Arriba! creative agency case of packaging design for Confectum Chokko chocolate wafer bar
Let's get acquainted
I am CatDog from the Confectum Chokko chocolate wafer bar. Confectum is a cat and Chokko is a dog. I am still quite small, estimated birthdate: August 11, 2020.
My story
In December 2020, the manufacturer Lisova Kazka released a new product: glazed wafer bars with different flavors. So it entered the established world of big recognizable brands, where there are almost no rational differences between products. To the world where media budgets are measured by Nestle, Mars, Mondelez, Roshen. The challenge for a new little bar is to gain market share in this world with a minimal advertising budget.
In December 2020, the manufacturer Lisova Kazka released a new product: glazed wafer bars with different flavors. So it entered the established world of big recognizable brands, where there are almost no rational differences between products. To the world where media budgets are measured by Nestle, Mars, Mondelez, Roshen. The challenge for a new little bar is to gain market share in this world with a minimal advertising budget.
Shelter: my category
The wafer snack category, to which Confectum Chokko belongs, will grow at an average rate of 6% per year, this is the forecast for 2020-2027 by Shingetsu Research (2020). Another researcher, Euromonitor, cites a 2.6% annual growth in the category of chocolate snacks over the past 5 years and predicts an increase of 2.4% a year in the future. This also applies to Ukraine, where, after the economic downturn of 2014-2016, Euromonitor is seeing an increase in purchasing power and an increase in consumption of sweets.
The wafer snack category, to which Confectum Chokko belongs, will grow at an average rate of 6% per year, this is the forecast for 2020-2027 by Shingetsu Research (2020). Another researcher, Euromonitor, cites a 2.6% annual growth in the category of chocolate snacks over the past 5 years and predicts an increase of 2.4% a year in the future. This also applies to Ukraine, where, after the economic downturn of 2014-2016, Euromonitor is seeing an increase in purchasing power and an increase in consumption of sweets.
The main driver of this is the change in lifestyle towards urbanism, fast and convenient, with appropriate food requirements. Secondary is the fashion for healthy eating (why a chocolate wafer bar belongs to a healthy diet — more on that below). In addition to long shelf life and affordability.
Who is My Human
Research has shown that even with a lack of brand loyalty, people who buy bars are particularly willing to switch to new things. 95% of respondents 18-30 years old admitted that they often or sometimes take new brands and flavors of chocolate wafer bars, and 56% are constantly looking for something new in the category. All that remained was to attract their attention and give them what they needed.
Research has shown that even with a lack of brand loyalty, people who buy bars are particularly willing to switch to new things. 95% of respondents 18-30 years old admitted that they often or sometimes take new brands and flavors of chocolate wafer bars, and 56% are constantly looking for something new in the category. All that remained was to attract their attention and give them what they needed.
In-depth interviews showed that if we are talking not about holiday, but about daily consumption, then today people refuse chocolate, pastries, cakes. The reasons are the trend towards healthy food and the desire to save money. They buy sweets with a lower sugar and fat content, in smaller packages and at a lower price.
Chocolate wafer bars are just such and are perceived as a light snack, which is low in calories, “something simpler, not super nutritious”. Guilty pleasure, but easy to forgive yourself for. Something "frivolous" in the good sense of the word.
Beautiful Color
Even if the promotion budget is 0, we always have packaging. “I look first at the packaging, at its elements, and then at the flavor and price,” one of the buyers described the logic of his switch to other brands of chocolate wafer bars. Packaging is like the last word in a dispute. And if it is clear and convincing enough, the buyer will reach it out.
In addition, if we are talking about sweet snacks, then the main channel of influence is visual, you cannot smell or touch the product. What the customer sees is associated with the taste of the product and the feeling during and after its consumption. All over the world, waffle bars are the choice of the young, so the color in my category is mostly colorful. The orange, red and green colors of my first two flavors and the color contrast between the background and the image clearly indicate that there will be a lot of energy.
When psychologists discuss why chocolate is called “a piece of happiness,” they mention its connection with childhood. My packaging looks like a frame from a cartoon, but for adults. So there is also a moment of joyful semantic escapism. When you see me on the shelf, your production of “sweet” endorphins increases. In combination with the taste and intake of glucose, it is what you need to improve your mood.
(I should say this is not the first packaging that Arriba! created for the Confectum brand. Before that there were Confectum Tubes marmalade with worms, Confectum m..m..m..Marshmallo marshmallows and premium marshmallows with fruit filling, for which four new species of animals were born — banana lions, peach penguins, vanilla lemurs and lime llamas).
“We found the CatDog in our head, as well as everyone else. It is always interesting for us to work with underdog brands when there are no significant differences in the product and there is no promo budget. Therefore, I like working with medium-sized businesses — they take risks easier and often win.”
Max Burtsev, creative director of Arriba!
Human orientation
In small pleasures, a trigger, an emotional impulse, a user experience at the store plays an important role.
In addition to the cheerful packaging, Confectum Chokko works as such a trigger. A brand character allows you to distinguish a product from competitors, attract attention and establish emotional contact with a human. There are almost no mascots in the chocolate wafer category, so you can only meet my eyes at the shelf, meet with CatDog.
“This is how we create the uniqueness of the product through packaging and make a pitch for future media campaigns.”
Max Burtsev
Looking for human!
Seriously, adopt an animal from the street or from a shelter.
Confectum Chokko case creative team:
Client — Lisova Kazka
Agency and production — Arriba!
Max Burtsev — Creative Director
Vladislav Torsky — Strategist
Dmytro Alimov — Designer, Illustrator
Olga Burtseva — Account Group Head
Pavlo Itkin — Photographer, Retoucher
Svitlana Svyridenko — Producer
