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How ‘Make Lamb, Not Walls made history for MLA

Agency
The Monkeys - Part of Accenture Song
Client
Meat & Livestock Australia (MLA)
Awards
Bronze
Insight & Strategic Thinking
Silver
Food, Confectionery & Snacks
Silver
Return on Investment
Gold
Outsmarting Covid
Summary
Financial journalist Michael Pascoe nailed it when he tweeted “Ah Lamb, you’ve done it again”. ‘Make Lamb, Not Walls’ smashed all targets on its way to becoming Lamb’s most talked-about campaign in history. Combining an enduring brand strategy with a culturally provocative idea that lampooned state border closures, we more than tripled Lamb’s retail sales targets, delivered incremental volume uplift, and handed farmers their biggest ROI ever. All despite record-high retail prices, record-low wage growth, an increasingly popular flexitarian bandwagon, Australia’s first recession in 29 years, and a once-in-a-century pandemic that extinguished Australia’s BBQs.
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How ‘Make Lamb, Not Walls made history for MLA

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Credits
Mark Green Group CEO & Co-Founder
Matt Michael Managing Director
Kit Landsdell Author/Business Strategy Director
Fabio Buresti Author/Chief Strategy Officer
Hugh Munro Head of Planning
Vince Lagana Executive Creative Director
Scott Dettrick Creative Director
Harry Boothman Copywriter
Joash Tham Art Director
Jonathan Rands Art Director OOH
Ciaran Miller-Stubbs Group Content Director
Fizzy Keeble Content Director
Penny Brown Head of Production
Christina Wilmot Senior Producer
James Halliday Design Lead
Georgina Parchert Connections Strategist UM
Jonny Day Connections Design Director UM
Ariel Martin Director Airbag
Nathan Low General Manager – Marketing and Insights Meat and Livestock Australia
Graeme Yardy Domestic Market Manager Meat and Livestock Australia
Anna Sharp Brand Manager Meat and Livestock Australia
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