Much like the ball dropping in New York City on New Year’s Eve, the 2013 St. Patrick’s Day season around the world began when the first pint of Guinness was pulled at the Guinness Storehouse by Guinness Master Brewer Fergal Murray. A count-down leading up to the inaugural ritual marked the beginning of holiday celebrations […]
Family and Friends has created the look for a new Warburtons snack range Escapes in a bid to enhance the brand’s ‘better for you’ credentials. Family and Friends was appointed alongside strategic consultancy The Tulip Partnership and commissioned to rethink the brand proposition, undertake consumer research, name the range and develop a new look. Family […]
Coke Zero is turning to Conan O’Brien to add some pop to a March Madness campaign. O’Brien will appear in a spot Sunday during the NCAA tournament selection show on CBS. O’Brien’s Los Angeles-based show will be shot in Atlanta the first week of April just as the Final Four comes to town. Coke Zero […]
Those who drink diet soda with alcohol may be at an increased risk of receiving a DWI. A study, recently released in the journal Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, found those who mixed their alcoholic beverages with diet soda instead of regular soda experienced increased intoxication levels. The increase was significant. Breath alcohol tests found […]
Based on data revealed by the Department of Labour’s Child Labour Cocoa Coordinating Group (CLCCG), the non-profit groups behind the Raise The Bar, Hershey campaign, concluded that while many companies have increased their commitments to reducing child labour in the communities they source from, others lag behind, notably Hershey and Barry Callebaut. This week the […]
Vince Vaughn and Owen Wilson are taking on a dream internship this summer. They’re not the only ones. Miller Lite is partnering with 20th Century Fox’s summer comedy movie “The Internship,” which arrives in theaters everywhere June 7 and stars Vaughn and Wilson. Inspired by the film, Miller Lite is going to give four legal-drinking-age […]
Grown-up fans of Lucky Charms, the cereal that has appealed to kids and adults for nearly five decades, can experience the “Chase for the Charms” like never before for a chance to enter to win $10,000 in gold! Beginning St. Patrick’s Day, grown-up cereal lovers can download the free “Chase for the Charms” app and […]
Pizza Nova Take Out Ltd. announced that it has selected SAMY(SM) as their mobile marketing solution. SAMY, provided by MobileBits, is an award-winning, patent pending, mobile marketing and loyalty network that enables Pizza Nova to connect with mobile consumers in their local area through various touch points and help increase sales. “We want to meet […]
Pearlfisher has designed the brand strategy, name, tone of voice, brand identity and packaging for Manomasa, the new tortilla chip brand from All Good. Pearlfisher was tasked with moving away from Mexican clichés and the brash, artificial world of party snacks and has created a bold, characterful celebration of the ‘real’ Tortilla chip. The product range pays homage […]
Nestlé is continuing to invest in Europe with the inauguration of a new £35 million water bottling facility in the United Kingdom. The Nestlé Waters factory in the town of Buxton, which bottles Buxton natural mineral water and Nestlé Pure Life spring water, is the latest in a series of investments the company has made […]