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Creative Highlighting World Cup Athletes Scores Big Impressions for Kroger

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CHALLENGE

Kroger’s Simple Truth brand partnered with twenty national youth soccer organizations. The goal was to position the brand as the go-to choice for on-the-go sports parents looking for ideas to fuel their young athletes. Simple Truth leveraged Orchard’s expertise to set the creative vision, execute and produce this collab with World Cup athletes.

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APPROACH

Orchard developed a creative strategy to generate 12 weeks of unique content that included:

  • Easy, game day friendly recipes using Simple Truth products from Kroger’s Chef Mike.
  • Product recommendations and player tips from World Cup athletes Kellyn Acosta and Becky Sauerbrunn.
  • Creative executions distributed across website, email, and social media.

WHY IT WORKED

In addition to showcasing key Simple Truth products and elevating brand status through association with world-class athletes, the campaign effectively engaged the target audience of sports parents, resulting in impressive click, impression, and engagement numbers on the Meta platforms.

Commercial Impact

5.7M

impressions with 40% lower CPM than platform average


74k

clicks with 70% lower CPC than platform average


973k

engagements with 75% lower CPE than platform average

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