Butterkist Reveals First Campaign Since St Luke's Appointment

The agency was appointed by KP Snacks to handle Butterkist popcorn in August this year

By Creative Salon

10 November 2021

KP Snacks is launching an online advertising campaign for its Butterkist brand, which will run through until Christmas.

The campaign aims to capture the unmissable family and friends moments that you’ve got to share with a bag of Butterkist popcorn.

This is the first work by St. Luke’s since being appointed as the brand’s lead creative agency in August. St. Luke’s is briefed to develop a new brand creative platform and creation of all communications to help bring to life Butterkist’s core products and NPDs.

The new campaign features vignettes of people getting together reacting to different moments: whether celebrity gossip just dropped, a tense sports moment, TV drama or even a new music release - and excitedly realise they need to 'Go Grab The Butterkist'.

The ads, directed by photographer and filmmaker Emily Stein features her trademark bright colours and lighting; with voiceover by Adam Brown, actor and comedian.

The campaign will appear on online video and social media: Instagram, Facebook, TikTok, Vevo and YouTube from 10 November until 22 December. During the campaign run, tactical gifs and social media posts will be produced spontaneously reacting to live media events. Media planning and buying is through Starcom.

The campaign also includes a Christmas variant: “Tis the season of Christmas Specials” to be released November 17. The campaign highlights a new flavour Orange Chocolate Toffee popcorn alongside Sweet and Salty flavour popcorn.

Ilan Arkin, marketing controller, said: “We’re excited to launch the new ‘Go Grab The Butterkist’ campaign, which puts the brand at the centre of unmissable entertainment. We wanted to capture the sociability of Butterkist as the shareable snack to enjoy for popcorn-worthy moments anytime.”

Richard Denny, executive creative director at St Luke’s, added: “There’s nothing better than tearing open a bag of popcorn knowing you’re about to enjoy some unmissable entertainment. As the nation’s favourite, Butterkist has been at the heart of these moments for many years and our ‘Go Grab The Butterkist’ campaign aims to own all those sharable times.”

St Luke’s was appointed by KP Snacks to handle Butterkist popcorn in August this year. It was appointed to handle Tyrells, Popchips and KP brands in May 2019.

Media planning and buying is through Starcom.

CREDITS

Advertiser: KP Snacks

Brand: Butterkist

KP Snacks: Kevin McNair, Marketing Director

Ilan Arkin, Marketing Controller

Brian McMonagle – Senior Brand Manager

Katie Hill – Brand Manager

Campaign Title: “Go Grab The Butterkist”

Creative Agency: St Luke’s

Executive Creative Director: Richard Denney

Art Director: Laura Stevens Alexandria Bailey