| Title | Chalo Brand and Tagline |
| Agency | Barrett and Welsh |
| Campaign | Chalo! Variety! Value! Vah! |
| Advertiser | Sobeys Inc. |
| Brand | Chalo! |
| Date of First Broadcast/Publication | 2015 / 9 |
| Business Sector | Department Stores, Supermarkets |
| Tagline | Variety. Value. Vah! |
| Story | Branding for Chalo! FreshCo's new South Asian store. |
| Philosophy | The word “Chalo” literally means “let’s go!” in many South Asian languages and works much the same way that “andiamo!” works in Italian or “allez!” in French. It’s a welcome and a call to action rolled right into the name and, rather pleasantly, it rhymes with hullo. The logo we designed used fresh produce that is iconic in Indian cuisine: a lime, with a hot chilli pepper, for some extra spark. Acting as diversity counsel to Sobeys, we commissioned leading retail space designer Shikatani Lacroix to design the store interior. The interior leveraged our brand identity design and featured the colours and sights so typical of an Indian street bazaar. From sacks of rice all the way down to wooden handcarts used by Indian produce vendors — piled high with fresh produce — the new Chalo store is a taste of home, filled with the tastes of home. |
| Problem | Sobeys — Canada’s second largest grocery company — commissioned us to design and launch a one-stop discount grocery brand aimed at South Asians, the first ever big banner brand of its kind. We invented Chalo FreshCo – a new grocery brand for a new Canada. |
| Result | 2016 Summit Creative Awards: Gold 2016 Marketing Awards: 2 Silver Awards 2016 EMMAs: Gold. The EMMAs are awarded by NAMIC, the premier advocacy organization for multi-ethnic diversity in communications in North America. |
| Media Type | Packaging, Branding & Design |
| More Information | http://www.barrettandwelsh.com/work/chalo-freshco-a-new-brand-for-a-new-canada/?history= |
| Art Director | Bhupesh Lutther |
| Copywriter | Zaheen Hussain |
| Chief Creative Officer | Mike Welsh |
| Chief Creative Officer | Gavin Barrett |
| Copywriter | Gavin Barrett |
| Production Artist | Deb Cochrane |
| Director of Strategy | Nitin Bagga |
| Chief Strategy Officer | Ishan Ghosh |
| Graphic Designer | Rob Segovia |