenVale Farm Fresh potatoes, so consumers can now order them on line as well as buy them off the shelf at Tesco and Booths. Marketed as ‘great tasting all rounder potatoes’, GreenVale Farm Fresh […]
South Australia’s Coopers Ale has won the Best Marketed Beer award at the Australian Liquor Industry Awards, with the brewers subsequently thanking their supporters via Facebook. The award is given to “the beer or cider brand that has received the most effective promotional support including POS, advertising campaigns and trade incentives.” Coopers were up against […]
Asda is launching an aggressive Christmas campaign that targets the other big four supermarkets’ shoppers with a message that claims “You’re Better off at Asda”. The supermarket claims its campaign, which consists of 20 “hardworking” Christmas TV ads, will have “no gimmicks, no promotions and no celebrity filled features”. Instead Asda will invest in lowering […]
Legendary biscuit brand Tim Tam has launched a campaign for its new Chocolicious Bites with a creative designed by DDB and executed by MEC and Social Ally. It focuses on an interactive consumer poll utilising real-time technology, offering fans a year’s supply of Tim Tams. The campaign launches online via Facebook. “Real-time communications is the […]
Pernod Ricard has launched its first ecommerce hub in the UK to capitalise on returning customer spend across the region, a move that follows similar recent announcements from rivals Diageo and AB InBev. Drinks maker unveils first UK online store in time for key Christmas trading period. The Sipstor, dubbed an online “drinks boutique” by […]
The Advertising Standards Authority has banned a TV ad for Sainsbury’s after ruling it misleadingly told consumers they need not shop around at Tesco and Asda for the best branded deals. The ad, promoting Sainsbury’s Brand Match money-back guarantee, depicted customers shopping, with the TV screen split into three and a section each representing Sainsbury’s, […]
Tesco is cutting the buy-one-get-one-free (bogof) promotions on its bagged salads after finding that 68% of them end up being wasted by consumers. The supermarket said the move is a first in response to its own research into food waste, which tracked 25 of its bestselling products to better understand where food waste occurs from […]
Pizza Hut is bringing its analytics and mobile platforms closer together to hone its Customer relationship management (CRM) strategy and drive online sales through personalised offers. The company, which was spun off from its restaurant arm last year, is planning to beef up its CRM offering at the start of 2014 with updates to its […]
7-Eleven has added four high-demand A-listers to its lineup at its top wine-selling stores – “A” as in wines that have scored 89-90 points in oenophile publications like Wine Spectator and Wine Enthusiast. The ultra-premium varietals – La Crema Chardonnay, Louis Martini Cabernet Sauvignon, Kim Crawford Sauvignon Blanc and Wild Horse Pinot Noir – not only […]
Ooh Media has unveiled an experiential brand campaign for Kettle’s Chunky Chips, converting over 60 shop units into gigantic packets of chips and audio enabled panels. The event includes the placement of 2 metre tall Kettle Chunky Chip packets. The creative was designed by Scarlet Design. “It used to be that special builds were few […]