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Commoditisation and ‘dark kitchens': Why Menulog CMO Simon Cheng says building brands in social channels is too hard and worries industry is stuck on ‘creative mediocrity’
Season 1 · Episode 104

Commoditisation and ‘dark kitchens': Why Menulog CMO Simon Cheng says building brands in social channels is too hard and worries industry is stuck on ‘creative mediocrity’

Mi3 Audio Edition · Mi3 & iHeart Podcasts Australia

January 26, 202140m 54s

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Show Notes

Menulog is 13 years old and after a competitive onslaught is now outgrowing UberEats and Deliveroo. For a digital pureplay business, CMO Simon Cheng is doing old-world crazy stuff like investing heavily in mass market media, using scorned ‘reach and frequency’ techniques and is a huge advocate for winning the 'mental availability’ battle as food ordering aggregators face commoditisation - and then there’s the future of 'Dark Kitchens'. 

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