1. 10+ reasons why food brands should use Outdoor

2. 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

3. 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...

4. 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

5. 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

6. 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

7. 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

8. 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

9. 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

10. 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

11. 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

12. 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

13. 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

14. 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

15. 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