Case study · Christmas 2012

Tesco

Relations Group ran a broadcast PR campaign for Tesco around Christmas 2012. A radio day of interviews put their spokesperson on air, securing 25 items of radio coverage with a combined audience of 111.4 million. Highlights included BBC Radio Oxford.

Part of Christmas on air →
25Items of coverage
111.4 millionCombined reach
2h 21mTime on air

Coverage highlights

The story

Tesco, Christmas 2012

The aim
Tesco wanted to highlight new food poverty research and promote its Help Feed People In Need collection in more than 800 stores.
The message
Tesco launched Help Feed People In Need, its biggest ever nationwide food collection, with FareShare and the Trussell Trust, to provide food for hundreds of thousands of people at Christmas.
The angle
New research found around one in ten people had suffered food poverty in the last year, some going 48 hours or more without food, as Tesco launched its biggest ever food collection in more than 800 stores.
On air
Representatives of FareShare, the Trussell Trust and Tesco
The result
25 items of coverage reaching 111.4 million, including BBC Radio Oxford.
Budget £4,000Delivered £5,925Above budget 48%On air 2h 21m

About Christmas

Christmas Day falls on 25 December and marks the Christian celebration of the birth of Jesus. It is a bank holiday across the UK and the peak of the year for retail, food and family stories. For brands and charities with something useful to say, it gives radio and TV producers a timely reason to book an interview.

Planning Christmas for 2026?

Christmas Day next falls on Friday 25 December 2026. Talk to the team about a broadcast PR campaign that gets your spokesperson on radio and TV.

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