Preethi – Brand Analysis and TurboChop Review

I got an interesting chance to be part of a bloggers part , organized by Preethi Appliances, a renowned Home and Kitchen appliances brand. The event was called “Blog Jam” and in process learnt quite a bit about namma Chennai’s very own Preethi Brand.

preethi brand analysis

The agenda primarily included a mini blogging workshop by a food blogger and the second session was about photography for food blogging (I learnt some seriously great insights, tips and tricks on the second session in particular).

Preethi – A Brand analysis

Having done Marketing as my core specialization in my post graduation, I have always taken keen interest in “Domestic” brands that has given a good fight against the internaitonal and national brands which generally comes with deep pockets. Be it a Cavin Kare or a Preethi, there has been quite a number of brands from Chennai which have capitalized a large national market share and won the David vs Goliath war in marketing. Preethi is a very example of such a beautiful brand that has etched a deep emotional connect with every Chennaiite across all generations.

Brand “Preethi” has an unbeatable stronghold in the kitchen appliance market in South India with more than 30% market share in the 1000+ crore grinder / mixer / juicer market. The quality of the products spoke volumes about the brand and became a synonymous name in every household.

Having started around 1978, they gained significant popularity around the late 80’s and is remained on top for the past 30 years.

In fact, it’s quite to suffice to say that the market of wet grinders and mixers were pioneered by Preethi. It’s almost hard to any find house that may not use a Preethi product one way or another, esp in states like Tamil Nadu (base of their operations), Kerala, Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh.

The “Preethi Guarantee” Campaign

One of the reasons for their share of success was also attributed to the “Preethi ku naan guarantee” (Translated : I can guarantee for Preethi anyday) ads .Till day, the elderly people in everyone’s house swears by the brand and wouldn’t tolerate any other brand being operated in the kitchen. The fierce loyalty is something hard to acquire & probably every brand would be dying to get.

preethi brand portfolio

They however couldn’t find similar success up north , with other national/international brands having more dominance. Though this didn’t stop their ambitious plans to expand to other Asian, Middle eastern countries .

In 2011, they were acquired by Philips . Being a Home Appliance leader , this acquisition kinda made perfect sense to their product line . They might as well be a “Home & Kitchen” Appliance leader. However, on a surprising note, I had absolutely no idea that this acquisition had happened, given that the two brands (Preethi & Philips) were kept separate since the start, primarily for the brand name each carried in their own space.

Competition in most of the products was primarily restricted to other unbranded products or city based brands that didnt put much of a fight.

Target Audience :

Their primary target audience was woman, though not confined to them, given the actual buyer is the head of the family . Interestingly, their ads not only appealed to the older generation of women, but also the modern independent woman who wanted an appliance that could get all her cooking needs done in a flash, without any compromise on quality.

The Ad Campaign


My personal favourite though was the  campaigns that featured the “Grandmother” series


Preethi Product Range

Preethi’s main foray was in Grinders , Mixers , Juicers, Glass Stoves and the recent foray in Induction cookstops as well. Other products include Mini Mixies/choppers  called Turbo Chop & Rice cookers.

Preethi Iconic was also one of the key highlights of this workshop. A mini “Table top” grinder that adopts a pyramid cone structure for the blocks inside while doing a reverse grinding. The company here claims 0 wastage, 50 % less space for storage and more importantly saves additional 30% of the nutritional stuff. Approx cost was roughly 8000 INR from my understanding. 
To be fair, I happened to see the product on display and witnessed a mini demo , though never got the chance to personally try it out nor can provide a expert comment on its actual performance.
preethi astro table top grinder
“Preethi Iconic” Grinder

The Turbo Chopper Experience

No I didnt get to go on a chopper ride , but rather got a chance to try Preethi’s Turbo Chop vegetable chopper or sometimes even referred to as #PreethiMiniMixie.

preethi turbochop review

(Disclaimer: I have never come close to even remotely cutting vegetables and this was the first time personally using a vegetable chopper).

So I figured that, all I had to do is drop a piece of onion, cut into two into the machine, and pressed the top lid. In a matter of seconds, the onion became shredded to fine bits . No tears, no smell. Just one lid press and it was done. The same was assured of other vegetables like Beetroot, Cabbage and even Nuts. So if you are someone who’s been relegated to vegetable cutting duty at home, this could be your life saviour 🙂

If you are interested in the details, this link may help you out : http://www.preethi.in/turbo-chop/turbo-chop

The Food Blogging Workshop

The event had a mini 2 hr session on photography for Food Blogging by Chef Umashankar Dhanpal. Theme was primarily on how to make the presentation of a food, visually appealing especially while shooting for a magazine or blogs , websites etc.

I never knew that the components of a food, background, depth , colour  and even a simple smoky effect could drastically improve the quality of the picture being shot.

food blogging workshop
food blogging workshop

Do check out my review of the recently launched Philips AirFryer  here.

2 thoughts on “Preethi – Brand Analysis and TurboChop Review

  1. That's a neat long post about Preethi appliances! I too liked the second part of the meet more cos he shared so many tips and tricks for food styling/ photography. We are yet to use and review the mini mixie – thanks for the remainder 🙂

    Destination Infinity

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