Hornall Anderson designed packaging for Asda's range of own label tea. The redesigned ranges of black, speciality, green, fruit and herbal teas launch this month. The revamped packaging brings the design into line with current trends in the tea sector and will help the products stand out in a competitive market place.
"Black tea is a very competitive arena with fierce brand loyalty and an ageing consumer," said Kim Van Elkan, Managing Director of Hornall Anderson. "Own brand packaging needs to offer a credible alternative, taking category cues but creating a clear simple hierarchy and a homely feel."
The speciality teas need to appeal to a more foodie audience, who enjoy the ritual of drinking tea. Fruit, herbal and green tea, is a crowded category with lots of competition. Fruit and herbal teas have become design statements and require beautiful packaging which is worthy of being 'on show' to succeed.
New packaging for black tea features a simple graphic woodcut illustration with bright pops of colour, helping the products to stand out on the shelf. The bag count is clearly placed in a quirky cup illustration in a consistent place on pack, to make this easy for the customer to see. The leaf icon displayed represents freshness, which is important to the customer.
The designs for speciality tea, such as Assam and Ceylon, used beautiful, rich and sumptuous colours with specially created illustrations, highlighting the heritage cues and provenance of the tea.
The green, fruit and herbal tea packaging resonates with more health conscious customers. Packaging pops with flavour cues and feels modern. Hand painted illustrations and crafted hand drawn serif type, together with coloured panels, help with differentiation.