Universal McCann Malaysia (UM) has developed a first of its kind TV sync campaign for KFC, to launch the Golden Egg Crunch. The campaign is a collaborative brainstorm effort between UM and Ensemble Worldwide, marrying storytelling and innovative media platforms to enhance the campaign message delivery, using TV sync technology. Managing Director of UM and […]
This Valentine’s Day, KFC wants you to show your loved ones how much you care by giving them a fried chicken scratch ‘n’ sniff Valentine’s Day card featuring its iconic founder, Colonel Harland Sanders. Available in participating KFC U.S. restaurants beginning February 12, KFC’s set of four retro-inspired valentines romantically combine tender love lines with […]
KFC has a new celebrity wearing Colonel Sanders’ signature white suit and goatee—Reba McEntire, who stars in a new 60-second spot promoting the fried-chicken chain’s new Smoky Mountain BBQ flavor. A 30-second version of the ad from Wieden + Kennedy in Portland will air during the Grammy Awards broadcast on CBS. McEntire replaces the ‘Value […]
KFC might be best known for its ‘Finger Lickin’ Good’ chicken but the colonel isn’t one to rest on his laurels, hence a promotional push from the brand to put its gravy side dish front and centre of its menu. Based on the notion that its savoury sauce is so good you can drink […]
Colonel Sanders has landed in France with a new campaign for KFC. Truly, the Colonel was already in the country, with the chicken chain having opened its first restaurant there back in 1991, but 26 years later, only 3% of French people know who he is. For over a quarter of a century his trademark […]
KFC is using President Donald Trump’s now infamous “Nuclear Button” tweet to rag on fast-food rival McDonald’s. On January 3rd, KFC’s UK and Ireland Twitter account tweeted: McDonald’s leader Ronald just stated he has a “burger on his desk at all times”. Will someone from his big shoed, red nosed regime inform him that I […]
To mark the start of the 70th edition of the Ashes cricket series, KFC Australia launched an integrated brand campaign, The HCG Buckethead Army via Ogilvy Sydney. The campaign comprises of TV and online content, PR and social activities, creative outdoor projections and murals and a digital microsite for Australians to join The HCG […]
Christmas ads are usually epic affairs and usually either heartstring tugging stories or heart-warming glimpses of family togetherness. Mother London’s Christmas ad for KFC though is strikingly different. Firstly, there’s not even one strand of tinsel. No baubles. And no Santa Claus. There’s not really a set. The ad is shot in a gym. The ad […]
KFC US and Wieden+Kennedy have come up with a novel way of escaping the never ending cycle of Black Friday emails and seasonal humble brags in the form of an ‘internet escape pod’. Designed to “comfortably fit four adults and a bucket of Kentucky Fried Chicken,” KFC hopes the internet escape pod is just what […]
KFC India unveiled two engaging short digital films to introduce its new range of burgers. The 15 second films conceptualised by Ogilvy India aims to engage the viewers with the question “Ever imagined a burger without a bun?” It then introduces its new all chicken burger without bun. To explain what happened to the bun, the film ends […]