Drink Asia Drink Asia March April 2019 | Page 11

Amul launches its packaged juice brand ‘Amul TRU’ A mul, India’s largest dairy brand enters the packaged food juices segment by launching ‘Tru’ in collaboration with Almond Branding for the end to end brand building, packaging design and communication design. Under the new Brand ‘Tru’, Amul, a pioneer in the dairy products and synonymous with “Taste of India” now introduces fruit juices in four flavours – Mango, Orange, Apple and Lychee and is priced at Rs.10 for a 200ml bottle. Almond Branding used its proprietary Brand Nomenclature tools to come up with a number of Brand Names that can go well with the category and appeal to the new age consumer. Within no time, a new brand under Amul’s stable was born, called TRU. The name goes well with the ethos of the brand Amul of being ‘superior quality’ and ‘trustworthy’. The packaging and design of any product should communicate its brand story hence Almond Branding recommended Amul to have transparent labels to the PET bottles where the fruit beverage inside can be flaunted. The design language of the brand was kept simple yet catchy to attract the attention of consumers from across SECs. Mr Saswata Das, Founder Director, Almond Branding said, “The fruit beverage market is already cluttered with a plethora of players. We had to make Amul’s entry eventful so that it quickly wins the hearts of consumers. The Brand Name we coined does just that. The Brand name TRU is short, catchy, easy to recall, easily extendable and also has a good sound value. Surprisingly, there was no brief from Amul’s end except that they sent us the actual product samples and left the onus completely on us to create a brand around it. That was the best challenge thrown at us! Sipping over these juices, the team at Almond would brainstorm for hours to identify the Big Idea and the core thought for the new Brand being created. The best part of working with Amul – they treat us like equal partners in brand development. They lay trust in our expertise in the Branding & Design arena and show full faith to go with our suggestions and design solutions proposed. We truly get to work on it as our own brand – like real brand custodians.” Almond Branding has been associated with Amul for over almost a decade now. Almond has been the force behind all major beverage launches last year like Amul Kadhai Doodh, Haldi Doodh, Gur Doodh and Amul Milkshakes. Almond had also been the strategic branding & design partner for Amul’s foray into mocktails with Amul Irish Drink and Amul Pina Colada. The new areas include Gujarat, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, and union territories of Puducherry, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman & Diu, Lakshadweep, and Andaman & Nicobar Islands. The CCI also tweeted in a separate tweet that it approves the acquisition of preference shares of Delhivery Private Limited by Deli CMF Pte. Limited. According to a notice, the deal is for the acquisition of over 63,500 compulsorily convertible preference shares after which the holding of Deli CMF in Delhivery will become 4.51 percent from the current 4.76 percent. Drink Asia 11 March-April 2019