Hershey's Launch Urges 'Sweet Independence'
The Hershey Company is employing Facebook engagement activities and sampling events to launch Hershey’s Simple Pleasures, a line of chocolates promising 30% less fat than the
average found in the leading milk chocolates.
The campaign, dubbed “Sweet Independence,” plays off a Hershey consumer survey that found 58% of American women reporting that eating certain foods is their #1 source of guilt, and the same percentage agreeing that they “would love to savor their chocolate without guilt.”
The new chocolates line is positioned as one way to “declare independence from guilt” and “enjoy the simple pleasures of life.”
In a Sweet Independence area on the Hershey’s Facebook page, fans who post personal “declarations of independence” of any nature are being entered for chances to win weekly prizes, such as $100 gift cards and Simple Pleasures chocolates.
Chocolate lovers can also make their declarations of independence and be entered for the drawings during “Sweet Independence”-themed sampling events being held this month in Dallas, Atlanta, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Philadelphia, New York and Minneapolis.
Simple Pleasures, which have crème-filled centers, are available in three varieties: milk chocolate with chocolate cream, dark chocolate with chocolate cream, and milk chocolate with vanilla cream. The candies, “individually wrapped for easy portion control” (calorie counts not mentioned in campaign materials) are being sold in 24-count, 5.6-ounce bags in grocery, mass and drug store retailers nationwide.
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