Lidl

The Great
British Hijack

Stealing the spotlight from Bake Off’s sponsor with the one thing Aldi doesn’t have:
an actual bakery.

ROLE

Lead Creative | Designer | Editor

One of the biggest television shows in the U.K., the Great British Bake-off, was once again about to hit our screens. And this year its sponsors were none other than our arch-rivals — Aldi.

The brief was pitched to the whole agency - How can we steal the thunder from the show’s key sponsor and get everyone talking about Lidl instead? I pitched an idea, that utilised the one thing that sets us apart from our key rival - we actually have a bakery. A beloved one at that.

Going one step above Ed Sheeran’s black card…Fresh from the oven, we produced the Lidl Bakery Gold Card. A must-have reward, entitling the lucky recipient to a year’s supply of bakery goodness.

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Lidl GBBO bakery card Twitter promotion

With one promoted tweet we became the #1 trending topic in the U.K.
Beating Aldi, Boris, and even the show itself.

Lidl Bakery is Calling hashtag trending on Twitter

People tweeted their favourite bakes in their thousands for a chance to win the coveted prize.

Lidl Bakery Gold Card

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#1 trending topic in the UK

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400,000 engagements

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1.4 million impressions

“Best £350 we’ve ever spent.
You guys smashed it.
I bet Aldi is fuming”

LIDL CLIENT