Constellation Brands, the largest beer import company in the U.S., is working on consumer deep dives beyond the 5 top Hispanic markets. The company is pushing for a much wider market representation to obtain a more complete picture about the Hispanic population in the U.S.
“We’re working now on doing consumer deep dives with Hispanic consumers in a broader number of markets to better understand the challenges they are facing in everyday life, general outlook on the future based on the impact of Covid and the role they see our brands playing in their lives”, Amy D’Souza, Media Director, Constellation Brands and Rene Ramos, VP,Field Marketing, Lifestyle & Experiential Marketing, Constellation Brands tell Portada.
“In the past we would have used our top 3 – 5 Hispanic markets as representation of the total U.S. Now we’re pushing for much wider market representation for a more complete picture. And also to better understand regional nuances amongst all the Hispanic ethnicities that makeup the total U.S. population.”
Constellation Brands is the largest beer import company in the U.S. measured by sales and has the third-largest market share (10.9%), based on shipment volume of all major beer suppliers, according to BeerInsights.com. Constellation’s beer portfolio includes imported brands such as Modelo Especial, Negra Modelo and Pacífico. In the fiscal year ending on February 29,2020, Constellation Brands reported advertising/marketing investment of US $769.5 million. For fiscal 2021, the Constellation Brands Marketing team expects marketing as a percent of net sales to be in the 9% to 9.5% range. Per the most recent financial report, both Corona and Modelo continue to grow market share.
Constellation Brands Marketing: Consumer Centric Portrait
The new consumer deep dive initiative will also cover Spanish dominant, English dominant and Bicultural Hispanic consumers “so we can break out the differences based on acculturation. This will provide us a consumer-centric portrait of how Hispanics are experiencing life in the U.S. today given all the social unrest and impact that Covid has had on their lives,” DSouza and Ramos claim.
According to both D’Souza and Ramos, who are members of the Portada network of brand marketers, the new Constellation Brands marketing team effort will help ensure that Constellation Brands speaks authentically and engages “consumers in ways that represent them whether that’s through advertising, what we support in the community and promotions we put together. This will also help us evolve our CSR efforts with brands like Corona and Modelo that can positively impact Hispanic communities.”
For an analysis of another major brewer’s major Hispanic marketing initiative, check out A Deep Dive into Miller Lite’s Hispanic Give Back 12 – Pack Initiative.
