• Food and beverage companies make four common mistakes, according to Vaughan Kerr of 31ST:SECOND.
    Food and beverage companies make four common mistakes, according to Vaughan Kerr of 31ST:SECOND.
Close×

As products battle for prominence on shelf, shopper marketing is an increasingly important piece of the marketing puzzle.

Though shopper marketing campaigns have evolved significantly in recent years, many local food and beverage companies are still making some fundamental mistakes, according to Vaughan Kerr, a director of shopper, experiential and promotional marketing agency, 31ST:SECOND.

He says one of these is 'tagline slapping' - using the same messaging over and over again throughout the store.

According to Kerr, message customisation is key, and in the following video clip, he discusses this, as well as three other common shortcomings of shopper marketing campaigns.

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ttHQUvzGapU

Packaging News

More than 700 Woolworths supermarkets across five states are now accepting soft plastics again, marking a major expansion of Australia’s growing soft plastics recovery network.

The 2026 Australasian Packaging Innovation & Design (PIDA) Awards finalists have been announced, with this year’s shortlist spotlighting the innovations, materials and talent shaping the future of packaging across Australia and New Zealand – and setting the stage for a competitive run into the global WorldStar awards.

PulPac has signed Australian packaging company Zipform Packaging as a licensee of its Dry Molded Fiber technology, to accelerate the development of fibre-based solutions for food packaging applications.