Expanding Campbell's Condensed Soup

Another telling of the story of the 1991 relaunch of Campbell's Condensed Soup as a double-purpose product (soup or cooking ingredient): see also paper no.
Agency: BMP DDB NeedhamAuthor: Carol Mackenzie

Expanding Campbell's Condensed Soup

SUMMARY

Campbell's Condensed soup is now the only growing brand in the soup market. Campbell's Condensed was relaunched in the autumn of 1991, following a long-term and gradual sales decline. The object of the exercise was to renew interest in what was considered an outmoded product format and to provoke reassessment of its relevance in order to encourage trials. The focus of the relaunch was the new thought 'Because it is the only concentrated soup, Campbell's Condensed is perfect as a soup, perfect as a...

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