Nielsen Media Research Spend Trend: Thanksgiving

Let's raise a glass and give thanks. For most people, Thanksgiving conjures up visions of turkey, the splendor of colourful fall leaves, fall fairs, and the harvest but if the ad spend is any indicator, giving thanks for the fall bounty and life in Canada requires a toast with fine wines.

Dailies and magazines have steadily encroached on TV’s domination in recent years, resulting in the print media taking control of this category in 2005.

Annual National Advertising Spend – Q4 – Thanksgiving

  Q4 2002 Q4 2003 Q4 2004 Q4 2005
Carnivals, festivals, shows, fairs $65,096 93,011 119,612 112,020
Fruit: canned $– 14,904 1,270
Fruit: fresh $121,051 277,436 81,722 144,773
Juices, drinks & nectars $2,161,336 1,219,315 1,441,751 17,605
Meat marketing boards,
fresh meat
$466,396 462,987 591,818 191,481
Pie fillings $– 1,897
Pies, tarts, snack cakes $215,210 154,187 56,684 26,673
Poultry marketing boards,
fresh poultry
$21,098 934,175 665,783 117,038
Stuffing & side dish mixes $140 413
Vegetables: fresh $407 149,865 347,020 43,632
Wines: domestic $3,554,860 1,488,659 1,522,177 1,694,494
Wines: imported $2,963,076 2,364,428 2,429,149 2,437,559
Total $9,568,670 7,144,063 7,272,517 4,786,958

National Q4 Total Spend by Medium

2002

Dailies: $1,717,573 (17.9%)
Magazines: $1,092,260 (11.4%)
Out of Home: $426,543 (4.5%)
Radio: $643,202 (6.7%)
Total TV: $5,689,092 (59.5%)

2003

Dailies $695,262 (9.7%)
Magazines: $791,901 (11.1%)
Out of Home: $427,587 (6.0%)
Radio: $621,806 (8.7%)
Total TV: $4,607,507 (64.5%)

2004

Dailies $1,536,072 (21.1%)
Magazines: $718,574 (9.9%)
Out of Home: $527,403 (7.3%)
Radio: $454,553 (6.3%)
Total TV: $4,035,915 (55.5%)

2005

Dailies $1,350,024 (28.2%)
Magazines: $1,334,916 (27.9%)
Out of Home: $200,280 (4.2%)
Radio: $369,467 (7.7%)
Total TV: $1,532,271 (32.0%)

National Q4 2005 – Top 5 Spenders, Thanksgiving
1) Southcorp Wines Canada – Wolf Blass Chardonnay – (Wines: imported)
2) Wine Council of Ontario – Wine Council of Ontario – (Wines: domestic)
3) Vincor International – Vincor International Winery image – (Wines: domestic)
4) Vincor International – Dunsbury Bin 878 wine – (Wines: domestic)
5) Southcorp Wines Canada – Wolf Blass Yellow Label Cabernet Sauvignon – (Wines: imported)

The preceding data is from the Nielsen Media Research, AdExpenditures. For more information, please contact Andrea Beach, business manager, andrea.beach@nielsenmedia.com.

All data courtesy of Nielsen Media Research.