Title | ABC PEDASURANSI |
Brand | ABC SAMBAL |
Product / Service | ABC SAMBAL ASLI SAUCE |
Category | G01. Local Brand |
Entrant | VMLY&R Mumbai, INDIA |
Idea Creation | VMLY&R Mumbai, INDIA |
PR | LEO BURNETT INDONESIA Jakarta, INDONESIA |
Production | PLANET FILMS Kuala Lumpur, MALAYSIA |
Name | Company | Position |
---|---|---|
Venkatagiri Rao | VMLY&R | Chief Creative Officer |
Kevin Lobo | VMLY&R | Executive Creative Director |
Anil Nair | VMLY&R | Chief Executive Officer |
Alpa Dedhia | VMLY&R | Business Director |
Andreas Christiadi | VMLY&R | Brand Manager |
Eldon Dcruz | VMLY&R | Brand Manager |
Abhinav Galate | VMLY&R | Brand Co-ordinator |
Agnes Getha | VMLY&R | Business Director |
Rajivi Rao | VMLY&R | Copywriter |
Siva Subramaniam | VMLY&R | Copywriter |
Nandan Joshi | VMLY&R | Copywriter |
Mudit Trivedi | VMLY&R | Brand Co-ordinator |
Akshith VS | VMLY&R | Art Director |
Netra Natrajan | VMLY&R | Copywriter |
Saurabh Pal | VMLY&R | Editor |
Amar Sharma | VMLY&R | Editor |
Vijayan Shivan | VMLY&R | Designer |
Siby Mathews | VMLY&R | Brand Co-ordinator |
Muhammad Bahir | Planet Films | Producer |
Zahir Omar | Planet Films | Director |
In spice crazy Indonesia, the Sambal (chili sauce) shelf is over crowded. Boasts of ‘spiciness’ are the biggest yet most common claim for the category. Every brand, both old and new, tries to outshout the competition with a ‘spiciest sauce’ message and high ad spends ABC took a breakthrough approach to deliver the message of extreme spiciness. By creating a never before spice tasting experience, that allowed Indonesians to directly experience our spice firsthand, and suffer its spicy aftermath in a memorable way. It created its own ecosystem of content and experiences, that shook
Growth for Sambal ABC was stagnating. The category was filled with clichéd narratives that had commoditized the category. Not a good sign for the leader, ABC Sambal. Research showed that many consumers believed that while all advertising talks about unique spicy tastes, in reality all brands taste similar. Brand tracks showed that ‘spiciness’ and the ‘thrill’ it promises were key to unlocking growth and ownership of this attribute was critical. In blind tests, ABC was repeatedly voted the spiciest. But shouting out that we are the spiciest won’t cut it. ABC needed to disrupt the market boldly if it wanted to win the tongues & minds of spice crazy Indonesians. Brief: Get Indonesians notice ABC and realise that ABC delivers spice like no other brand. Objectives: Grow market share. Create trialists. Build Brand Power by strengthening our claim on key attributes of ‘Sambal I like’, ‘Makes me crave for more’.
The disruptive campaign boldy created a spice experience and message like never before, by creating the Sambal ABC World’s Spiciest Noodles, and ABC Pedasuransi, a special Spice Insurance to protect Indonesians from the spice of our chilli sauce. The policy gave hospitalization cover for a week worth IDR150000 from Spice related aftermath. This campaign taunted spice crazy Indonesians about our spiciness in an unforgettable way.
ABC was a leader in market share but not in mind & heart share. To win, it was to drive up brand differentiation. Brand health studies by Kantar indicated that to drive differentiation, ABC had to own key attributes like ‘Spiciness I like’ ‘Sambal I like’ over other Sambal brands. A task made complicated by aggressive spends and common spice narratives across competition. Spice crazy Indonesians flirting with younger and newer brands because of their novelty and ‘spicy’ messages had to be convinced that we were the spiciest. Especially since in blind taste tests we were voted the spiciest. We had to prove to them that no sauce is as spicy as Sambal ABC. ABC chose to create a powerful act that demonstrated spiciness and delivered it through a clutter-breaking experience.
First, we got a notorious Warung Chef from Jakarta, Abang Adek to create the World’s spiciest noodles. Then, to protect people from it, we tied up with the world’s third largest insurance giant, AXA, to create Pedasuransi, a special spice insurance policy to cover people from the spice of our chilly sauce. The policy covered hospitalization for a week, worth IDR 150,000. We launched both, the World’s Spiciest Noodles and the Spice Insurance at UFF, Indonesia’s biggest food festival. ‘Wordless Reviews’ of our noodles on YouTube showed our spice was for real. People came in the tens of thousands. People signed up for the Pedasuransi Spice Insurance. And people got burned. As all of Indonesia watched, our brand struck gold.
25000+ trials 55 Million+ views 1.45 Billion impressions 250+ articles in local & international PR PR 5.8 times ROI 100000 policies created. Market share up from 47.2% before launch to 49.8% during campaign run. 410 bps increase in Penetration. 520 bps increase in Brand Power. (Brand power directly impacts sales and is made of three key components: Difference, Meaningfulness, Salience. ABC scored well on each front while making leaps on our differentiation scores.)
Sambal (chilly sauce) is a staple in Indonesian households. And can be found on every table. It is used to spice up their snacks and meals. And for Indonesians, the spicier the better. Sambal ABC is a legacy brand and a market leader, and since it is such an important part of Indonesian cuisine, the competition in the market is fierce. Scores of brands vie for the throne, and fight to prove they are spicier than the rest.