Bakers Complete - From underdog to top dog: doubling market share with one-seventh of rivals' spend

As a Complete Dry Dog Food (CDDF) specialist, Edward Bakers Petfoods’ (EBP) strategy was to facilitate sector growth, stealing share from canned dog foods.
Agency: Burkitt DDBAuthors: Paul Warwick, Susan Poole and David Simoes-Brown

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From Underdog to Top Dog over Seven Years (49 Dog Years)

THE CHALLENGES FACING EDWARD BAKER PETFOODS

A small dog in a big park

In the early nineties, Edward Bakers Petfoods (EBP) was a small player in the billion pound UK pet food business (the largest in Western Europe). In 1994, when Burkitt DDB, then Court Burkitt, was briefed to re-launch the Bakers Complete brand, the market was dominated by the three multinational giants Pedigree Petfoods, Spillers Foods and...

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