Oatly launches new campaign in Australia to educate on plant-based diet
Oatly has launched The New Norm&Al Show in Australia, a campaign that aims to start the conversation of normalising plant-based diet.
The announcement:
Oatly, the world’s original and largest oat drink company, today launched The New Norm&Al Show in Australia. The campaign aims to kick off a nationwide conversation about how eating a plant-based diet is a totally normal choice these days, all through the medium of…puppets.
‘The New Norm&Al Show’ is a mini-series of five episodes (each between 2-5 minutes long) featuring two oat drink carton puppets named Norm & Al (AKA norm-al) who, just like many of us, are trying to navigate the shift to more plant-based eating. The duo show us that anyone can try adopting a plant-based diet, you don’t have to be a hipster to make the move away from dairy or meat and you don’t need to go fully vegan in order to make a difference to the planet.
Behind the creative execution is Annie-nominated (one of the animation industry’s top awards) Director Conor Finnegan and puppet maker Andy Gent who is best known for Wes Andersen’s stop motion epic feature Isle of Dogs. The stellar voice cast includes: Alexander Perkins (The Office) who plays Norm, Ethan Lawrence (After Life) who plays Al, and Rob Witcomb (Transformers: The Last Knight) who plays Milk.
Oatly’s Creative Director, Michael Lee comments: “After trying to help people eat more plant-based with super long Instagram posts, a dorky AFL Grand Final ad and nonsensical headlines, we’ve now landed on puppets to do the job. THE NEW NORM&AL helps us deliver a message that people might normally roll their eyes at, but because it’s puppets, well, who doesn’t like puppets?”
All five episodes of ‘The New Norm&Al Show’ are now live on YouTube and Oatly.com.au. The launch is also supported by a digital media buy campaign across social media (YouTube, Instagram and Facebook) and broadcast VOD (7Plus, 10Play, 9Now and SBS On Demand) until 3 April 2022. In classic Oatly fashion, consumers can also expect to see the campaign run across OOH on buses and trams until 10 April 2022 in Melbourne.
In retail, Norm & Al will be making an appearance through stickers, wobblers and more in 20 specially selected independent retailers. Through a partnership with Woolworths, the puppets will also be popping up in more than 90% of stores across the country.
In addition to the digital, OOH and retail campaigns, Oatly has partnered with Milkrun in Sydney this week to deliver free samples of Oatly Barista Edition with every order made on Milkrun for as long as stock lasts.
Speaking of the partnership, Milkrun Head of Creative, Matt Knapp, says: “When Oatly approached us to give out 5,000 free cartons of oat milk to our loyal customers we were a little apprehensive. What would they think about a company called MILKRUN giving out something that technically isn’t milk? But then we realised people love free sh*t, so we jumped at the opportunity.”
From 25-26 March, Oatly will also give away thousands of sample oat coffees in special Norm & Al cups from over 35 cafes around Australia to anyone who quotes ‘I like puppets’ at the till.
Credits
Creative: Oatly Department of Mind Control
Creative Director: Michael Lee
Production Company: Nexus Studios
Director: Connor Finnegan
Source: Ground Agency
