SUNBELT BAKERY GRANOLA BARS MUST:
1. Through market research and segmentation we identified and targeted the most profitable consumers to gain share against both the traditional market and against the new generation.
2. We launched campaigns for each segment using our Proprietary Digital Tools to ensure best-in-class performance and granularity in tracking.
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In the granola bars segment, one of the only bright spots was McKee Foods, which grew its Sunbelt Bakery bars by 4.9 percent.
We helped Sunbelt Bakery change the granola bar paradigm by launching over 15 different products, including flavors the category had never seen.
To get the word out in a fun way, our production machine created hundreds of pieces of eye-popping content integrated across broadcast, OTT, programmatic, social media, influencers, consumer activations, content marketing, CRM, and DTC.
We also saw an opportunity to make a deeper connection with fans. So, we chose 150 of our most passionate followers and surprised them with personalized mailers that included their original social media posts. Plus, their fandom was rewarded with a special gift: some of the very first Oatmeal Raisin bars made for the relaunch.
To stoke the excitement even more, we sent product samples and branded milk glasses to key social media influencers. Soon after, they were raisin’ a glass to our big news all across the country!
When this ad officially re-launched the product, pent-up demand was ready to explode. Oatmeal Raisin quickly became Sunbelt Bakery’s best-selling flavor online.
Our unique content marketing platform shared content with tens of thousands of official Sunbelt “Bakery Fresh Friends” (BFFs). They, in turn, shared the content on their personal social media platforms, generating millions in organic reach.
Note: The Nielsen Measured Value of our Bakery Fresh Friends was 6.2 times the national granola bar average.
We created a “Blot Out Breast Cancer” event, shot video of the enthusiastic public response, and shared content as part of a wholistic breast cancer awareness campaign executed on social media, at retail and on packaging.
By referencing cultural happenings throughout the year, we kept the brand top-of-mind. We even found a way to make the NCAA’s March Madness relevant to parents who might not watch basketball…we created a mini slam dunk contest that was a social media hit.
We also crafted lifestyle content that featured our core audience interacting with the brand in fun and engaging ways—videos that were eagerly consumed and shared by our BFFs.
To keep brand lovers engaged and loyal, we continually offer opportunities to own and win Sunbelt Bakery accessories.
Just as we reshaped the granola bar paradigm for consumers, we reimagined how to get the attention of retail buyers who tightly control shelf-space. Instead of sending out the usual product introduction packet, we created fun and interactive sampling events—delivered right to the desks of retail buyers at key accounts.
These assets were directly credited with appointments that landed major retail accounts.
Johnson Group worked with the Sunbelt Bakery e-commerce team to launch the brand’s first direct-to-consumer campaign including:
