Chicken Tonight is a much loved British brand with great heritage. Their range of cook-in sauces have been a family dinner table favourite for decades. However, as consumer tastes and profiles had evolved, the brand had lost its relevance and needed a fresh approach to connect with a modern audience. Chicken Tonight required a rejuvenation in brand, packaging and recipes. tda! picked up the baton with a digital campaign.

Our friends at Brandon Consultants led an eye-catching rebranding effort offline and on-pack. This new look was encapsulated with a proposition of; “Tonight’s the night we’re going to wow them!”

Our challenge was to wow our consumers in the online space; introducing the brand to new consumers and re-engaging with familiar groups. We set out to create a shiny new website for the brand, paired with an updated social media presence.

We redesigned the Chicken Tonight website to become a digital home for the brand. We aligned closely with the new packaging style to make the website feel cohesive and recognisable. The deep slate and lively yellow brushstrokes added textural interest, whilst assets such as ingredient cut-outs and the chicken motif added further visual appeal.

High quality food photography and new recipe content created an incentive for consumers to browse the site. Each recipe displayed a cooking time on the landing page, from as little as 10 minutes, to give consumers confidence that Chicken Tonight recipes would be simple and convenient to recreate.

The resulting website is user-friendly, mobile responsive, and uses subtle animation to bring the brand to life.

After researching where our consumer-base were likely to reside online, we launched a social strategy across Instagram and Facebook, taking the brand into a space where consumers spend time and communicate with friends.

We developed a content calendar that showcased mouth-watering recipes, cooking hacks, engagement-driving competitions, and interactive quizzes, all designed to stand out and also intrigue the consumer.

Recognising the importance of paid social media advertising, tda! devised targeted campaigns across Facebook and Instagram.

We utilised audience segmentation to reach specific demographics, including busy parents, young professionals, and cooking enthusiasts.

Promoted content included:

• Visually enticing images and videos showcasing Chicken Tonight sauces in various recipes.
• Carousel ads highlighting the brand's product range, encouraging users to explore different flavours.
• 'Boosted' posts to ensure key content, such as new product launches and special promotions, reached a wider audience.

Through performance tracking, we were able to use analytics tools to monitor the effectiveness of paid campaigns. We then adjusted ad spend and targeting parameters based on real-time performance metrics.