Sainsbury’s has its new populist hat on in the first (non-Christmas) campaign from New Commercial Arts, positioning the brand for “everyone” as opposed to sitting slightly above Tesco and behind Waitrose amd M&S.
This, you won’t be surprised to learn, is primarily about price but it also features Sainsbury’s staff (as it did at Christmas) in a way that reminds you of those Asda ads in the days of yore, which put the Leeds-based supermarket on the path that led ultimately to Walmart and then the Issa brothers.
And for good measure there’s Grand Designs’ Kevin McLoud coming in under budget for once. A busy 30 seconds yoiu might say.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H7hfAltgZ0M
Sainsbury’s had a good Christmas, outperforming most of its rivals, and this will get them thinking at market leader Tesco.
MAA creative scale: 7 (now if only they’d restore a few more checkouts..)
