Only a few years ago, Lidl Slovenija felt it was time to reach beyond standard promotional leaflets and treat families to a high-quality print magazine that puts simple food on a pedestal. With this approach, Preprosto tackled an important challenge: to deliver superior quality that creates a new, powerful brand and inaugurates Lidl as a buyer-focused retailer.
Simply Preprosto
The most internationally acclaimed print customer magazine in Slovenia that pushes all possible pleasure buttons and even sells! Here are multiple award-winning essentials: top quality editorial production and 100% original writing (all done by locals), visuals and charming design that solidify new standards in publishing.
For the desired effect of the magazine (brand recognition, loyalty, engagement and sales rise with initially zero-cost strategy) content of Preprosto had to be spot on.
In partnership with the PR team at Lidl Slovenija a concept of the magazine was schemed to even the smallest detail.
We wanted to use the knowledge Slovene food enthusiasts and bloggers have on the content we wanted to produce: useful and simple recipes that leverage actual sales, meaningful content that builds trust and amusing pieces that nourish loyalty and appeal to readers, especially women who make most grocery shopping decisions.
Magazine’s content follows three key messages:
We knew only the best content could support a bold decision: sell the magazine as opposed to giving it out for free. Magazine has been mostly sold out and Lidl Slovenija is thus strengthening its position as a top quality retailer also through a top quality magazine that is a part of an overall extensive content marketing program.
Captivating visuals and texts that symbolize homeliness, family, warmth and cosiness with different formats: recipes, articles, human interest stories … Content is meticulously thought out and reaches to various spheres of life.
Lidl has more than 50 shops in Slovenia which are the only distribution channel for the magazine. Each issue is promoted with posts on social media that reach well beyond Lidl’s own channels.
Preprosto is PM’s yearly engagement, producing two issues – for spring & summer and end-of-year holidays.
Each issue
is planned 6 months ahead.
Editorial teams
from Lidl and PM meet weekly.
The authors
have become Lidl’s ambassadors.
Since its first issue, Preprosto has been very well accepted by Lidl Slovenia customers as well as marketing peers around the world who have awarded it with several PR and marketing prizes.Tina Cipot, Lidl Slovenija
Retail Publication (2017, 2019)
Retail
Publications
Best Print Magazine (2015, 2016, 2017)
Best Cover (2016, 2018)
Best Design (2017, 2018)
You were able to produce high-quality publication with very limited resources. Given the description of the audience and their aspirations and activities, we thought this work would be difficult to improve on. This is a well-executed, professional-looking product. Well done!Golden Quill jury
A corporate magazine that is beautiful, useful and sold is a reflection of smart strategy and a great team.POMP 2017 jury
This is a great example of how a supermarket can weave in their products in a way that doesn't feel too intrusive to a reader. Every page design solidifies this magazine into a well worth purchase.POMP 2018 jury
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