Publishers Note: Everyone is all in when it comes to one of the top categories most coveted by OOH and that is consumer packaged goods. Here is a CPG campaign that includes OOH for Birds Eye’s Steamfresh.
BIRDS EYE STEAMS UP THE LUNCH OCCASION WITH NEW MULTICHANNEL CAMPAIGN
Birds Eye is unveiling a new creative platform and multichannel campaign for its Steamfresh® range of healthy meals. The campaign, developed by elvis and sporting the tagline “Goodness That’s Steamy!”, will exhibit a new, playful tone of voice for the Steamfresh® brand, helping to drive awareness of the new Steamfresh® Meals which launched in March this year.
Consumers are leading busy lives, and many are looking for nutritious meal ideas which are also easy and quick to prepare. With practicality, health, and enjoyment scoring as the top three most important attributes for consumers shopping in this space[1], Birds Eye’s Steamfresh® Meals are catering to the nation’s tastes and providing a delicious and healthy meal in just 6-8 minutes.
The campaign seeks to change perceptions of steaming and frozen ready meals amongst a younger target audience of single or small households, providing them with a tasty, healthy[2] option for the lunchtime occasion.
A hero 20-second TV spot, directed by Juliet May at Merman, sees a couple pausing for a quick lunch at home, only to be interrupted by an unexpected guest: the Steamfresh® narrator. They talk through the everyday scenario unfolding before them in a comically steamy way, as if reading an excerpt from a romantic novel.
A series of 30-second radio spots have the same playful tone of voice, giving the listener the impression that they’re listening to a steamy audiobook to drive intrigue and humor. In each ad, the narrator tells a short story and builds up to a crescendo moment. The listener then hears the ping of a microwave, revealing the story was actually about the Steamfresh® range all along.
Out-of-home and social executions feature irresistible product imagery accompanied by tongue-in-cheek taglines, intended to disrupt consumers and drive consideration of the range.
Jess Ali, Head of Marketing, Birds Eye Brand, Vegetables, Potatoes & Meat Free, said: “At Birds Eye, the quality and taste of our products is at the heart of everything we do. The launch of our new creative platform for Steamfresh® will help us bring some much-needed love to the lunch occasion and help transform perceptions of frozen meals by showcasing their premium quality and nutritional benefits. By reimagining Steamfresh’s® tone of voice into something more tongue in cheek, we hope to welcome new fans into the brand and show them that lunchtimes no longer need to be boring.”
Neale Horrigan, Executive Creative Director, elvis, added: “To make people fall in love with Steamfresh® Meals, we harnessed the language of love and a playful, steamy tone of voice. This approach allowed us to position the brand in an exciting and unique way, distinct from others in the frozen food category, while also highlighting the quality of the products. Irresistibly quick, reassuringly nutritious and tantalisingly tasty. What’s not to love about Steamfresh®?”
The campaign is running across TV, radio, out-of-home, shopper, social and PR channels from 17th June. Production is managed by Hogarth, media planning and buying by Zenith, shopper marketing by Juice, and PR and social by Cirkle.
Steamfresh® Meals are available now in Asda, Sainsbury’s, Morrisons and Iceland.
Campaign credits
Campaign title: Goodness That’s Steamy!
Client: Birds Eye Steamfresh®
Campaign creation and execution: elvis
TV: Merman
Production: Hogarth
Media planning and buying: Zenith
Shopper marketing: Juice
PR and social: Cirkle
About Birds Eye
Birds Eye, owned by Nomad Foods, is the UK’s no.1 frozen food company and is comprised of the Birds Eye, Goodfella’s, Aunt Bessie’s and Green Cuisine brands. Birds Eye launched over 75 years ago, providing high-quality frozen food for generations, and its iconic portfolio of fish, vegetable and chicken products now also includes a meat-free range, pizzas and roast accompaniments. 2024 marks 100 years since our founder, Clarence Birdseye, invented the process behind frozen food as we know it today. We are proud of our origins and heritage as we continue to endeavor to serve the nation with better food, promoting the nutritional benefits and convenience of frozen food and the role it plays in helping reduce food waste.
Full product list and details are available at https://www.birdseye.co.uk/our-brands
[1] Kantar Usage 53 w/e 01.10.23
[2] Mediterranean Vegetables & Pasta in Tomato Sauce – Rich in vitamin A which contributes to the maintenance of normal vision (Vitamin A: 139μg /100g (17% NRV), 557μg /400g (69% NRV))
Mushroom Tagliatelle in a Creamy Sauce – Source of protein which contributes to the maintenance of muscle mass (Protein: 4.5g /100g (14% RI), 18g /400g (36% RI))
Tortelloni with Vegetables & Pesto – Rich in vitamin A which contributes to the maintenance of normal vision (Vitamin A: 166μg /100g (20% NRV), 582μg /350g (72% NRV)
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