2016 Promo & Activation

BEES CAN FIND SUGAR WHERE YOU LEAST EXPECT IT

Short List
TitleBEES CAN FIND SUGAR WHERE YOU LEAST EXPECT IT
BrandNÁŠ GRUNT
Product/ServiceCHAIN OF FARMER SHOPS NÁŠ GRUNT
Category E01. Integrated Campaign led by Promo & Activation
Entrant McCANN PRAGUE, CZECH REPUBLIC
Idea Creation McCANN PRAGUE, CZECH REPUBLIC
Credits
Name Company Position
Lars Killi McCANN Prague Creative Director
Klara Palmer McCANN Prague Creative Director
Gerrit John Gerischer McCANN Prague Art Director
Richard Axell McCANN Prague Art Director
Lucie Rust McCANN Prague strategic planner
Martina Vopršalová McCANN Prague Client Service Director
Lucie Srbková McCANN Prague Account Director
Roxana Pfeffermannova Procoma Agency Producer
Rudolf Havlik Bistro Films movie director
Lucie Slavickova Bistro Films Executive Producer
Jitka Baldwin Procoma Agency Producer
Michael Šroubek WEARE PRODUCTIONS DOP Lighting Cameraman
Jakub Švejkar WEARE PRODUCTIONS movie director
Carlos Baer Freelance motion designer
Patrik Klema McCANN Prague Photographer
Jamie Mietz MCCANN EMEA Creative Director
Sanjiv Mistry MCCANN EMEA Creative Director
Paul Jenkinson Craft London Editor
Chris Cartwright Craft London senior TV producer
Adrian Botan McCann Worldgroup Global Executive Creative Director
Carmen Bistrian McCann Worldgroup Creative Excellence Manager EUROPE

The Campaign

As the sugar is hidden, we had to search help from someone, who can find sugar everywhere - a bee. We hired 150 000 of these experts to help us demonstrate the amounts of sugar in our food. We fed them different foods for several days. As bees can produce honey from anything containing 15% and more of sugar, we introduced the world the a very first Hamburger honey, Ketchup honey, Salad dressing honey, Cereal honey and Instant soup honey.

Campaign Success

Based on the WHO research, our country fails in prevention. So a national chain of bio groceries Náš Grunt decided to help - educate and offer a solution - honest products form natural ingredients without hidden sugar. We fed bees for days with chosen processed food. Not only that they ate it but they produced honey from it and we sent the honey to Czech food bloggers an journalists to write an article about this experience and make people understand how much sugar they eat.

Describe the success of the promotion with both client and consumer including some quantifiable results

The campaign resulted in 3,87 mil. cumulated media reach, 300 000 organic social media reach, website traffic increased by 30 %, store visits increased by 10 %.

Explain why the method of promotion was most relevant to the product or service

We fed bees for days with chosen processed food. Not only that they ate it but they produced honey from it and we sent the honey as a special Direct mail to selected Czech food bloggers and journalists to write an article about this experience, share it with their audience and make this way people understand how much sugar they eat. We organized special samplings in front of big supermarkets.

Every day, there are 150 new patience diagnosed with diabetes. One of the main reasons is overconsumption of sugar. As the sugar is hidden, we had to search help from someone, who can find sugar everywhere - a bee. We hired 150 000 of these experts to help us demonstrate the amounts of sugar in our food. We fed them different foods for several days. As bees can produce honey from anything containing 15% and more of sugar, we introduced the world the a very first Hamburger honey, Ketchup honey, Salad dressing honey, Cereal honey and Instant soup honey.