Fox Builds On Ice Age in EMEA

First, Fox Consumer Products has tapped Chipita for themed packaging across its Chipicao baked croissants, biscuits and cakes ranges. The packaging will include 100 different

Ice Age

designs to collect, including 10 special metallic editions. The promotion will run until spring 2017 across 18 markets in Central and Eastern Europe.

Italian supermarket chain Esselunga will feature

Ice Age

in its annual Community Program for Schools this fall. The loyalty campaign will run in more than 150 locations.

Next, Les Carroz, a family ski resort in the Alps, will feature an

Ice Age

zone where kids can participate in après ski activities including sledging and rubber rings. The resort will also include decorated ski runs with standees and arches, branded ski passes and a host of merchandise including plush, toys and more.

Finally, in spring 2017, Fox

Ice Age

Babies program, which will draw on the original pencil sketch drawings.

“It’s thrilling to see the

Ice Age

franchise continuing to flourish and reach new heights across the EMEA region,” says Sandra Vauthier-Cellier, senior vice president, EMEA, Fox Consumer Products. “As we build up to the DVD launch of

Ice Age: Collision Course

, we’re confident these activities and high-profile promotions will generate excitement and further cement

Ice Age’s

position as a true evergreen franchise.”

The franchise’s latest installment hit theaters this summer with 15 promotional partners including pan-European campaigns from Pepsico’s Cheetos brand and Chipita’s Chipicao children’s brand. Lidl also debuted custom TV spots for the film and Fox Consumer Products launched two digital games–“

Ice

Age

World” and “

Ice

Age

Arctic Blast”–which allow players to explore the film’s locations with their favorite characters.

Additionally, 15 retail loyalty programs spanning 14 countries were secured by The Continuity Company.