“Hill biscuits used National Biscuit Day to celebrate all that is good about baking and biscuits. The focus was also to acknowledge our community and environment, raising our profile locally. The Rose Media team helped us deliver some fantastic coverage results, securing opportunities to work closer with our community, and building partnerships with local businesses. The events surpassed our expectations entirely, and with their help, we were able to generate many smiles throughout the day! It’s a real pleasure to work with an agency that’s become an extension of us!”

Frank Bird

CEO, Hill Biscuits Ltd

Client:

Hill Biscuits

| Project:

PR activity and event management to celebrate National Biscuit Day 2024

Hill Biscuits is a beloved biscuit manufacturer based in Manchester, and has become one of the largest and longest established producers in the UK, supplying over 100 product lines, operating 24hrs per day and employing around 370 colleagues. Established in 1855, Hill has been baking value biscuit classics for nearly 170 years following family recipes handed down through generations, producing hundreds of millions of biscuits each year.

The Brief:

To generate awareness of the Hill brand in the local region.
To raise the profile of the company, its ethos and yummy biscuits.

Our Strategy:

RMG recognised that a multi-faceted awareness campaign was required in order to reach the highest number of local people all on one day – 29^th May 2024.
Brainstormed 18 promotional ideas across the marketing mix, shortlisted to 4.
Identified the right media for the Hill brand and created engaging and multiple story opportunities to secure press coverage across the region.

Activities:

Secured charity partnership with the National Trust.
Secured school partnership with Laurus Ryecroft, a local secondary school, organised and led a biscuit bake-off event with Year 10s at the school, with our client present.
Arranged biscuit deliveries to all targeted journalists and met with local media ahead of the day.
Supported a LinkedIn Poll and designed a National Biscuit Day reel.
Wrote a press release reflecting Hill’s message around National Biscuit Day.
Identified key local and trade press, worked with media to achieve quality coverage.
Ran media partnership with The Tameside Reporter for radio, newspaper, online and social media coverage.
Organised and managed biscuit giveaway at Castlefield Viaduct, Manchester.
Designed and produced a National Biscuit Day leaflet to support biscuit giveaway to trade press.
Reached out to The Great British Bake-Off finalists and secured a gift for the bake-off competition winner from Chris Wallace, Quarter Finalist in 2013.