Pillsbury cookie challenge

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PILLSBURY COOKIE CHALLENGE Group 4 Maneck Debara Prasanth Ramdas Rachit Verma Shubham Bharadwaj Umesh Nair

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PILLSBURY COOKIE

CHALLENGE

Group 4

• Maneck Debara

• Prasanth Ramdas

• Rachit Verma

• Shubham Bharadwaj

• Umesh Nair

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General Mills • Headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota

• 6th largest food product manufacturer

• Various Brands that General Mills have are : Betty Crocker,

Progresso, Pillsbury, Green Giant and Cheerios

• It was composed of three distinct operating segments :• U.S Retail (69%)

• International (16%)

• Food Service

• Some of the major distributors were Safeway,Wal- Mart and

Costco

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General Mills Canada Corporation

• Established in the year 1954 and was the second largest

division of General Mills

• GMCC was the market leader in the Canadian Market

with annual sales of US$ 566 Million .

• The Canadian division was split into 4 units which are ,

breakfast, baked goods, meals and snacks which was

further sub divided into 12 other categories.

• Unique products developed for the Canadian market were

Oatmeal crisp maple nut cereal and pizza pop snacks .

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The Canadian Baked goods Category

• RBG’s were chilled dough-based products that could go

straight from the fridge to the oven

• Ready baked goods included cookies , breads , and

sweet goods .

• Packaging for all these products were pressurized cans ,

chubs and sealed trays .

• The RBG category was dominated by Pillsbury with an

85% market share .

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Pillsbury RBG

• RBG was GMCC’s fourth largest in Canada

• The Pillsbury Doughboy was a hit in the advertising sector

which had a major role in brand advertising and

messaging

• Pillsbury was known for their convenience and family

appeal .

• The brand was targeting the mother in their 30’s to 40’s

who are busy with an active and busy lifestyle .

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Pillsbury Refrigerated Cookies

• Cookies were most profitable in the RBG category

• Represented 62 % of total category

• Two formats – Chub , Ready to bake

• Guillens ideas on Improvement of cookie Performance

• Increase frequency of purchase

• Increase household penetration

• Combination of both

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Advertising

• TV advertising, Print advertising

• US and Canadian market• Similar demographics

• Slight Modifications

• Rudy Perz: Dough Boy

• Doughboy Doll- 1972

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‘Kisses” Campaign: Successful?

• Appealed the mothers and the kids

• Product focused ad

• Highlights the taste benefits

• Milward-Brown assessment measures:Likely to buy

Brand recognition

Relevance

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Consumer Insights Team

• Provide a better understanding of the preferences,

attitudes and behaviors of consumers.

• CI team work closely with internal marketing teams

and 3rd party research firms to conduct consumer

research.

• Once research is conducted, results are analyzed and

recommendations are provided to the brand team.

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Types of research used

QUANTITATIVE QUALITATIVE

Based on measurements

and analysis of the

relationships of the

variables.

Eg: Questionnaires and

Surveys.

More in-depth

understanding of

behavior, conducted with

a smaller sample size

Eg: Focus groups and

Ethnographies.

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• Concept Test• This concept includes an image of the product, along with pricing

information, preparation instructions and a summary of key benefits.

• Presented to consumers in verbal or visual form, and then quantitatively evaluated by consumers by indicating their degree of purchase intent.

• Range from $2,000 to $4,000

Methods used at GMCC

• Focus Groups• Group of people engage in a round table discussion on a

particular topic of interest

• Obtain groups opinions or reactions to specific products/ issues

• Focus groups can help with a wide range of business decisions, such as new product development, brand messaging and promotional campaigns.

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Methods used at GMCC

• Evaluators • The goal of an evaluator is to determine the expected volume, and

therefore success, of a new product.

• Participants are sent actual samples of the product and are asked a series of questions based on specific pricing, promotion and consumer spending parameters.

• Evaluators are the best predictors of product performance with a whopping cost of $100,000 .

• Creative Testing • GMCC conducts a test to study the effectiveness of the ads.

• Multiple versions of an ad will be developed and tested to see which one resonates most with consumers.

• Ads are tested based on their purchase intent, relevance and brand linkage scores.

• The goal of this test is to optimize advertising and packaging so that more consumers purchase the product.

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• Company: Market Tools

• Objective: Understand the difference between US

and Canada markets

• Duration: 4 Weeks

• Study Details

• Screeners

• Classification

• Users: purchased in past 12 months

• Lapsed users: purchased over 12 months ago

• Non Users: never purchased (scratch, mix or ready to eat

users)

Cookies usage and attitude study

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Results

• Consumer demographics and family structure similar in us

and Canada

• Impulse purchase

• Increasing use of refrigerated cookie dough particularly the

households with kids

• Frequency of RBG Cookie baking was similar in US and

Canada

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49%

54%

32%

US

Scratch Users

Refrigerated Users

Baking Mix Users

Cookie Method usage

61%24%

16%

Canada

n=3381n=4180

• Scratch baking is the dominant method of baking cookies

• Both Users and lapsed users perceive refrigerated cookie

dough as convenient

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Purchase Drivers

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They are easy to make

They are quick to make

They taste good

Can make them at thespur of themoment

Easier than bakingcookies from scratch

Canada US

• Top 5 Purchase drivers • Significant Differences

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Fun thing to bake with thekids

The kids like to makethem

Fun activity with the kids

Kids like to eat them

Is a high quality cookiedough

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Qualitative Research on Consumer

Perceptions• Company: Terranova Market Strategies

• Two types of ethnography studies were carried out

In Home Immersions

• Develop a real life dynamic view on consumer brand relationship

• 4 two hour in home visits (2 lapsed and 2 brand champion

users)

Discovery Workshops

• Community based (18-27 consumers)

• Aim was to creatively explore issues and new avenues of

opportunity

• Different techniques like customer experience mapping and role

playing were used to examine consumer relationship and

behavior

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Results

• Baking experience fed the senses and fuelled memories

of happy moments

• Cookies were particularly special because they were

made for sharing and giving

• There were no concerns with nutritional value

• Pillsbury had an integral sense of magic and was

considered to be a shared secret

• Brand champions and lapsed users were similar but not in

all ways (Pragmatic, get it done types & Committed to

scratch baking)

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• The consumers in Canada like to do their baking from

scratch and hence it makes the target market a bit

different compared to that of the United states.

• After a brief discussion we concluded that the target

market for the Canadian market should be as follows :-

• Mothers who are working, it helps save a lot of time

and also personalize the cookies till a point.

• The kids, they play a major role in purchase decision

in Canada. Hence they should be one of our main

targets

What consumers should the team target ?

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What should their brand messaging be?

• Brand messaging is about capturing the right language

that embodies your brand and makes it stand out from the

rest.

• Every brand needs a voice and brand message helps the

consumers capture and understand the values of the firm.

• So for Pillsbury the appropriate brand message that could

make a change was :-

• “ When time isn't on your side, Pillsbury can help, while

also giving you that homemade experience “

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How could they communicate this message in a

relevant way to the consumers in a way that would

translate into increased sales?

• The various methods by which they could communicate

the message to the consumers are :-

• One way was to change the packaging and make it more

appealing to the kids.

• Provide a way in which the mothers could personalize the

could a bit in order to give it an emotional touch.

• Have an add campaign showing the mothers how easy it

was to bake and less time consuming it was.

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Thank you