Cousin’s Subs Fully Integrated Marketing Rebrand

In 2012, Cousins Subs had issues to resolve. They made the best product in their category, but business was declining rapidly. We collaborated with new leadership on a strategy to surround consumers with new imagery and messaging to move them from a QSR to a fast casual franchise.

Romancing the product with photography and POS

Complete art direction reboot to boost appetite appeal and contemporary style.

Cousins Subs Creative Collage
Cousins Subs Big Daddy and Salads Print

Re-establish product quality credentials

Video taste test versus (the big guys in the Subway) that says Cousins is better.

Product oriented TV spots that say why Cousins is better

Cousins Subs Behind the Scene on a film shoot

Refresh store design and experience

Helping to develop a contemporary, fast, casual environment from an antiquated QSR.

Cousins Subs New restaurant Interiors design
Cousins Subs Menu Prints Collage

Driving traffic with promotions, social media and PR

Concepting interesting promotions such as “Twisted Subs.”

Extending the ideas with viral social content generating thousands of hits and national coverage

See all videos on our Squatch Speaks page.

Cousins Subs Squatch Speaks Twitter Profile
Cousins Subs Squatch Speaks Twitter Feed

Localized lifestyle TV

Driving home a commitment to statewide products with a Local @ Heart campaign.

Articulating brand culture for employees and potential franchisees

Putting pride of culture into the mix and bringing out heritage of the company.

Building a new website experience rounded out the refresh

Cousins Subs Desktop Image
Cousins Subs Mobile Image

Results

24%

Sales $ growth

31%

Premium product sales growth

We are proud to have a hand in that success and to be honored as the Cousins Vendor of the Year in 2016

Cousins Subs Award

We wrote a whole case study on our work with Cousins Subs as well. You can read or download it here, free!