Mentos has teamed up with digital music service Spotify to launch Mentos Freshener; a brand new smart app designed to freshen up playlists. The digital and social partnership will run for six months and will be supported by competitions and advertising. To activate the fun and fresh campaign Mentos will be giving away £1,500 worth […]
Domino’s has launched free ‘Emoji Literacy Flashcards’ to help bring confused customers up to speed regarding this surge in use of emoji lingo. This move is a follow-up to the pizza chain’s previous promotion that enabled customers to order a pizza by simply texting or tweeting a pizza emoji. As a tie-in, Domino’s has launched […]
Christmas may be five months away but that hasn’t stopped Cadbury getting into the festive spirit with the chocolate maker putting aside £10m to back its biggest seasonal push to date. The period is particularly key for the snacks business, which sees it as a bigger cash spinner than Easter time when it typically benefits […]
In advance of National S’mores Day on August 10 in the US, the makers of Honey Maid, Hershey’s and Jet-Puffed launched a new video, “#ShareSmore – First S’more,” celebrating summer’s most iconic snack. While many people only associate s’mores with an open campfire, these three classic brands have teamed up to remind everyone that a […]
Earlier this month, Oreo unveiled its all-new, slimmer ‘Oreo Thins’ cookie, positioned as a more sophisticated snack with a lower calorie count. To promote it, the brand has rolled out an ad featuring the cookie spinning and turning in a series of cute animations. According to Oreo, the 30-second ‘Thinner’ ad was inspired by “‘thin’ […]
As the US gets set to celebrate national ice cream day this Sunday, new research from Mintel reveals a shift in power in the global ice cream market, with China overtaking US as the world’s biggest ice cream market in 2014 for the first time. Between 2008 and 2014, the total market value for ice […]
M&M’s World, the retail store dedicated to all things M&M’s, is opening a temporary M&M’s World store in SoHo, designed to take advantage of the busy summer tourist season and the popular lower Manhattan retail district. The store, located at 434 Broadway at the corner of Howard (between Canal and Broom), will officially open July […]
Symingtons have engaged with Storm Brand Design to redesign their Mug Shot brand. Having grown steadily over the years with limited ATL marketing investment the brand gained a loyal customer base through its appeal as a quick, convenient, healthy hot snack. However the brand strategy was to drive penetration beyond this existing audience. Storm’s Strategic […]
Cornetto’s latest YouTube ad follows a pretty conventional love story between a teenage girl and her male best friend, with the twist that the viewer can switch between their points of view. The “two sides” ad follows the dilemma of Josh, who is trying to muster up the courage to ask his best friend Carly […]
The race to snag a portion of the lucrative crisp market is heating up after United Biscuits launched a campaign for its new Jacob’s Cracker Crisps product just weeks after rival Mondelez embarked on a £10m attack with its Ritz brand to gain a foothold in the market. The new TV campaign created by Publicis […]