The event had two principal approaches. On one side, the menu created by host chefs Jared Reardon and Sonia Arias, consisted of a Thanksgiving dinner in which they integrated the products promoted by WUSATA.
The second objective was to develop material and activities for young people and children in an entertaining promotion, in order to teach them the story behind the festive days of Mexico and United States.
There was a total mass media coverage of more than $60,000 dollars and giant banners were placed within stores. In general, the campaign resulted in an increase of over $7 million dollars.
The contest was directed to Zespri buyers at Costco. The participants had to send the proof of payment and a creative recipe using Zespri kiwifruits.
Silvia was the winner of the contest with a delicious recipe of caramelized Linguini containing Gold kiwifruit. After its trip she delivered a testimonial which was published in the membership club’s magazine, making her a loyal consumer and ambassador for Costco and Zespri.
The gathering of data from competitors was fundamental to create a data base which was used to prepare the communication strategy for the next season of Zespri kiwifruit.
With the motive of the World Cup of Soccer in Germany 2006, Costco’s magazine Contacto published an announcement, showing the two varieties of Zespri kiwifruits as fans in the stadium.
The announcement invited the reader to contact Zespri to receive a special spoon (spifes) to eat their kiwifruits.
The campaign was one of the most successful for the magazine in terms of direct marketing as in total more than 6,000 spifes were sent to the whole Republic.
A national contest in 2006 with Chilean peaches, plums and nectarines in Soriana supermarkets with ASOEX transformed the life of a loyal customer.
The contest, sponsored by LanChile, consisted in sending a recipe with the fruits, a reason to travel to Chile and a purchase ticket. This contest granted the winner, María Eugenia, a 2 weeks holiday in Chile, who moved after falling in love with the country.
Sales during the promotion increased by 65% compared to the previous year.
Due to the great influence that trainers have and knowing one of the main targets of Zespri, an alliance was created between Les Mills, an specialized company in exercise routines and conditioning and Zespri kiwifruit to train the coaches about the nutritional benefits of consuming Zespri kiwifruit and its importance of making it part of a healthy lifestyle.
More than 1,000 instructors, gym owners and nutritionists from all the country participated and became the official spokesmen of Zespri. In addition, the trainer with the highest “Zespri passion” travelled to the Les Mills corporation located in Auckland, New Zealand.
The two companies had already worked together and, due to the previous success, this activity was planned and targeted to the smallest members of the family.
The cooking workshop was conducted in a high-profile department store, where the T-fal chef prepared recipes with the two different varieties of Zespri kiwifruit.
Thanks to the activity, Zespri Green and Sungold’s brand awareness increased.