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Marketing Plan For The Rainforest Alliance

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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:
It is assumed that Devondale products are eligible to receive The Rainforest Alliance Certification Seal. The manner in which Devondale produce, harvest and manufacture their milk (both chilled and long life), cheese, butter (and spreads), cream, and breakfast drinks adheres to the strict guidelines and requirements set by The Rainforest Alliance. This marketing plan only applies to the company once the certification seal has been awarded to Devondale.

The purpose of this report is to highlight how Devondale will utilise various marketing communication strategies in an effort to promote the newly found green credentials with The Rainforest Alliance. The campaign uses advertising, digital media, point-of-purchase …show more content…

Dairy Australia Limited, (2014) found that milk is the most consumed dairy product (compared to cheese, butter and yoghurt). Therefore it is recommended that the main focus of this campaign will target consumers who do the grocery shopping for households and businesses.

All of the marketing efforts will aim to promote The Rainforest Alliance Certification Seal that will be present on all Devondale products. D 'Souza, Taghian, Lamb, & Peretiatko, (2007) found that displaying third-party certifier logos on products allow consumers to perceive the brand as more credible, because an external organisation has to approve and ensure that the business adopts sustainable practices.

BACKGROUND OF DEVONDALE:
Devondale Murray Goulburn, (2015) found that in 1949, Jim Gemmell was a World War II Returned Serviceman who was assigned to the banks of the Murray River on a dairy farm as a way to reassimilate with society. Gemmell, like many other returned servicemen who were assigned on these dairy farms had no experience or knowledge about dairy farming. They put their heads and their cattle together to form the Murray Goulburn Co-operative Co Ltd. This Co-op enabled the dairy farmers to have greater control over the price at which they sold their milk and other products for. Other small factories in surrounding areas including Swan Hill, Casterton, Deniliquin, Berrigan and Kyabram all joined the Co-operative between the 1950s and the 1960s. In

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