Sharing the sweet (and sour) secret that fruit can be candy.

Quebec dried cranberry producer Fruit d’Or, with its consumer brand Patience Fruit & Co, is renowned for the quality of its organic products. With the launch of SourCran—flavoured sour cranberries—, Patience Fruit & Co looked to the snack category with a goal of furthering its brand awareness and reaching a larger (younger) pool of buyers. The challenge: introducing a one-of-a-kind product in the candy category.

  • Client
    Patience Fruit & Co / Fruit d’Or

    Services
    Market audit and analysis
    Consumer insight
    Medias strategy
    Campaign creation

    Team
    Marie-Ève Caron, brand strategy
    Caroline Reumont (Reumont Design), art direction
    Cecilia Castelli, illustration
    Kristina Landry and Pip Scowcroft, copywriting
    Espace M, media buy
    Antoine Foisy (quarante douze), motion
    François Genois, HTML animation
    Steve Desmarais, graphic production
    Vincent Castonguay, portfolio photography

Strategy

The strategy is supported by a striking, multicoloured mouth design and the campaign’s taglines: “Can fruit be candy? Yes, it cran.” The campaign targeted Montreal, Toronto, and Quebec markets with metro and bus shelter posters. The Surprise Party contest, rolled out on the web and social media, aimed to express the product’s festive aspects and to broaden SourCran’s fan base.

Idea

SourCran’s taste and intensity rivals that of the finest candy, while also meeting the target market’s desire for “healthy snacking.” SourCran is a fruit that is a candy! The strategy hinged on both its healthy snacking potential and its surprising flavour profile.

Results

Awareness has experienced a significant surge, surpassing the initial goal of 2%.

Across the three regions, awareness increased by 7 %, from 13% in September (before the campaign) to 20% in November.

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