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Young's Beers Triumph in Marketing Awards

8th June 2010

Young’s beers have triumphed in an industry awards for marketing excellence, being highly commended for its advertising.

At the Marketing Society Awards for Excellence on 7 June, the Young’s brand repositioning to drive sales, was deemed to be amongst the very best in the country by a panel of 30 senior marketers.

Marketing director for Wells and Young’s, Chris Lewis, said: “This is a tremendous accolade for Young’s beers. We pride ourselves on pushing the boundaries of traditional cask beer advertising, making it more modern, more engaging to our consumers and creating a true point of difference for Young’s.”

The adverts, which featured across press and outdoor posters, repositioned the Young’s brand to give the much-loved beers more emotional depth and a reason for consumers to believe in Young’s.

The marketing plan focused on the ‘Natural Brewing Excellence’ of the Young’s beers, and featured messages ranging from the ingredients through to the heritage and brewing expertise. The packaging for the on and off-trade was also redesigned to place emphasis on ‘Young’s’ and create a more premium offering at the point of purchase.

The award comes just a month after another of the brewery’s beers, Wells Bombardier, won a Gold Award in the Creative Circle Awards for its positive Englishness adverts.

Lewis adds: “As leaders in the cask beer market, we see it as our role to inject innovation into the category and to attract new drinkers to cask.”

To see all the Young's adverts, visit www.youngsbeers.co.uk