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Persuasive shelves : The healthiness of on-package marketing communications. @ TimSmitsTim – KU Leuven. Thanks to: Tine Mathues & Silke De Win CTC 2014 – Edinburgh – April 2014 http://www.slideshare.net/timsmitstim/. Background. Focus : Child-targeted packaged foods
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Persuasiveshelves: • The healthiness of on-package marketing communications @TimSmitsTim – KU Leuven Thanks to:TineMathues & Silke De Win CTC 2014 – Edinburgh– April 2014 http://www.slideshare.net/timsmitstim/
Background • Focus: Child-targetedpackagedfoods • Marketing oftencalledculpritforchildhoodobesityepidemic • Dominant areas of effects research: • Effects of TV orTV-adsexposure • Effects of endorseradvertising
Background • Limitations? • Marketing exposurebroaderthan TV • Other marketing tools thanendorsers • Someprevious studies onactualfoodpackaging • Packaging = “last moment of truth” • Aid recall of campaign cues ~ endorsers • Consumption cues • Branding/product cues
Previousfindings Chapman et al. (2006) – Australia “food promotions were defined as marketing and sales promotions used on food labels or as food packaging designed to entice consumers to buy a product at the point-of-sale”
Previousfindings Julian & Holdsworth (2008) – UK 83% of all promotions: cartoon characters 58% of all promotionsfor “lesshealthyfoods” (FSA criteria; binary coding) Cereals most likely to use multiple techniques
Previousfindings Van Assema et al. (2011) – The Netherlands Endorsers most popular 90% of “marketed” foodsfor the unhealthycategory (Voedingscentrum)
Thisstudy • Belgiansupermarketofferings? In 2013? • RelationbetweenMarCom cues & Healthiness? • National brandsvs Private labels? • Methodology • 16 foodcategories in a Belgianretailer • Child-focused (-12 years) • Coding: • Healthiness (FSA nutrientprofiling model; binary – cont) • Endorsers, premiums, games, promotions, claims (health, product), consumptionillustration, premium packaging, premium product design, colors, collection items
Results 472 childtargetedproducts (about 25% of all products) 90% unhealthyproducts (binary FSA system) Average # marcom cues: National brands: 3.1 - vs – Private labels: 2.8 83% productsfromnationalbrands
Results Most heavilychild-targeting: FSA criterionMean(FSA) soft candy (75%) 100% unhealthy 13.71 candy & chips (67%) 96% unhealthy 15.01 cookies (34%) 100% unhealthy 19.05 cereals(30%), 100% unhealthy 10.74
Results • In regression analyses: • Whatpredicts a product’s(un)healthiness? • (Model incl. product category: R² = .78; model excl. product category: R² = .60) • (Product category) • More cues • National brands • Nutrition claims (-) • Illustrationor promotion (-) • Characteristic color use (-) • Product design (-) • Package design (-)
Discussion & Conclusion Up-to-date overview of BE supermarketofferings Regulation & Pledges are only a manifest radar and muchgoes “undetected” to policy Research agendaforchildren-and-persuasion