Saffola Repositiong
Repositioning of Saffola
Case Proposition
To analyze how successful was Saffola in repositioning itself from being a “Curative” Brand to “Preventive” brand.
Case Synopsis
For the past few years Marico has been rolling out many new products under the Saffola banner which are all targeted at the health conscious consumers. While edible oil remains Saffola’s flagship product they have diversified into other new products such as Saffola oats, Saffola Muesli and Saffola rice as well.
Saffola’s perception a decade ago was that it was more of a curative health rather than a preventive health brand. It was almost like an addition to a doctor’s prescription. The heart patient was advised to shift to Saffola (which is KARDI OIL with high PUFA and low saturated fats).
Though it had a stranglehold on this segment of edible oil market, Saffola realized that the curative health (almost a negative health) market is limited in size and scope. The brand positioning also limited its choice of extensions in to other food categories.
Saffola has understood that preventive health market is much bigger market and is trying to re position itself accordingly. It has created an emotional connect with the target consumers by portraying itself as “Conducive for heart” oil, rather than oil for heart patients.
Initiatives by Saffola to re-position itself as a preventive healthcare: * Saffola has come up with a “‘Heart Age Finder tool” and raises awareness about the fact that, we often forget the one who is the most important to us - our heart.
* Saffola gifted readers in Mumbai, Delhi and Bangalore a free copy of the Times of India for their heart - with advertisements portraying ways to take care of the heart. * September 28 being the World Heart Day, Saffola came up with the out of the box solution. They created silence in the air waves of all the radio station and thus portraying the silence with which our heart functions despite taking the entire toll of our
Case Proposition
To analyze how successful was Saffola in repositioning itself from being a “Curative” Brand to “Preventive” brand.
Case Synopsis
For the past few years Marico has been rolling out many new products under the Saffola banner which are all targeted at the health conscious consumers. While edible oil remains Saffola’s flagship product they have diversified into other new products such as Saffola oats, Saffola Muesli and Saffola rice as well.
Saffola’s perception a decade ago was that it was more of a curative health rather than a preventive health brand. It was almost like an addition to a doctor’s prescription. The heart patient was advised to shift to Saffola (which is KARDI OIL with high PUFA and low saturated fats).
Though it had a stranglehold on this segment of edible oil market, Saffola realized that the curative health (almost a negative health) market is limited in size and scope. The brand positioning also limited its choice of extensions in to other food categories.
Saffola has understood that preventive health market is much bigger market and is trying to re position itself accordingly. It has created an emotional connect with the target consumers by portraying itself as “Conducive for heart” oil, rather than oil for heart patients.
Initiatives by Saffola to re-position itself as a preventive healthcare: * Saffola has come up with a “‘Heart Age Finder tool” and raises awareness about the fact that, we often forget the one who is the most important to us - our heart.
* Saffola gifted readers in Mumbai, Delhi and Bangalore a free copy of the Times of India for their heart - with advertisements portraying ways to take care of the heart. * September 28 being the World Heart Day, Saffola came up with the out of the box solution. They created silence in the air waves of all the radio station and thus portraying the silence with which our heart functions despite taking the entire toll of our