For immediate release, 10 October 2014
Brother Design whips up gold with Foodstuffs’ Private Label, Pams
Brand and packaging design agency Brother Design has scooped another win, adding to a highly successfully year by
claiming Gold in the prestigious Pentawards with their packaging design work for the Foodstuffs Group, New Zealand.
Brother Design’s packaging designs for the Pams Flour range were awarded Gold in the Distributors’/Retailers’ Own Brands
category. Pams being the private label for Foodstuffs, New Zealand’s largest retail grocery organisation, with over 700
full service supermarkets.
The 2014 Pentawards took place in Tokyo this year, an annual global competition exclusively devoted to packaging design,
and winners were selected by respected international judges from the UK, Europe, North America and Asia.
Brother Design’s Group Business Director, Jenny McMillan, is quick to point out it is not only a win for Brother but
also for their clients, “Foodstuffs encourages us to ‘break the category’ and achieve a fresh approach to packaging
design formulas. That helped set our designs apart and importantly, it achieves returns for Foodstuffs too.”
Foodstuffs considers private label an important brand offering, as it enables customers to buy good quality products at
competitive prices. Private label products make up approximately 13% of Foodstuffs total grocery sales with Pams
contributing 8.5%.
The Pams Flour designs embody the charm of simple chic modernity with a timeless sense of home and baking nostalgia.
Brother’s Creative Director, Paula Bunny, says, “Our brief includes a mandate to create designs that are friendly and
down to earth with an element of surprise and delight.”
The Pentawards recognition follows a string of golds for Brother and Foodstuffs in the global Vertex Awards earlier this
year, which included Pams Milk, Cream and Butter, Pams Premium Ice Cream and Pams Baby Range.
“[It’s] confirmation that not only are Foodstuffs great retailers, but when we team up with experts such as Brother
Design, we can lead the world in key areas such as packaging,” says Foodstuffs’ General Manager, Dave McAteer.
Foodstuffs’ National Private Label Manager, Jocelyn McCallum, says, “Brother Design has been great to work with, they
understand our business needs in creating attractive and effective designs that hit the mark. To have Pams receive high
praise and international recognition makes us immensely proud and is further confirmation of the calibre of their work.’
The winning design will also be published in the next of the popular Taschen Package Design Books.
For more information see www.brotherdesign.co.nz
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Brother Design is an Auckland based brand and packaging design agency headed by Jenny McMillan and Paula Bunny, award
winning specialists designing for FMCG and private label brands.