Insights, Strategy and the Idea:
The cider market had been flooded with cheap ciders made from concentrated fruit syrup. Monteith’s wanted drinkers to know that their cider contains fresh fruit, not concentrated fruit syrup like their competitors. The target market was men and women over the age of 18. They loved Monteith’s, New Zealand’s original cider brand, but were being lured away by cheaper brands offering lower price points. The target market assumed all cider contained real fruit. They needed to know this was not the case. This fresh fruit claim was something only Monteith’s could make.