New Products - Strauss Icecream
Following are examples of new products
developed by Strauss Icecraem. These products were invented during
New Product Development (NPD) workshops by ZOOZ, and are only a fraction of an idea bank (with hundreds of ideas) that was developed at these Systematic Innovation NPD workshops during 2004 and
2005.
Thinking Tool: Adjustment to the Environment
Product: Danone Yogurt Icream cartons: the
first to the world cooperation between an icecream manufacturer
and Danone (the number 1 Fresh Dairy Product brand in the
world). In keeping with this co-branding concept, other ideas were
developed and applied for ice cream cartons,
including espresso ice cream in cooperation with
Lavazza.
Thinking Tool: Adjustment to the Environment
Product : "Cow
Popsicle": children's icecream, chocolate and vanilla flavored,
with cow spots texture, combining the famous "Cow" brand (a very
popular brand of chocolate in Israel, owned by Strauss-Elite group).
The product is also offered in a package of 5
popsicles.
Thinking Tool : Division
Product : Liklakim - a package of 4
mini vanilla popsicles for children, that also includes, in
seperate dip containers, a chocolate sauce and colored sugar
powders. This way a child can alter the taste and look of the
whilte popsicle, and to turn eating into a game.
Thinking Tool : Unification
Product : Icecream Car -
family-size icecream carton with chocolate and vanilla flavours,
packaged in an icecream car replica (made of plastic). When the
icecream is finished, the container remains as a cool toy for
the children.
Thinking Tool: Adjustment to the Environment
Product:
Bratz Popsicles - toffee vanilla flavored children's ice cream
with the Bratz lips imprint, immediately associated with the Bratz
doll brand. Strauss received the
franchise from Bratz, a leading toy manufacturer. The
ice cream comes in three different packaging designs, each
representing a different popular doll. The product is
also offered in a package that includes a free gift of Bratz
stickers.
Thinking Tool: Adjustment to the Environment
Product : Yotbeta Popsicles
- three falvors of popsicles (chocolate, vanilla, banana),
coated with chocolate, and branded under the milk-drinks brand
"Yotbeta" (favoured by Israeli children). The product is also
offered in a package of 8 popsicles + 2 for
free.
Thinking Tool : Adding a Dimension
Product:
BISIM (bites)- vanilla iceceam cubes, coated with Magnum chocolate and
roasted cereals. The unever coating prevents adherance of one
cube to another. The product is sold in a rounded
carton as an icecream snack, suitable for hosting and eating
with friends and family. It is an
upgrade of a quite old product named
GLIDONIT.