Situation:

Baxters ‘side-of-plate’ includes chutneys, pickled onions and beetroot

Problem:

The business needed to improve sell-through at Christmas and fend-off competitor sales promotions, using only PR

Solution:

‘Own’ Boxing Day by partnering with BBC Good Food and sponsoring The Ramblers Association Festival of Winter Walks programme, fronted by Ben Fogle

Innovative communications:

First ever advertiser-funded partnership with BBC Good Food matching Baxters’ products to editorial Boxing Day recipes

Business growth?:

Baxters’ best ever sales performance at Tesco and an ownable idea to replicate at fi xture and on pack

Posted by on July 28th, 2011