Pot Noodle: Success doesn't come on a plate

This case study looks at the 1990s 'slacker' staple, Pot Noodle, that needed to find relevance for today's hard-working UK millennials.

Pot Noodle: Success doesn't come on a plate

The challenge

Pot Noodle's association with 1990s 'Slacker' culture had always made it the choice of the lazy and the indolent, but today's 16-24 year-olds no longer identified with that lifestyle. They were driven, ambitious and determined to succeed.

Pot Noodle was becoming a cultural pariah and as a result, its sales and market share were dropping. Something radical had to be done.

Our response

We spent time with Pot Noodle's young audience and realised they still valued its speed and ease, but not because they were lazy, because they were...

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