Beloit Kombucha Co. Branding Case Study
Case Study Overview
Beloit Kombucha Co. is a first-of-it’s-kind powdered kombucha that encourages healthy gut-biomes and overall wellness. Dehydrated Kombucha is a more affordable option than mainstream Kombucha beverages, as it’s eliminated the need for packaging that is oftentimes bulky and made of glass.
Beloit Kombucha Co. has eliminated high shipping costs by decreasing product weight and storage requirements, which in turn makes their product more cost effective and extremely sustainable – I was tasked with creating a brand to help showcase this unique product within it’s market.
Project Details:
Role: Sr Product Designer + Creative Lead
Tools: Miro, Figma, Unbounce, UserTesting
Project Duration: January 2022 - April 2022
Contributing Team: BKC Founder, Lyssna Method, Myself
The Challenges / Problem Statement
Healthy and active critics are more conscious about their health than ever before. They have GI and immune problems and aren’t able to easily gain access to purchase cost effective beverages that fit within their lifestyle that would also provide valuable health gut biomes.
Users are not confident that Kombucha tastes good
Kombucha is expensive and considered to be more of “a treat” on occasion
Consumers avoid packaging that is not considered sustainable, as they’re very conscious of their environmental footprint and it’s effect on our planet
Users aren’t browsing at the market as much since the beginning of the pandemic, often relying on online ordering, resulting in less impulse purchasing of new products to try
Research Goals
Goal 01: Use problem interviews to discover, test and validate whether powered kombucha solves a known problem for an identifiable group of users that we’ve hypothesized
Goal 02: To determine how much a customer would pay for the product
Goal 03: To gain insight into how important an unboxing experience is for the target customer
Research Analysis
We worked with an outside UX Research agency who conducted interviews and gave recommendations throughout the duration of the project. You can gain insight into how they delivered their findings to the Founder and I using the following methods (see images):
Competitive Analysis
Surveys
User Interviews (quantitative/qualitative?)
A/B Testing Landing Pages
Personal Building + Validation
After Lyssna Method conducted interviews and surveys, the results validated that Harley’s demographic was the persona that BKC should be creating their messaging, experience and product strategy for. Here are Harley’s interests:
• I am concerned about aesthetics
• I don't like wasteful product packaging
• I want to see health benefits I am getting up front if paying extra
• I am more apt to try brands if people or places I know or visit endorse them: coffee shop, co-op health influencer
• I am busy with friends and family so convenience is key with grocery shopping and getting food
• Mission driven products are important to me
• I want to hear about the latest to keep my friends and family healthy
The Beloit Kombucha Co. Logo
After reviewing the final learnings, I knew that Beloit Kombucha Co. needed a brand that was flexible, simple and trustworthy. I tried several styles, but settled on a modern, slightly quirky typographic version that was straightforward, but let a bit of Kombucha’s personality shine.
Simplicity – the logo will primary be used on a very slender stick pack, making it’s legibility the most important factor
Young, eclectic and sustainable: just like it’s consumer
Bolt and earthy colors to represent it’s energy-boosting qualities, but also that it’s a do-good product with a low carbon footprint.