A new partwork, Baked & Delicious, launches on Monday July 18. Baked & Delicious looks set to be the most significant partwork launch in years. In the UK, part 1 sold in excess of 600,000 copies. Given the extraordinary sales of food titles here, I expect per-capita sales in Australia to surpass sales in the UK.
While the publisher sees the target market as women 25 and over, housewives, I see it more broadly than that given the people buying food titles and the broad interest in the various TV food shows. That said, a survey of customers in the UK revealed that 95% of people buying the title were women.
Each fortnightly issue comes with a new piece of silicone bakeware and a magazine with recipes. It is the bakeware which will make this partwork appealing. The items include: cupcake cases, pastry brush & spatula, loaf mould, flan moulds and muffin moulds.
The title is to be promoted in a $800,000 TV campaign starting on Wednesday July 20. The TV campaign includes spots on MasterChef.
Distributor Gordon and Gotch has been working with newsagents on the launch, to ensure good communication and to maximise sales for the title.
I urge newsagents to get behind this title. Contact Gordon and Gotch. Check your allocation. Lift it if you think it is too low.
My only concern is that Gotch is doing a split delivery. I have recommended against this but they see that they have little choice given the size of part 1.
Click here to go to the UK website for Baked & Delicious.
Why promote partworks?
I like partworks titles because they are habit based. They give us an opportunity to own the customer, to lock them in for repeat visits. Newsagency shopping baskets containing partworks are, on average, 33% bigger than shopping baskets not containing partworks. So, they are efficient. TV campaigns promote newsagencies. Newsagencies have historically been the only retail outlets with the titles.