Pitch playbook

Kraft Heinz Taiwan

卡夫亨氏台灣 · MNC FMCG
Quick read
  • WedgeHeinz HORECA / restaurant chain marketing — TW Western dining (burgers, brunch cafes) is fragmented
  • WhyPublicis Groupe holds 'Power of One' integrated AOR globally since 2018 — Publicis Media + Publicis Creative + Sapient/Digitas as one stack
  • Who ·
Pitch wedges
Entry angles for an account with no public AOR — frame around fit and capability, not incumbent replacement
  1. W1Heinz HORECA / restaurant chain marketing — TW Western dining (burgers, brunch cafes) is fragmented
  2. W2Philadelphia bakery/dessert HoReCa B2B marketing — TW dessert cafe boom
  3. W3Project-only social/shopper activation around CNY + back-to-school
  4. W4Avoid pitching integrated AOR — Publicis is locked
Current creative landscape
Which shops have we actually seen working with this brand — fragmented? In-house? Project-based?
  • Publicis Groupe holds 'Power of One' integrated AOR globally since 2018 — Publicis Media + Publicis Creative + Sapient/Digitas as one stack
  • WPP creative exposure exists only through David (Ogilvy) on selected Heinz brand activation
  • 3G Capital ownership = aggressive cost discipline; in-housing pushes; production efficiency focus
  • TW is a smaller market with less local marketing latitude — most activation runs from Singapore/HK regional
Marketing leadership
Who runs marketing — pitch entry points
  • Kraft Heinz Asia regional marketing leadershipReports through KHC International / Emerging Markets cluster (Singapore/HK hub)
    since ongoing

    KHC TW does not maintain a high-visibility country marketing director. Marketing flows through Asia regional and global brand teams. 3G Capital DNA = lean local marketing org.

    Source ↗
Marketing posture
How they show up in market right now

Lean local org; Publicis 'Power of One' globally; regional Asia hub-led activation; TW spend is project-pitched rather than AOR-anchored. Heinz ketchup is the visible TW spend; Philadelphia is the prestige supermarket activation; other brands are minor.

Recent campaigns
What the incumbent has produced — strength vs fatigue
  • Heinz 'It Has to Be Heinz' global brand platform2023 · Wieden+Kennedy · TVC + digital + retail

    Global Heinz brand-love platform — TW activation is template-based with localized retail.

    Source ↗
  • Heinz 'Draw Ketchup' / 'Ketchup is Heinz'2022 · Rethink Canada (origin) / David Miami (Ogilvy/WPP for some global) · Print + OOH + digital

    Crowdsourced 'when people draw ketchup they draw Heinz' — global rollout including TW digital.

Decision makers
Who to engage on day one
What to avoid

Don't pitch to displace Publicis Power of One. Don't propose big-budget brand work — KHC is cost-disciplined. Pitch lean, production-efficient, HoReCa-channel-specific work.

Competitive set
  • Unilever Foods TW (Knorr, Hellmann's)
  • Nestlé TW (Maggi)
  • Kewpie TW (mayonnaise)
  • Local TW condiment brands (Kimlan, President)
Open questions
What research couldn't verify — qualify before pitching
  • Does KHC TW have a named TW commercial lead?
  • Is HoReCa marketing for Heinz outsourced to a TW B2B foodservice specialist?
  • Has Philadelphia bakery channel work been pitched locally?

Researched 2026-05-11 · confidence high — global AOR (Publicis 2018) is public; TW lean-org structure is sector-typical. · every claim sourced