Not taking M&Ms for granted
Agency
CHE Proximity, Clemenger BBDO Melbourne
Client
MARS Australia
Awards
Silver
Food, Confectionery & Snacks
Silver
Most Original Thinking
Case Study
Summary
By taking away the very thing that makes M&M’s unique, the Colour Break Up campaign, stopped consumers taking M&M’s for granted and reminded them why they love M&M’s.
In one consumer’s words: “Please make M&M’s get back together! This one colour thing takes all the fun out of the M&M’s experience”.
With the core M&M’s medium bags in grocery growing 58.7% and total brand by 29.7%, the campaign not only drove short term sales, but halted the brand decline adding 7.6% in ex factory value for the year despite voluntarily exiting two key segments.
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Credits
| Author / Group Account Director | Ricci Meldrum | Clemenger BBDO Proximity, Melbourne | |||||||
| Account Director | Sarah Galbraith | Clemenger BBDO Proximity, Melbourne | |||||||
| Executive Creative Director | James McGrath | Clemenger BBDO Proximity, Melbourne | |||||||
| Creative Director | Emma Hill | Clemenger BBDO Proximity, Melbourne | |||||||
| Creative | Ant White | Clemenger BBDO Proximity, Melbourne | |||||||
| Creative | Russel Fox | Clemenger BBDO Proximity, Melbourne | |||||||
| Senior Interactive Producer | Sam Hodson | Clemenger BBDO Proximity, Melbourne | |||||||
| TV Producer | Karolina Bozajkovska | Clemenger BBDO Proximity, Melbourne | |||||||
| Senior Strategy Planner | Michael Derepas | Clemenger BBDO Proximity, Melbourne | |||||||
| General Manager | Joanne Currie | Clemenger Fusion | |||||||
| Account Director | Grace Lum | Clemenger Fusion | |||||||
| Marketing Manager | Paul Paxton-White | Mars Chocolate |
