Getting from segmentation to sustainable solutions
Market segmentation for world-leading chain Burger King
Case study
We collaborated with the senior leadership team through a series of workshops to choose where Burger King should play and to identify how to win.
A need for consumer insights to create a competitive advantage
Burger King wanted to be more targeted in the UK to grow share in the crowded UK quick service restaurant (QSR) market.
Management wanted a clear view of their opportunity to support a fresh perspective on the proposition, brand and marketing to align with a new strategic direction.
Building on internal knowledge to deliver a fresh perspective for Burger King
We carved up the UK QSR market into a series of instantly recognisable, highly targetable occasion segments. Informed first by in-restaurant ethnography and then validated through quant research.
Subsequent proposition assessments allowed us to assess competitor ability to serve these different types of visits and identify opportunities for our client to do better at serving the target customers.
We collaborated with the senior leadership team through a series of workshops to choose where to play and to identify how to win.
Benefits for business, consumers and the planet
As a result of our collaboration, Burger King has tailored its offer to suit new priority visit occasions. This new strategic direction was far reaching, with implications for marcoms, promotional mechanisms, restaurant format, estate planning and product offer.
I was impressed with the team’s enthusiasm, their sector expertise and the way they engaged our senior leadership team throughout.
We continue to support the business in the roll-out of key consumer-centric initiatives. This included validating and championing the decision to remove plastic toys from kids’ meals, demonstrating that sustainability is increasingly high on the agenda of their customers.
Read more about the outcome of our work
BBC News: Burger King ditches free toys and will ‘melt’ old ones
