Price Chopper/Market 32 Nabs Top Honors For Frozen Food Marketing
Price Chopper/Market 32 has been named the Top Marketer by the National Frozen & Refrigerated Foods Association (NFRA) for its March Frozen Food Month promotion.
Presented at the NFRA convention in San Diego, Price Chopper/Market 32 was selected from six Golden Penguin Award winners, comprised of regional and national grocery chains, as the Top Marketer in the Retailer category.
During Frozen Food Month, Price Chopper/Market 32 created Frozen Food Frenzy, a multi-faceted marketing and merchandising campaign focused on frozen foods. The omnichannel effort promoted the trial of new frozen products and freezer loading of favorite items with communications in-store, in print, and online with both their ecommerce and digital loyalty platforms.
As a result of the campaign, frozen sales increased outpacing overall store sales by 250 basis points with digital engagement increasing substantially as site traffic grew three-fold and open rates on topical emails exceeded 50%. Frozen food products suppliers also participated in the promotion and saw a cumulative sales increase of 15% on featured products.
“This was a true 360-degree marketing effort made possible through the close collaboration of multiple departments at Price Chopper/Market 32,” said Sean Weiss, vice president of marketing, Price Chopper/Market 32. “From marketing to merchandising to operations, supply chain and IT, I’m proud of the work our teammates did to bring this campaign to life for our customers.”
Price Chopper/Market 32 managed the campaign in conjunction with two long-standing marketing partners, tcc Global and SparkShoppe. tcc Global, which manages the loyalty platform for Price Chopper/Market 32, created the Daily SurPrize digital game with the Frozen Food Frenzy theme.
Customers who registered online or via its mobile app could play once per day by wiping away digital “condensation” from a virtual freezer window. This mobile-optimized game then revealed an array of prizes that included exclusive digital coupons for discounts off frozen food items, free sweepstakes entries, AdvantEdge Rewards points and other prizes with the top prize of 50,000 AdvantEdge Rewards points ($500 value).
SparkShoppe, a shopper and digital marketing company, managed the shopper marketing sales and overall execution of this event. The company serves as the liaison between Price Chopper/Market 32 and the consumer packaged goods (CPG) companies that participated in the program.
Based in Schenectady, N.Y., Price Chopper/Market 32 operates 130 Price Chopper and Market 32 grocery stores and one Market Bistro, employing 18,000 teammates in New York, Vermont, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, and New Hampshire.