Taste Pure Nature to launch in China
Beef + Lamb New Zealand (B+LNZ) celebrates a successful year of launching its Taste Pure Nature origin brand in California, and is shortly launching in China.
In March 2019, B+LNZ launched its Taste Pure Nature origin brand in California, setting out to excite, educate and engage ‘conscious foodie’ consumers about the best tasting grass-fed beef and lamb in the world. The pilot launch proved successful, and they will be launching in China early 2020. Launched in Times Square New York, the campaign gained extensive media coverage including 176 pieces of coverage, generating 134,700,000+ impressions.
A US website was launched and has had over six million brand views.
In 2019, Taste Pure Nature partnered in the US with New Zealand brands: Atkins Ranch, First Light, Silver Fern Farms, New Zealand Spring Lamb and Pure South Te Mana Lamb. B+LNZ will be looking to partner with other companies in China next year, including Silver Fern Farms, Greenlea and ANZCO. Nick Beeby, B+LNZ’S general manager market development, says using these partnerships has contributed immensely to the success of Taste Pure Nature in 2019.
“The engagement we’ve received received a large number of social media engagements and potential online reach by using a San Diego influencer they work with.
“We also tailgated 101 TV segments hosted by chef George Duran which saw Taste Pure Nature gain more than 1000 placements to date resulting in more than 517,500,000 potential impressions.”
Nick says it’s been great to see how receptive our target market is for New Zealand beef and lamb.
“While we’re taking a long-term view of building the profile of the Taste Pure Nature brand and understanding of New Zealand’s farming systems in California and the United States, it’s clear to see that there’s a real want for our product by the ‘conscious foodie’ consumer. We’re excited to take this into the Chinese market.”
There is currently a visit under way in New Zealand of six ‘foodie’ influencers from the US where they are learning about Taste Pure Nature and experiencing some of New Zealand’s farming and meat production, in partnership with Firstlight Foods, Atkins Ranch and SFF.
Looking to the future
Following the successful launch of Taste Pure Nature’s pilot campaign in California, we are looking to launch in China in early 2020. Eventually, the brand assets will be available for New Zealand exporters to use in all markets, with the brand appearing on packaging, advertising, and other material.
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Taste Pure Nature is used as a global brand platform to underpin exporters’ marketing programmes and enhance the positioning of New Zealand red meat.
It has been developed in partnership with meat processors and farmers.