Mustoes wins brief to push benefits of Californian prunes

Camilla Palmer

February 21, 2003

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Mustoes wins brief to push benefits of Californian prunes

Mustoes has picked up the Californian Prune Board account, with the task of promoting the fruit to a younger target audience in the UK.

The agency pitched against another, undisclosed agency, to win the business.

It will roll out a national 48-sheet poster campaign to highlight the benefits of eating prunes.

The CPB uses the Sunsweet brand, which commands two-thirds of the world's prune market, to trade prunes on a global basis.

The posters will be supported by press and ambient activity, with possible point-of-sale and promotional work. The overall spend will be up to £600,000.

The pitch was run by CPB's marketing director for Europe, Amanda Bishop.

Mustoes' chief executive, Nick Mustoe, said the agency's creative strategy would reposition the fruit to a younger audience. "Prunes don't have the sexiest image, but we will help change that," he said.

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