Eguchi Confectionery LOHAS Factory

Basque cheese, for which he did product planning, became a mail order hit.
Total proposal of gift boxes (pasted boxes) and message cards.

Eguchi Confectionery LOHAS Factory

We worked with the LOHAS factory of Eguchi Confectionery Co., Ltd. in Koga City, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan, on product planning and sales promotion of Basque cheese cake to be sold by mail order.

  • type of industry

    Food Manufacturing

  • Duties

    Manufacture and sale of confectionery

Focused on direct sales of own brand due to sharp decline in orders from restaurants due to the Corona disaster.

Eguchi Seika was originally a B-to-B confectionery manufacturer engaged in the production and wholesale of desserts for hotels, karaoke bars, and taverns, and had developed its own brand, "LOHAS LAND.

However, after orders from restaurants declined sharply due to the Corona disaster, the company focused on direct sales of its own brand.

Among them, "Basque Cheesecake," which incorporates the authentic Spanish process, became a hit,Direct-to-consumer sales business, centered on mail-order sales, takes off.
Now we have expanded our product lineup and have a stable business throughout the year.

 

Marushin manages the "Kyushu O-okasehonpo" website, which produces and sells a landing page (LP) for Eguchi Seika's Basque Cheesecake.
▼Basque Cheesecake / Click here to go to the product page

Planning Mother's Day gift items and making a big hit in the mail order business. Also produced gift boxes and message cards.

In 2018, we began ordering gift cases for some of our products and the seals we use from Marushin, and in 2020, in the wake of the new coronavirus infection, the then plant manager asked us to strengthen our direct sales business.

Food shopping site operated by MarushinKyushu Oyakimono HonpoThen, just in time to start planning products for Mother's Day in May, we came up with a gift for Mother's Day.

A value-added gift box is included with the Basque cheesecake, and the product is jointly planned as an unprecedented Mother's Day gift.
As a result, the event was a huge success, selling out its planned number in three days.

This success prompted Eguchi Seika to expand its mail-order offerings. In addition to gift cases and stickers, the company also received many requests for materials such as pasted boxes and message cards.

Basque cheese cake has become a popular product not only for Mother's Day but also as a year-round product at the Kyushu Oyakata Honpo, and at the same time has grown to become a mainstay product at the Eguchi Confectionery LOHAS Factory.

 

Marushin has also accumulated expertise in mail order, such as packaging and shipping procedures, and has helped us to unify the design of packages and other items. Without Marushin, we might not be where we are today."We are very pleased with the results.

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