You’ve probably heard of the ‘tweet what you eat’ concept, but now you can eat what you tweet thanks to Birds Eye.
That’s right, the food brand has moved away from its traditional potato waffles, hash browns and fish fingers in favour of Mas#Tags.
Inspired by social media, the potato shapes include emoticons and symbols such as: 😊, @ and #.
The news is causing quite a (Twitter) storm with articles posted on: The Independent, Huffington Post, Digital Spy and The Grocer, but I’m surprised that the brand hasn’t taken to the most obvious outlet to boast about its latest creation.
The company has confirmed Mas#Tags via direct tweets to excited customers, but hasn’t shown off profile pictures or worked to get it trending on Twitter… yet.
Birds Eye has proved that it has its finger on the pulse when it comes to connecting with a social media generation, but why is it only concerned about what’s on the plate?
Not only would it have been a great opportunity to launch a digital word game to celebrate the launch, (a carbohydrate-based Flappy Bird anyone?) but at the very least link in with top supermarkets – Asda, Sainsbury’s and Tesco – which will stock the product from March.
It could be a strategic move to ensure that the talkability factor around the product remains high, but I believe in striking while the iron is hot.
What do you think? Will you be cooking up some Mas#Tags?
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