Ugly Fruits and Veg Get a Voice In French Supermarket Campaign

Intermarche Aims to 'Rehabilitate' Imperfect Produce

Published On
May 20, 2014

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Ugly fruits and vegetables finally get their own chance to shine in this campaign by Intermarche, France's third biggest supermarket chain. It's designed to "rehabilitate" imperfect or mis-shapen fresh produce and discourage wastage, mindful of the 300m tones of fruit and vegetables wasted each year and the European Union's designation of 2104 as the European Year against Food Waste. The campaign, by Marcel Paris, includes TV ads, including one about an "Ugly Carrot," and this one featuring a strangely deformed Clementine who's reassured, in a charming voiceover, that her imperfections are "actually quite cute." Print executions feature items such as the "Hideous Orange" and the "Failed Lemon", beautifully photographed.

Intermarche also ran an in-store campaign in which the ugly fruits and veg (which it acquired from growers who would normally throw it away) are made into products such as Inglorious Vegetables Soups and Inglorious Fruit Juices. The products were also given their own supermarket aisles, their own labelling and their own separate listing on the till receipt. Marcel reports that the campaign resulted in a 60% increase in traffic to Intermarche's fruits and vegetabes section and a 24% uplift in overall store traffic.

Credits

Date
May 20, 2014
Agency :
Marcel
Brand :
Intermarche
Client :
Intermarche
Chief Creative Director :
Anne de Maupeou
Executive Creative Director/Production :
Dimitri Guerassimov
Creative Director :
Julien Benmoussa
Copywriter :
Julien Benmoussa
Copywriter :
Gatan du Peloux
Copywriter :
Youri Guerrassimov
Art Direction :
Youri Guerrassimov
Art Direction :
Gatan du Peloux
Art Direction :
Anas Boileau
Copywriter Film :
Sergio Alonso
Film Director :
Sebastian Piacentini
Production Company :
InDaProd
Director :
Cdric Dubourg
Editor :
Yacine Saadi
Sound Producer :
Clmens Hourrire
Sound Producer :
Boris Jeanne
Sound Production :
Prodigious
Print Production :
Prodigious
Producer :
Justine Beaussart
Photographer :
Patrice de Villiers
Retouching :
LAsile Paris
Global Print Manager :
Jean Luc Chirio
Art Buyer :
Soone Riboud

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