SAN FRANCISCO, CA--(Marketwired - Oct 21, 2014) - Del Monte, part of Del Monte Foods ( www.delmontefoods.com ), announced today that it has named creative and technology agency MRY ( www.mry.com ) as its agency of record across digital and social. MRY's duties as digital and social AOR begin this month, with the first campaign work expected to hit in 2015. Del Monte digital and social efforts will be primarily supported by the MRY West team, located near the Del Monte Foods headquarters in San Francisco.
"We at Del Monte Foods were impressed by the MRY team's energy, passion, and strategic insight, as well as their ability to take those attributes and channel them into a creative execution that truly represents Del Monte," said Rhonda Lesinski, CMO of Del Monte Foods. "Del Monte is a beloved and historic American brand. We are looking forward to working with MRY to make our 100+-year-old brand more current through digital."
With MRY's first campaign for Del Monte running next year in 2015, MRY is planning to focus on fresh digital and social activations that reinforce its quality with existing canned food consumers. The partnership represents a commitment from Del Monte to lean into these mediums for a different level of engagement with consumers.
These digital and social programs are part of a bigger picture advertising and marketing effort from Del Monte Foods. As such, MRY will be working as part of an integrated team comprised of Starcom MediaVest Group, Saatchi X, Integer, Juniper Park, and PR Hacker.
"MRY is excited to be working with Del Monte as it embarks on this next phase of its brand journey," said Kingsley Taylor, Managing Director of MRY West. "We as an agency tend to be attracted to iconic brands that are investing in more progressive communications methods, and Del Monte is a perfect example. Our team is looking forward to working with Del Monte as it realizes its digital potential."
The news of this partnership follows a year of immense growth for MRY, which announced the opening of its MRY West office in San Francisco earlier this year. Del Monte leads an impressive roster of West Coast clients being managed out of the MRY West office.
About Del Monte Foods
Del Monte Foods, Inc. is one of the country's largest producers, distributors and marketers of premium quality, branded food products for the U.S. retail market. The Company also produces and distributes private label food products. Del Monte brands include Del Monte ® , Contadina ® , College Inn ® , S&W ® and other brand names.
For more information on Del Monte Foods, visit the Company's website at www.delmontefoods.com .
Del Monte. Nourishing Families. Enriching Lives. Every Day. ®
About MRY
MRY specializes in blending creativity and technology with media to make brands remarkable. Headquartered in New York, the Publicis Groupe agency harnesses the power of analytic intelligence to create content that sparks emotion, adds value, inspires action, and changes behavior. MRY works with some of the world's leading brands, including Coca-Cola, Visa, and Adobe. Accolades for the agency include Crain's New York Business and Advertising Age naming MRY among its Top 10 'Best Places to Work,' Mashable calling MRY 'Digital Marketing Innovator of the Year,' and MediaPost recognizing MRY as 'Social Agency of the Year.'
For more information visit www.mry.com , http://www.facebook.com/MRY , or follow us on Twitter @MRY.
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