10+ reasons why food brands should use Outdoor

Outdoor is an acknowledged broadcast medium 97% of UK adults have seen outdoor advertising in the past week (TGI) Its strength is to keep a brand message in front of millions of consumers every day

Ability to target a specific audience The wide range of formats and environments means a wide range of audiences to target As well as housewives, you can target students, drivers, airline travellers, commuters, nurses, bar goers, cinema aficionados...

Outdoor is a proven brand builder Outdoor is the most visual medium and can place a tasty visual image in front of consumers That image carries through to point of sale and triggers packshot recognition

Point of sale placement It’s the medium which places an ad closest to the point of purchase Outdoor delivers the twin virtues of recency and proximity In an Ipsos study, more than 90% of shoppers had seen Outdoor in the half hour before shopping

Outdoor complements other media Research shows that outdoor works well with all other media Outdoor can add cover and frequency to every TV, press or online campaign What is more, Outdoor makes both TV and press campaigns more effective* *Brand Science Econometrics research

Outdoor drives impulse purchase More than any other medium, Outdoor can stimulate an impulse buy Outdoor can prompt a spontaneous purchase or remind of a planned one The more mobile the consumer, the more spontaneous the shopping* *Source: CBS Outdoor The Mobile Pound

Outdoor audience is young, mobile, likely to eat on the hoof The outdoor audience is predominantly young, and likely to be studying or in full time employment Being mobile, they shop spontaneously and can be influenced by strategically placed messages *Source: CBS Outdoor The Mobile Pound

Outdoor creates iconic brand images Outdoor’s iconic sites offer the most colourful branding opportunity anywhere Vibrant imagery gives extraordinary scale and impact to the brand Special builds and 3-D creativity can bring the campaign further to life

Outdoor delivers high ROI Research has shown that outdoor offers high ROI Brand Science econometric research suggests that Outdoor should be given between 16% and 22% share for FMCG campaigns

Proven effective Research has shown that Outdoor really works to drive food sales In 2009 Brand Science econometric study, Outdoor was found to be as effective as TV

Outdoor audience is a ready made large audience for foods and snacks Adult 000s Source: CBS Outdoor, TGI Media Neutral quintiles 2010 “Heavy” quintile is the 20% of the media audience who consume that medium most, ie the most typical consumer of that medium

Outdoor audience spends most on snacks £ millions Source: CBS Outdoor, TGI Media Neutral quintiles 2010 “Heavy” quintile is the 20% of the media audience who consume that medium most, ie the most typical consumer of that medium

Word of Mouth: Outdoor audience most likely to influence others about foods Adult 000s Source: CBS Outdoor, TGI Media Neutral quintiles 2010 “Heavy” quintile is the 20% of the media audience who consume that medium most, ie the most typical consumer of that medium

Leading food advertisers trust outdoor Top spending 40 food advertisers in outdoor 2012 (average spend £1.5m) Cadbury Trebor Bassett, Asda, Tesco, WM Morrison Supermarkets, McCain, Kraft, Unilever, Nestle, Premier Foods, Muller Dairy, Wrigley, Marks & Spencer, Danone Holdings, Kelloggs, HJ Heinz, Arla Foods, General Mills, Alpro, Cooperative Foods, Mars, Sainsburys Supermarkets, Mars Confectionery, Weight Watchers, Kerry Foods, Ferrero, Walkers Snack Foods, Quaker Oats, Waitrose, Lactalis Nestle Chilled Dairy Co, Omsco Organic Milk, Bear, Discovery Foods, Greggs The Bakers, Quality Meat Scotland, Dr Oetker, OTB Organic Trade Board, Uppercrust Bakery, Tilda Rice, Krispy Kreme, Gu Chocolate Puds Source: Nielsen Media Research