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Theo Chocolate

Theo Chocolate

Innovation strategy

Food & Beverage

Giving shoppers new reasons to choose Theo as rivals caught up.

Giving shoppers new reasons to choose Theo as rivals caught up.

Giving shoppers new reasons to choose Theo as rivals caught up.

The challenge

Theo was the first U.S. fair-trade, organic premium chocolate maker. Then new brands started making the same claims, and Theo needed a new reason to be chosen.

Theo was the first U.S. fair-trade, organic premium chocolate maker. Then new brands started making the same claims, and Theo needed a new reason to be chosen.

Theo was the first U.S. fair-trade, organic premium chocolate maker. Then new brands started making the same claims, and Theo needed a new reason to be chosen.

What we did

We set a north star from Theo's segmentation, category data and industry reports, and linked shopper needs to where chocolate and nearby categories are heading. Ideas became concepts in online consumer boards and live webcam sessions, and a survey picked the winners.

We set a north star from Theo's segmentation, category data and industry reports, and linked shopper needs to where chocolate and nearby categories are heading. Ideas became concepts in online consumer boards and live webcam sessions, and a survey picked the winners.

We set a north star from Theo's segmentation, category data and industry reports, and linked shopper needs to where chocolate and nearby categories are heading. Ideas became concepts in online consumer boards and live webcam sessions, and a survey picked the winners.

What changed

12

12

new product ideas that shoppers backed

new product ideas that shoppers backed

5

5

new areas to grow in

new areas to grow in

3 yrs

3 yrs

of launches, in the order to make them

of launches, in the order to make them

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