Increased Rice Sales at Retail

Our Strategy

  • Developed outline and copy for My H-E-B Texas Life article, featuring an easy-to-prepare, heart-healthy rice recipe for the February Heart Health Month issue
  • Identified RD health partners for quotes in by-lined article and press materials
  • Secured and message trained RDs to support  8 H-E-B in-store demos
  • Developed and distributed Heart Health Tool Kit  for Rice members, media and supermarket RDs

Results

  • Strategic partnerships with influential retailer and RDs in key rice market
  • 8 in-store demos with samples to more than 1,000 consumers
  • 1.5 million impressions from H-E-B by-lined article
  • 191 media stories for an audience reach of more than 115 million

Made Rice the Main Dish

Our Strategy

  • Developed taste & wellness platform to reposition rice as an important food choice in achieving a variety of eating goals
  • Created identifiable symbol/logo that communicates rice messages of taste & health
  • Developed “Healthy Rice Bowls” concept to communicate nutrition & convenience attributes

Results

  • 96.5 million consumer impressions
  • TV appearances on CNN, Weekend TODAY SHOW