ARRIBA

Intro

The better for you chelada. Arriba offers you a Chelada mix with the most authentic ingredients our family can find, even your Abuela would be proud. Arriba Chelada uses the real stuff with organic tomatoes and sea salt, nothing fake or bad for you. Our team at Arriba is always ready to have a drink with you and welcome you into our family. Raise a glass and celebrate life, celebrate what you do for yourself and those you love. Use our Chelada the right way and make a great Michelada. No high fructose corn syrup. No MSG. No preservatives. No colors added.

CHELADA. AQUA FRESCA. RTD CHELADA

Transforming a Bicultural Beverage into a Branded House

    1. Legacy Competition: Compete with entrenched players like Clamato by offering superior, health-conscious ingredients.

    2. Expanding Usage Occasions: Drive product trial and loyalty through new product lines and channels, including food service and retail.

    3. Unified Brand Identity: Consolidate fragmented brand assets and develop a cohesive brand architecture to support future growth.

    4. Scaling Growth: Develop a strategy to attract funding, increase customer lifetime value, and reduce customer acquisition costs.

  • Comprehensive Brand Overhaul

        •    Packaging & Logo Design: Redesigned packaging to emphasize better-for-you attributes and cultural authenticity, creating a distinctive shelf presence.

        •    Website & Apparel: Built a modern, engaging website and branded merchandise to deepen emotional connections with customers.

        •    Asset Consolidation: Unified all brand assets for consistent messaging across retail, food service, and digital channels.

    New Product Development

        •     Fresquita Agua Fresca Line: Launched a carbonated agua fresca line to compete with Jarriots and increase consumption occasions.

        •    Nada Chelada Collaboration: Partnered with Athletic Brewing Company to launch Nada Chelada, a zero-proof Michelada—the first of its kind—which sold out online and at retailers shortly after launch.

    Channel Expansion

        •    Focused on food service as a trial-driving mechanism for retail, creating a product flywheel effect that increased brand engagement and built loyalty.

        •    Expanded presence in food service establishments to enhance brand visibility and trial among new customers.

    Fundraising and Strategic Growth

        •    Crafted a compelling brand story and investor pitch that emphasized cultural relevance and category disruption.

        •    Helped raise new funds that supported product launches and marketing efforts, leading to a 127% increase in sales and surpassing budget expectations.

  • Sales Growth: Achieved a 127% year-over-year increase in sales, beating all brand budget expectations.

    Category Expansion: Successfully positioned Arriba Chilada as a culturally relevant, better-for-you competitor to Clamato and expanded the brand into new usage occasions with Fresquita.

    Partnership Success: The Nada Chelada collaboration with Athletic Brewing Company sold out online and gained rapid adoption in retail channels.

    Brand Loyalty: Built a branded house under the Arriba umbrella, creating a multi-product strategy that increased customer lifetime value while reducing acquisition costs.

    Retail & Food Service Presence: Established a dual-channel strategy that drove trial in food service, translating to increased retail sales and customer loyalty.

Arriba Chilada’s transformation into a branded house of culturally relevant products showcases the power of strategic brand building and innovation. By blending better-for-you ingredients with a deep cultural affinity and expanding usage occasions, the brand has set a new standard in the beverage industry. The partnership with AJNCI proved instrumental in crafting a cohesive strategy, designing compelling assets, and driving remarkable growth for the brand.

Arriba Chelada, a “better-for-you” beverage startup, was entering its next phase of growth, aiming to scale its retail and food service presence. The brand’s unique positioning combined Hispanic cultural heritage with a modern twist on traditional mixer drinks, appealing to bicultural families and the Hispanic market. However, the brand needed a strategic overhaul to prepare for this ambitious expansion.

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