Droga5 London has created a new brand campaign for Rustlers. ‘Better than you think’ has been designed to challenge misperceptions of the brand in a fun, self-aware way. Landing the message that Rustlers burgers are made with 100% British and Irish beef. The creative work plays off people’s expectations and subverts them in surprisingly funny and rewarding […]
In 2018, IHOP introduced the award-winning IHOb – for burgers – advertising campaign and the Internet had a lot to say about it. It told IHOP to stay in their lane. To stick to pancakes. So, in 2019, IHOP is taking the Internet’s advice by calling their new Steakburgers ‘Pancakes’. Launching this week, the line-up […]
IHOP Restaurants announces that it is going by a new name – IHOb . Since the news broke last week on the brand’s social media sites, fans can’t get enough with more than 30,000 people speculating what the change could “b”, guessing everything from bacon to brunch to bananas. The change in fact celebrates the […]
Even though Burger King doesn’t traditionally serve doughnuts, this year, the fast food chain wants to get in on the action for National Doughnut Day. On Friday, June 1, they will be releasing what they’re calling the “Whopper Donut.” The creation isn’t sweet, though — it’s basically the classic Whopper burger with a hole cut […]
Burger King Spain let Instagram users build their own hamburger through polls on “Stories” to receive a coupon for a free, customized Whopper. Without any paid media, the effort earned 270,000 interactions across 45,113 unique users and generated 34,675 custom Whopper coupons in less than three hours, according to Adweek. The fast-food brand boosted […]
Have you ever tasted a burger that’s so good it leaves you speechless? Anyone who’s had an irresistibly mouth-watering, hot and juicy burger knows that feeling: mmmmm! Ugh! Gah! They’re not real words, but we all speak this primal “burger language.” Understanding that a deliciously irresistible burger can leave you at a loss for […]
Fast-casual burger restaurant Bareburger expects to soon replace all of its paper menus with 3D models of its burgers and other items rendered in augmented reality, but for now, the company is preparing some rather interesting limited AR interactions. The up-and-coming restaurant chain, framed by some as one of the hottest in the US, […]
Wendy’s isn’t pulling any punches in its Super Bowl ad in 2018, which calls out rival McDonald’s use of frozen beef in its burgers. Wendy’s has long touted its use of “fresh, never frozen” beef in its own fare, a selling point that was the subject of its Super Bowl ad last year. Now, the […]
Droga5 London is repositioning Rustlers with a new campaign that takes the idea that the past was a glorious time in which to be alive and turns it on its head. The ad, called “80 Years of Torment”, subverts the advertising cliché of taking a rose-tinted flashback view of an individual’s life a history as […]
Burger restaurants must evolve and innovate to survive as category grows increasingly crowded
When Gourmet Burger Kitchen first entered the market in 2001, there weren’t any restaurants doing burgers particularly well in the UK, despite how popular the category was. Fast forward to 2016 and a whole raft of competitors have entered the fray, with Meat Liquor, Shake Shack and Patty and Bun all offering their own take […]