The document provides an overview and analysis of Kellogg's Special K cereal campaign planning. It discusses the objectives to expand the brand's reach to an older audience and shift from a weight loss to healthy lifestyle message. Research on the cereal category, Kellogg's and Special K performance, competitors, target audience, and proposed media plan is presented across multiple sections. The proposed $8.5 million budget is allocated across various channels including sponsorship, radio, digital, out-of-home, and magazine advertising from January to July 2017.
2. Table of Contents
Why are we here today? - Cristina
What did we use to get here? - Ella
What’s the category up to? - Ella
How are Kellogg and Special K doing? - Ella & Cristina
Who are Special K’s competitors? - Cristina
Who are we looking for? - Ben
Where are we going to do it? - Ben & Lauren
When are we going to do it? - Cristina
How are we going to do it?
Budget Breakdown - Ella
Media Preferences - Lauren
Flowchart - Ben
What else did we look at? - Ella
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4. Objectives
● Expand the brand through a reach campaign
● Shift our focus to a slightly older audience
● Move from a “weight loss” narrative to a “healthy lifestyle” narrative
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8. Category
● 65% of adults have purchased
cereal for breakfast in the last 3
months
● Cereal sales overall have been
slowly declining since 2012 and the
decline is projected to continue
● As a whole, companies spent
$6,163,884,000 on cold cereal
advertising in the last year,
compared to $6,064,922,000 in the
previous year
Source: Mintel & Ad$pender
Source: Mintel
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9. Category
● Most people do not eat cereals perceived as
for weight management like Special K, but
those who do are eating more now as
compared to last year
● While, morning cold cereal sales have
flattened, ⅓ of cereal is consumed outside of
breakfast
Source: Mintel & Business Insider
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11. Company History
Kellogg is an American multinational food manufacturing company founded in
1906 as the Battle Creek Toasted Corn Flake Co.
Kellogg is all about breakfast, and has been working for over 100 years to make a
positive impact on its consumers through the most important meal to help them
get through their day in the best way possible.
Kellogg’s Special K was introduced in 1955.
Source: Kellogg’s
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12. Overview
● Kellogg Co. is the leading vendor of breakfast, cereal and snack bars in the
U.S.
● While sales have declined for Kellogg’s over the last year, Special K has
gained share & increased consumption, following a change in message from
Special K as a dieting food to one making it part of a healthy lifestyle
○ Sales of Special K have increased 21% since 2013
● Kellogg’s has spent $690,328,000 on advertising for all of its Special K
products in the last year
Source: Kellogg’s & Statista & stealingshare.com & Ad$pender
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13. SWOT of Kellogg’s Special K Cereal
Strengths Weaknesses
Easy to prepare
Available in other forms (bars, shakes,
etc.)
More nutritious than the general cereal
alternative
Daily consumption can be monotonous
Failed attempt to market the cereal as a
way to lose weight
More expensive than other cold cereals -
approximately $1 more per box
Opportunities Threats
Market to healthy people for a healthy
lifestyle instead of weight loss.
The whole cold cereal category is in
decline
Consumers are turning to faster choices,
such as yogurt and bars
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Sources: Mintel, University Reporter & Kellogg’s
15. Competitor 1: Raisin Bran
Consumers: adults 55+ skewing women
Almost doubles the number of consumers of Special
K (11.72% target compared to Special K’s 7.02%)
Similar target audience to Special K
Source: MRI+ University Reporter
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16. Competitor 2: Fiber One
Consumers: adults ages 45-64 slightly skewing men
The age group coincides with our target audience
Less consumers than Special K (3.62% of target
audience)
Source: MRI+ University Reporter
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17. Competitor 3 - Chobani yogurt
Chobani Consumer: adults ages 45+ skewing women
Target audience coincides with Special K’s target
More consumers than Special K (10.90% target audience)
Source: MRI+ University Reporter 17
19. Target Audience
Initial Audience:
Active married mom 25-39 with kids
between 0-12
Recommended Target Audience:
Adults age 45+ skewing female
19Source: University Reporter
21. Target Users
Female Edge:
Women
Index 106
Woodstock:
Age 55-65+
Index 110
Mo’ Years Mo’ Money:
HH Income 75-150k+
Index 111
Occupation Independent:
Occupation Indices 100-106
What’s New?:
News Format Media
Index 125+
Olé:
Spanish or Hispanic Origin
Index 124
21Source: University Reporter
26. Campaign Scheduling
January to July 2017
● This is a time when people are trying to get into their best shape, after the
holidays (New Year resolution), up until the early summer (“summer body”)
● Beginning of week (Mon., Tue.)
○ People are most “health concerned” after the weekend
Source: Statistic Brain, The Atlantic 26
27. Media Scheduling
● Magazines: one advertisement (½ page, 4 colors) monthly per magazine from
January to July. In the bi-weekly magazines like Forbes, we will advertise in
the first issue of the month.
● Digital: continuous throughout the month.
● OOH: January, February, June in every city.
● Sponsorship: event June 2nd-17th, and all materials leading up to it from
January until the end of the event
● Radio: Constant from January to July, every other week, twice daily.
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Sponsorship - $264,000
Radio - $1.33 million
Digital - $1.5 million
OOH - $2.47 million
Magazines - $2.93 million
Total: $8.5 million
Budget Breakdown
30. Media Preferences: Print - Magazines
● “O” Magazine (Oprah)
○ Avg. age of reader: 50.5
○ Composition - Women: 88%
● HGTV Magazine
○ Avg. age of reader: 46.4
○ Index among women: 146
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● Arthritis Today Magazine
○ Avg. age of reader: 60
○ Composition - Women: 78%
31. Media Preferences: Print - Magazines
● Forbes Magazine
○ Avg. age of reader: 43.7
○ Composition - Women: 48%
● Latina Magazine
○ Avg. age of reader: 36
○ Index 110
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32. Media Preferences: Digital
● Social Media
○ Facebook is the only relevant social media to our
target audience
■ Users 35+: 46.7%
● Targeted Websites
○ AARP.com
■ Users 45+: 86%
○ Coupons.com
■ Index: 132
○ Little Things
■ Users 35+: 61%
Source: Jetscram & AARP & University Reporter
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○ NY Daily News
■ Users 35-54: 46%
○ Forbes (Online)
■ Women Users:
42%
33. Media Preferences: Out-of-Home (OOH)
● Transportation and billboards
○ LA, San Francisco, Houston, Dallas, Miami, Phoenix, Boston, Portland, Hartford
○ Areas where active people are likely to pass on their commute or in their free time
■ Bus shelters
■ Taxis
■ Billboards
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34. Media Preferences: Sponsorship
The National Senior Games
● June 2-17, 2017 in Birmingham Alabama
● Their vision is to motivate active adults to lead healthy lifestyles
● The Games welcome qualifying athletes 50 and older
● The 2017 Games expect over 10,000 active adults, ages 50+ to participate,
plus spectators
● Our sponsorship would place the Special K logo on the website and all
disseminated materials until and during the games, plus prominent physical
display during each event
Source: NSGA
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35. Media Preferences: Radio
● Radio stations targeted towards the 45+ listener
○ Nostalgia radio stations (oldies)
○ Talk radio
○ Adult contemporary
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39. Media Considered but Not Recommended
● Twitter/Instagram: the target audience are not generally active participants
on these sites, whereas they are present on Facebook
● Newspapers: our content will not be time-pressing, and people buy cereal
on a rolling basis, so magazines are a more appropriate print medium for
their longevity
● OLV (online video): the target does not consume a lot of content that would
hold pre-roll & mid-roll OLV, such as on YouTube or other video sharing
sites, and they watch their television content on their TVs, and less-so online
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