We help ambitious food and drink SMEs to put down strong roots and grow their brand
We offer anything from a few hours to a few days per week, offering access to brilliant people and proven strategies to give you space to breathe and plans you can have confidence in, without the need for big overheads.
About Sapling Brand & Marketing
Sapling Brand and Marketing Consultancy is run by Kizzy Beckett, an award winning, experienced FMCG Marketing Director with a specialism in strategy and brand building gained from years managing blue chip brands such as SMIRNOFF and GUINNESS, alongside household brands like KETTLE CHIPS and GENIUS. Based in Norfolk, Kizzy is a published author, guest lecturer and acts as a Board Advisor for scaling startups.
Marketing support designed for SMEs
If you are a Food and Drink SME with big ambitions, marketing can feel like an expensive and daunting process. We are a one stop shop for SMEs to access any and all marketing support. From initial brand development to channel strategy, retailer sell in, communications planning (including social media), pack design and more, we have an expert who can help. We can either take on the marketing and act as your outsourced Marketing Director or can work in partnership with your existing team to build great plans.
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In house expertise
Unlike many consultancies, our experience comes almost entirely from working within household brands instead of agencies, so we know the challenges and opportunities you are likely to face. As well as the skills Sapling can offer directly, we have a network of brilliant subject matter experts to draw from, to cover almost any challenge you might share with us.
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100% positive feedback
Since setting up in Summer 2023, we have worked with a brilliant collection of brands from Iced Tea to Chocolate, Condiments to Breakfast Drinks. Read on below to hear a few testimonials and get in touch if you would like a no obligation chat about how we could help your brand.
“One of the best strategic marketers I've had the pleasure of working with...Kizzy is superb at identifying key brand objectives and mapping out the activities that need to take place to achieve them"
— Tash Jones, Commercial Director, Fairfield's Crisps
“Really great work, I'm super impressed!!”
— Adrian Massey, Founder Earth'd Drinks
“I'd work with Kizzy again in a heartbeat!!”
— Manon Guillot-Cockerill, Senior Brand Manager Bonduelle
“Kizzy's experience and knowledge in brand strategy has been both invaluable and educational.
It has been a complete pleasure working with her.
She is great at identifying the brand objectives and mapping activities to achieve them. In a short period of time Kizzy overhauled our social channels and significantly increased followers as well as creating a single look, feel and way of talking about the brand!!”
— Sushma Harris-Godfrey, Harris & James Foods
