China has become the first nation to embrace facial recognition technology to authorise digital payments following an innovative play by Alibaba to ease queues in local KFC restaurants. The so-called ‘smile to pay’ service has been introduced in the city of Huangzhou as part of a trial with the chicken chain to boost the customer […]
International design consultancy DECIDE has created the branding and packaging design for the launch of a new sub brand frozen pizza range for Dr Oetker under the Chicago Town brand. ‘The Pizza Kitchen’ has been created to complement the existing Chicago Town Takeaway and Deep Dish ranges and increase brand reach to target the weekday, […]
Nutella, worth £50.8m and growing at +55.8% in the past four years alone, is moving into the biscuits category for the first time in the UK, following a fantastic trial period and tremendous success in global markets. Available now as a single serve or multipack of six, Nutella B-Ready features a light, crunchy wafer shell, […]
Kinder, the fastest growing kids confectionery brand, is continuing its growth momentum with the introduction of a range of monster designed Kinder Choco-Bons packs, set to capitalise on the £121m Halloween opportunity. A spokesperson for Ferrero UK comments: “Confectionery makes up £96m of the total Halloween opportunity. What’s more, the occasion represents a key seasonal […]
From wearing special jerseys and socks to sitting on the same section of the couch every Sunday, NFL fans will do just about anything to help their favourite team win. Kicking off the 2017 season, Tostitos, the Official Chip and Dip of the NFL, is giving fans another way to help their team rack up […]
Reaching out to consumers in a cinema may not be new, but driving their participation through an on-screen message definitely shakes things up a bit. This is exactly what McDonald’s did this Indian Independence Day. The brand celebrated diversity by relaying various messages around #BeDifferentTogether in a fun, engaging style. McDonald’s partnered with DDB Mudra […]
McDonald’s UK has launched a campaign for its Chicken Legend range that positions the quality chicken burger as a reward that we all need and deserve sometimes. Created by Leo Burnett London, the spot broke on Monday 14th August and shows a one-man kayaker about to begin a white-water rapids course. Just as he is […]
Snow, Tulips and Chimneys’ new animation, is the first television commercial in over 20 years for Cerebos, South Africa’s favourite salt brand. The FCB Durban spot tells the story of Mpho, a little girl who dreams of snow, despite living in the Karoo. Her grandparents intervene to help her dream come true – with a […]
Innate Squares are a new kind of snack, which combine vegetables, coconut and almond to produce air-dried savoury snacks that are a rare and happy marriage of exquisite flavour, nutritional balance and slow-release sustaining energy. The company’s directors, Elsa Valentine and Tessa Walker, hope that throwing away the rule book and starting the creative production […]
If you’re into Instagram food porn, you’ll know how hungry you can get by just looking at people’s mouthwatering posts. So, in Brazil, Heinz capitalised on this by enabling Instagram users to actually eat the delicious food posts they were drooling over. The so-called “Irresistible Posts” campaign, created by ad agency Africa with the support […]