Loacker:Moments of Pure Goodness

Brand and Product Launches Social Media and Influencer Marketing

How do you make a global biscuit brand relevant to Canadians? Take a stand for self care.

Strategic Objectives, Canada’s top PR Firm, partnered with Loacker, Italy’s best-selling wafer biscuits, to grow awareness for the delicious qualities that differentiate Loacker from its competitors.

The challenge

Break Through in an Established Category

Snacking is a highly competitive and cluttered category. Loacker tasked us to position wafer biscuits as a pantry essential and versatile ingredient for recipes and everyday snacking indulgence. Our multi-faceted PR program focused on premium positioning: building mass brand awareness for the brand’s Italian values and personality, and driving sales. Our mission was to share the pure goodness of Loacker wafers with Canadians and position them as the solution to a wide range of entertaining and snacking occasions. Our campaign encouraged people to take a moment and savour serenity — with loved ones, or on their own — and established Loacker as a champion for self care.

The solution

Create new rituals centred on legacy and values

Our two-year, national bilingual program focused on moments throughout the week for Canadians to experience serenity and relaxation the European way.

Savour Serenity Survey: We launched an annual national survey to assess Canadians’ need for relaxation and self-care, revealing that 60% have fewer than 1-2 hours a day for themselves, 55% feel more stressed than last year, and 42% relax with coffee and a biscuit. These insights positioned Loacker as a champion of self-care, promoting European serenity in Canadian lives.

The Loacker Challenge: We introduced the Loacker Challenge, encouraging Canadians to take one conscious break every day for a week to highlight the importance of self-care. The challenge was supported by branded savour serenity mailers and chef partnerships to create easy recipes.

Influencer Experiences: We hosted two exclusive Savour Serenity events, including a chic picnic and gourmet ice cream social, engaging food influencers to promote Loacker’s Italian values. The events generated over 1.8 million positive social media impressions and 200 branded features.

We successfully positioned Loacker as a self-care champion by integrating the brand into relaxation rituals, conducting the Savour Serenity Survey, collaborating with influencers for engaging content, developing easy-to-create recipes, organizing consumer contests, hosting exclusive experiential events, and activating national media, blogger, and influencer relations.

Our award-winning campaign generated outstanding results, surpassing targets and exceeding all measurable objectives. Media coverage was 100% positive. Loacker’s value and volume of sales increased, proving the power of PR!

The results

Delicious results!

  • IABC/Toronto Ovation Award of Excellence, Media Relations, 2018

  • 30%+ National sales increase

  • 50+ Million impressions

  • 400+ social media posts

  • 500+ product samples distribute

  • 150+ pieces of media coverage

  • 13% Increase in brand awareness among 30-49-year olds

  • 6% increase in brand awareness among priority female demographic

Results

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