Kerry Foods is joining forces with Sony Pictures Consumer Marketing to run a new ‘Express Your Selfie’ on-pack promotion for its kids’ cheese snacking products, supporting the release of Sony Pictures Animation’s upcoming film, The Emoji Movie, released on August 4 2017.

Featuring across the Kerry Foods kids’ dairy portfolio including Yollies, Cheestrings and Scoffies, the promotion is part of a wider £1m integrated marketing campaign which will also include TV, shopper activation and digital support.

To enter, shoppers must create their best Emoji expression, drawing or selfie using their favourite prop and upload the photo or drawing to either www.cheestrings.net/emoji  or www.yollies.co.uk/emoji. In addition to the daily prizes, every entry will trigger an instant movie-themed download.

Victoria Southern, GB Marketing Director at Kerry Foods, comments: “The Emoji Movie is a hilarious, exciting adventure that takes you into the secret world inside your phone.  These characters are able to express what we’re all feeling inside – that’s why they’re popular all over the world.  We’re excited to help kids and parents capture that and show their true feelings. We feel that the film perfectly represents what we are all about as a brand; fuelling a sense of freedom to be yourself and making the kids’ snacking occasion as fun and engaging as possible.”

Southern adds: “Following successes from previous partnerships, which saw Cheestrings value sales grow by +12% and penetration increase by +5%, we are confident that the mass appeal of The Emoji Movie will mean promotional packs are just as popular with parents looking for an exciting and nutritious snack for kids. We are once again driving engagement within the category with eye-catching packaging that we know will have real traction and appeal with parents who buy Cheestrings, Scoffies and Yollies frequently, as well as attracting new fans to the dairy portfolio.”

The on-pack promotion will be live in-store across grocery and impulse channels from July 10 for 10 weeks.

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Kerry Foods is offering consumers a free download from a wide selection of songs from Universal Music with promotional packs of Attack A Snak or Cheestrings.

The new on-pack promotion launches in the UK and Ireland soon and will run until late September. The free download is worth 99p and shoppers can choose which track they want from the selection on offer.

The same promotion is running across a number of other European countries, including Belgium, the Netherlands, Germany, Austria, Poland, Spain and Italy.

Kerry says music downloads are growing by +6.9% globally, observing that downloading tracks has become very popular, with many people preferring to download than to buy it as a CD.

Tom Willcock, Kids’ Dairy Marketing Manager at Kerry Foods, says: “The UK cheese market is worth a staggering £2.3bn, but the kids’ dairy snacking sector is yet to reach its full potential. We are keen to continue to drive this growth.”

Kerry has previously run licensed promotions linking Cheestrings with Star Wars and Marvel’s Captain America: Civil War and also with Bin Weevils collectible toys.

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