Bringing big nutrition to snack-seeking convenience store shoppers

Big Daddy

Big Daddy, a gourmet oatmeal cookie sold in convenience stores and vending machines, was being attacked from all sides by increasing competition. While junk food remains predominant, so-called nutritious options have grown over the past 5 years. The brand was already at a crossroads: settle for stable sales—in a slight decline, in fact—or seize the opportunity to reposition itself in a different and desirable way to meet consumer expectations. Create a strong brand platform that could support a new, more nutritious and energetic product proposal via functional ingredients like oats, enriched wheat flour, eggs, and soy protein.

  • Audit and analysis of market trends

    Audit and analysis of the competition

    Consumer insight

    Brand positioning

    Brand identity

    Package design

  • Marie-Ève Caron, planning and brand strategy

    Geneviève Grenier, marketing and business strategy

    Caroline Reumont, art direction

    Nicolas Boissy, graphic design

    Élyse Noël de Tilly, copywriting

    Josiane Roy-Hétu, project management

    Steve Desmarais, graphic production

    Alain Sirois, photography

    Denis Riverin, photo retouching

    Martin Côté, illustration

As brand awareness was good and the product had potential, we decided to delve into the brand’s very DNA—solid value and generous size—while developing the product’s gourmet codes, making a shift towards more nutritious attributes. We conducted quantitative research to ensure that our proposal for “a cookie that satisfies your hunger going beyond a mere craving for empty calories” was credible to our target.

Strategy

Creation of a brand identity emphasizing both the nourishing and appetizing aspects of the cookies. Personification of Big Daddy and development of a tagline—“The King of Cookie Town”—contributing to its positioning as a “satiating” product. Creation of 4 packages highlighting both the taste and the abundance of good ingredients: oats, raisins, big chocolate chunks, and peanut butter.

Idea

“La Famille was able to maintain sales and current clients in addition to attracting a new target. It got a good grasp of consumer motivations while positioning the product with an identity that would guarantee its longevity.”

— Claude Breton, Brand Manager, Big Daddy

Results

A 10% increase in sales in the six months following the launch of the new platform.

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