Mondelez

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Sabrina Sierant joined Mondelez more than 12 years ago, which seems like a prior age in shopping terms. In December 2019, she took on marketing for the US Chips Ahoy business, as Mondelez orchestrated a major rebrand and reinvestment in its cookie brand.

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“I always said, I think we need to change our title, because it’s not the old school shopper marketing,” said Anne Martin, director of shopper marketing for Mondelez International, which owns Oreo, Ritz, and a variety of other snacks.

Mondelēz-owned Chips Ahoy! wants to be Gen Z’s cookie of choice, not a nostalgic snack pick. To this end, the brand is refining its targeting strategy to focus on behaviors, not demographics.