Central England co-op social media. Employees delivering groceries and stacking shelves along with click & collect promotional signs.

 Client: Central England Co-op

750% increased uptake of membership promotions

Central England Co-op were eager to increase adoption of their food delivery service. The service was well received by members who has already trialled it. But. awareness was still low amongst the areas served by the Central England Co-op. 

The challenge was to both drive customers to the website, as well as ensuring only the eligible shoppers receive the ads.  

As such, Facebook was the priority channel for the trial period. The targeting and placement options available enabled us to test, optimise and iterate the approach. 

'Story Themes' typed into a grocery search bar and results 'taste temptations, your local delivery, your friendly delivery, best for delivery and your lifesaver' appearing

The audit and concentrating our efforts

An audit of Central England Co-op’s Facebook activity revealed five content pillars for us to focus on. Each content pillar received equal ad runtime to determine which message resonated the most. 

Success hinged on our ability to have the ads displayed only in the areas where the food delivery service is available. We devised a three-step test & learn approach to narrow down the targeting until we were able to geo-fence the 6 initial locations.  

This strategy laid the groundwork for new locations, for CEC, too, which increased to a total of 24 by the end of our project. 

The Goldilocks Zones

Map covering a wide area including Rugeley and Tamworth.

Too broad…

Map with a single pinpoint on the lichfield area

Too vague…

Map showing 12 specific areas around lichfield pinned.

Juuuuust right.

Unexpected results in the bagging area 

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