Nutella is moving into the Biscuits category for the first time in the UK with the launch of Nutella B-ready.
Available now as a single serve (RSP 56p) or multipack of six (RSP £1.99), Nutella B-ready features a light, crunchy wafer shell, Nutella filling and puffed wheat crispies in an individually-wrapped bar.
The bars offer a simple but elegant method of consuming chocolate spread. Anecdotal evidence suggests they are going to prove extremely popular with anyone who has ever scooped Nutella straight out of the jar with their bare fingers.
Levi Boorer, Customer Development Director, commented: “Nutella B-ready is a complementary addition to the Ferrero range, offering shoppers more ‘sweet snacking’ solutions throughout the day. We see B-ready as the ideal mid-morning snack, containing fewer than 120 calories, while other products – like Kinder Bueno – are much more suited to post-lunch snacking.
“Our initial UK trial has proved incredibly successful. We ranged at the till in a selection of convenience stores and Nutella B-ready ranked as the fourth-best performing sweet snacking line during the period. We also found that merchandising the single serve product separately to the multipack drove incremental sales. We’d recommend that the single serve features alongside popular confectionery lines like Kinder Bueno and the multipack format within the biscuits aisle.”
Nutella B-ready is already available in other markets and its international performance has led to a confident introduction in the UK. For example, it was named the best launch in FMCG since 2003, when it was launched in Italy in 2015. It also won Product of the Year in Italy in 2016, where it is the number two SKU in the biscuits market.
The launch will be supported by a £2.8m multimedia campaign spanning TV, video-on-demand, out of home advertising, social and in-store media, kicking off from September. A full suite of POS solutions will be available for retailers to order from Ferrero’s dedicated trade website.
