drinks pr

Creating media buzz around personalised rum bottles for Father’s Day

Our task: To takeover the PR and media relations on behalf of growing rum brand The Duppy Share after the current PR team ran out of steam

Our strategy: Create a full calendar of activity to create a drumbeat of news coverage maximising on seasonal calendar events. Focus on Father’s Day for upcoming launch of personalised rum bottles

Our tactics: For the Father’s Day launch, we created a master press release to issue to the press plus sent personalised bottle samples to journalists

Results: Within our three month contracted period we secured 10 pieces of coverage and generated an online readership of 142 million. This included stand out pieces in Esquire, Stylist, Shortlist and The Sun for Father’s Day

We've brewed up a sustainable coffee roastery win

We’re thrilled to have been appointed by East London sustainable coffee roastery Volcano Coffee Works and Assembly Coffee to manage their busy press offices in 2022.

Following a successful three-month introductory period which led to coverage in the Mail Online, Metro, Women’s Health and Pick Me Up! Magazine, the brand has appointed our expert media relations team to lead their consumer and trade PR going forward.

We’ll be focusing on a programme of product placement, sampling activity, influencer support and thought leadership in the New Year to gain further traction in the media.

Both Assembly Coffee and Volcano Coffee Works are certified CarbonNeutral and have B Corp status.

Michael Cleland, co-founder and head of marketing of Assembly Coffee said: “We appointed Aubergine because of their unparalleled expertise in the food and drink industry. We’ve been very impressed with their work so far - they’re clearly passionate about what they do and being former journalists, they have a unique behind the scenes view of how the media operates. We’re very excited to be working with them in 2022 to further raise the profile of Assembly Coffee and Volcano Coffee Works.”

Aubergine director and co-founder, Emma Gardner, commented: “Assembly and Volcano Coffee Works are brands which align with our wheelhouse of expertise; drink and sustainability. There are so many interesting talking points in the world of coffee and with such a high quality product and bank of knowledge behind them, journalists are eager to hear what their team has to say. They’re the dream client to have on our books.”

Our previous campaigns include work for B Corp Dr Will’s, Organic Trade Board and sustainable cleaning products brand If You Care.

Launching a brewery during lockdown

Our task: To launch a Leeds-based craft brewery online shop during the pandemic

Our strategy: To have a drumbeat of news coverage using business, lifestyle and trade angles to maximum effect.

Our tactics: We created multiple versions of the same press release supported by striking photography fit for the relevant press

Results: Coverage secured in Yorkshire Post, Morning Advertiser, the Metro and several pieces in the Telegraph. The coverage has also led to collaborations with larger breweries such as Vocation, Kirkstall and Beavertown.  The coverage also served as social content and was shared online and trended within the craft beer community leading to on-trade listings, online purchases and wholesaler listings.