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BITTERSWEET PIES

McCANN ERICKSON ROMANIA, Bucharest / PAUL / 2016

Awards:

Bronze Cannes Lions
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Overview

Credits

OVERVIEW

CampaignDescription

We took these statistics and turned the pie charts into actual pies then sold them in Paul bakeries across the country. More than just be the talk of media and social media, 5% of revenue from all ‘Bittersweet pies’ sold would be donated to FILIA center, which will use the donation to finance a project aimed to reduce the gender gap in rural areas and help fight inequality.

Execution

"Bittersweet pies", is a new cakes product line, sold in all "Paul" bakeries across the country, that highlights the gender inequality in Romania's society by turning cakes into pie charts!

The cakes’ line includes:

- the "salary gap" cake

- the "misrepresentation cake" (in politics)

- the "extremely rich cake"

- the "startup exclusion cake"

- the "glass ceiling double cake"

All the cakes are 100% edible (including the statistics!), and are based on Paul's original and popular cake recipes (Fleur de Lys, Tartelette citron, Tartelette au chocolat).

5% of revenue from all "bittersweet pies" sold would be donated to "FILIA foundation", which will use the donation for a project aimed to reduce gender gap by training rural women and prepare them for the modern professions.

This makes the project to be the 1st ever "social desserts" line in the world.

Outcome

Media:

36.460.100 media impressions

over 95.000 social media shares

coverage in most local publications

Brand Results

45% raise in positive brand perceptiom

16% raise in sales during the campaign

PR:

Intl Publications:

New York Magazine

Fast Company

Cosmopolitan

Glamour

Elle

Fastcocreate

Resume

Blue Bus

coloribus

Foundraising.uk

Revelist.com

Daily Life

Terrafemina.

Relevancy

Bittersweet Pies is a new product line made out of actual PAUL pies designed as pie charts that reveal the gender gap issues Romania is facing. The new product line is sold directly to our clients in all PAUL bakeries across Romania and engaged our consumers not only to buy the products but to spark a conversation on the matter of gender inequality.

Even though Romanians, and mostly the women, believe there is a general balance between men and women in the work field, the annual Gender Gap Report that shows exactly the opposite.

Strategy

Even though in Romania women believe there is a general balance between men and women due to the equal participation to the work force, the World Economic Forum released its annual Gender Gap Report that shows exactly the opposite. Out of 145 countries included in the report, Romania falls on 114 in matters of political representation and scores low also in education, health and finance.

Synopsis

Even though in Romania women believe there is a general balance between men and women due to the equal participation to the work force, the World Economic Forum released its annual Gender Gap Report that shows exactly the opposite. Out of 145 countries included in the report, Romania falls on 114 in matters of political representation and scores low also in education, health and finance.

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