Cannes Lions
AFRICA CREATIVE DDB, Sao Paulo / BRAHMA / 2023
Overview
Entries
Credits
Background
Brazil is not the country of football.
Not the country of carnival.
Brazil is the country of barbecue.
Every minute, a barbecue grill is lit in Brazil.
It’s the favorite Brazilian dish.
Brahma.
The most famous Brazilian beer brand
is the official beer of barbecue.
The Brazilian barbecue is well known around the world.
Because of the crisis, cheaper brands invaded our territory.
But we need to do something to be remembered as the main partner of barbecue from every Brazilian.
Idea
If the other beers were entering our barbecue.
We became the barbecue of other beers.
Inside their grill.
Using the Unique Selling Proposition of Brahma beer: creaminess.
The creamiest beer became the creamiest cut of meat.
We invited one of the most meat experts of Brazil, István Wessel,
with a family tradition since 1830 to bring this idea to life.
His solution was a completely new cut.
A boneless front short rib with a high degree of marbling.
To be as creamy as the beer.
Strategy
The name?
Brazilians love “Maminha”, “Fraldinha”, “linguicinha”.
And now, meet Brahminha.
A soft, juicy and creamy meat cut.
From the beer industry to the food industry
First brand to invent a new meat cut.
The perfect pairing.
Execution
Brahma beer has always been around the grill and now,
it’s also inside the grill.
A music video using Brazilian Country music song style “Sertanejo” launched the campaign.
In partnership with “sertanejo” musicians, they posted their own barbecues grilling Brahminha.
TV shows such as “Masterchef” did a competition on how the best way to prepare Brahminha was. István Wessel taught was mentoring all the competitors.
Using the large distribution of Brahma beer,
Brahminha quickly entered all markets from all 27 Brazilian states.
Outcome
First batch sold out in less than 30 days
Available in all 27 states of Brazil
Supermarkets
Delivery sites
More than 550k mentions during the campaign
+30% of high-quality perception on Brahma brand
Exploring territories we could not enter:
Fancy restaurants
TV Shows
Even among our competitors. Social media constantly shows Brahminha meat along with other beer such as Heineken, Budweiser,
Stella Artois, among others.
Pão de Açúcar, supermarket franchise leader
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