IC Group has created an advergame to help Hormel Foods increase consumer demand Stagg Chili. The Chili Chuckwagon Challenge will be online until April 30, and allows players to win $100,000 cash or a variety of secondary prizes including Plasma TV's, entertainment centers, Dual brand electronics, and mountain bikes. Entrants are also automatically entered in a Sweepstakes for the chance to win a 2004 Mazda RX8. Consumers access the game by obtaining a UPC code from any STAGG� Chili product.
Larry Raskin, Senior Product Manager for Hormel Foods Corporation said:
"Our mandate is to simply get more people to try STAGG� Chili. We felt the fun of an online game and an exciting prize list would be a great way to help stimulate sales and trial of STAGG� Chili."
Personally I don't like this kind of online competitions. I don't believe giving away money it's a good incentive to increase product awareness, even if you have to buy to product in order to enter the game. I see it as a "buy play once and forget" process in consumers' mind.
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