A European court has found in favour of McDonald’s to exert sole usage of the ‘Mc’ and ‘Mac’ prefixes for food and drink brands throughout the continent following a high profile tussle with MacCoffee. Upholding a 2013 ruling that the MacCoffee trademark was invalid the court decreed that the Singaporean company had benefited unduly from McDonald’s […]
Brother Marcus the Garden Café serving all day brunch, Caravan Coffee and cocktails just opened in the heart of Balham. The indoor/outdoor café, bar and event location is the brainchild of three school friends Alex Large, Arthur Campbell and Tasos Gaitanos. Focused on seasonal, organic and the highest quality produce, Brother Marcus is passionate about […]
Recently Food & Beverage News was invited to a day long extravaganza full of food, beverage, marketing, design and innovation. Starting from the inaugural FAB Forum and culminating with the grand ceremony of The 18th FAB Awards. Google UK Ltd. had a big part to play on the day – sponsoring The Forum, which was held at their […]
Six months after receiving a Michelin star and shooting to fame on TV’s the Great British Menu, Leeds-based Bloom Agency reflects on the challenges of branding the most eccentric restaurant in the UK –where even the chef has rock star looks. Integrated marketing agency, Bloom Agency, created everything from the menus to the website, to […]
The Hurlingham Club hosted the 18th edition of The International Food and Beverage Creative Excellence Awards (The FAB Awards). Guests were treated to cocktails and a delectable three-course dinner followed by the ceremony itself, in which the award-winning design, creative and effective work was showcased to the audience, and the teams behind them presented with their […]
For the third year running, AMV BBDO picked up the Google FAB Agency of the Year Award at the 18th International Food and Beverage Creative Excellence Awards (The FAB Awards) at The Hurlingham Club. The winner of the award is the agency with the most points accumulated from nominations, FAB Awards & FABulous Awards on […]
London-based design agency Horse had the honour of winning the first ever FAB Design Agency of the Year Award at The 18th FAB Awards at The Hurlingham Club. The Design house had two entries in the show, and they left with three awards, representing an extremely successful evening for them. Horse picked up a FAB Award […]
Public Health England (PHE) has launched its first hackathon in Manchester, inviting developers to come up with apps and other digital services to encourage healthy living in children. The initiative follows the success of PHE’s Change4Life campaign in January, centring on an app which measures how much sugar is contained in day-to-day products. Four months […]
The Judging Session of The 18th FAB Awards recently concluded in London and we got exclusive access to to sit with the judges and get their thoughts on the various projects they got to see over the various sessions. Here is our interview with the three jury chairs for the Packaging Design, Advertising & Innovations and […]
Every year Easter is a time when advertisers get the chance to create campaigns filled with eggs, bunnies, and lots of chocolate. The unsolved chicken or egg dilemma, a giant hen, a literal chocolate bar, a “talented” gorilla, and a search for good eggs: these five campaigns stood out this Easter. Here they are in […]