Chiquita Teams with Snapchat Ahead of World Banana Day

Chiquita Teams with Snapchat Ahead of World Banana Day

Chiquita Brands International, the world’s leading banana company, announced a new partnership with Snapchat, the global multimedia messaging app, which will allow consumers to have fun with Chiquita in honour of World Banana Day on April 17th. Through the end of May SnapCodes will appear on 200 million Chiquita Blue Stickers, allowing fans of the […]

Burger King App Lets Users ‘Burn’ Rival Fast Food Ads in Exchange for Free Whopper

Burger King App Lets Users ‘Burn’ Rival Fast Food Ads in Exchange for Free Whopper

Burger King has no problem zinging and prodding its rival fast food restaurants. Now, the chain is encouraging fans to ‘burn’ those rivals thanks to a new app feature that sees billboards engulfed in flames. With the ‘Burn That Ad’ campaign, anyone who launches the Burger King app in Brazil and points their smartphone at its […]

Angry Orchard Launches First-Of-Its-Kind Augmented Reality Experience in the US

Angry Orchard Launches First-Of-Its-Kind Augmented Reality Experience in the US

Angry Orchard Cider Company announced the launch of its Cider+Food App, featuring a unique augmented reality (AR) experience bringing delicious cider pairings to life. As the first mobile platform to focus on hard cider and food pairings, the app unlocks a range of mouthwatering recipes that pair perfectly with a refreshing can or bottle of […]

Shackleton Whisky Launches Shazam Augmented Reality Experience

Shackleton Whisky Launches Shazam Augmented Reality Experience

Shackleton Whisky, created to honour adventurer Sir Ernest Shackleton, is launching Shackleton Augmented Reality (AR) in partnership with Shazam. Shazam, which originally launched as a music identification app, has grown into a content distribution platform with Shackleton Whisky as one of its first brand partners. The environment comes to life on the Shackleton Gift Box, and […]

LIFEWTR and Marriott Hotels Team to Show Travellers Inspiration Behind Every Door

LIFEWTR and Marriott Hotels Team to Show Travellers Inspiration Behind Every Door

LIFEWTR and Marriott Hotels announced a collaboration to bring more inspiration into the world through art and innovation, featuring the debut of a new augmented reality (AR) in-room guest experience. As part of PepsiCo and Marriott International’s recent partnership renewal, LIFEWTR, the premium bottled water that exists to advance and showcase sources of art and creativity, is now […]

Burger King’s New Trolling Ploy Sends Fans to McDonald’s to Unlock a 1-Cent Whopper Deal

Burger King’s New Trolling Ploy Sends Fans to McDonald’s to Unlock a 1-Cent Whopper Deal

 Any lucid American knows the place to get a Whopper is Burger King. But the fast food chain is back to gleefully trolling McDonald’s with a new Whopper Detour campaign that sends customers to its arch-rival’s locations to collect a steep discount on BK’s own iconic burgers. From December 4 to 12, the Burger […]

Bacardi and BBDO New York Turn Instagram into a Drum Machine

Bacardi and BBDO New York Turn Instagram into a Drum Machine

 Bacardí has recently become synonymous with hacking social media to create fun and engaging content. For example, you may recall Bacardí’s use of Instagram Stories to launch ‘Instant DJ’ (which was recognised at The 19th FAB Awards), developing a Snapchat lens to create a music video in Snapchat, and utilising Instagram polls in ‘Live […]

Grubhub Buys Campus Food Ordering Platform Tapingo for $150m

Grubhub Buys Campus Food Ordering Platform Tapingo for $150m

US-based food-ordering marketplace Grubhub has completed the acquisition of campus food ordering platform Tapingo for a total of $150m. The company funded the transaction through cash on hand and its existing credit facility. Based in California, Tapingo offers food delivery services to more than 500,000 diners at on-campus cafes, restaurants, and cashier-less stores. The company’s […]