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 […]
Shopper Marketing and Retail Activation agency Savvy, is extending summer by telling the UK that Lipton is now served in KFC with a 5-week outdoor mobile sampling campaign visiting 100 KFC restaurants over a weekend period. As Autumn arrives, Lipton is keeping the population shining by handing out free samples to consumers visiting KFC across […]
KFC started serving freshly ground coffee across the country in 2016, but people didn’t believe KFC was truly serious about coffee. For KFC’s 30th anniversary, Wieden+Kennedy (W+K) Shanghai brought Colonel Sanders back to China with freshly ground coffee and a Kentucky bluegrass musical that hijacked one of China’s most recognizable folk songs. W+K redesigned KFC’s […]
In keeping with the brand’s rotating cast of unexpected celebrities portraying iconic founder Colonel Harland Sanders, Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) announced the brand has tapped actor Ray Liotta, known for his iconic role in “Goodfellas” and currently the star of NBC’s “Shades of Blue,” as its new Colonel. Like a house divided on game day, the latest Colonel can’t […]
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 […]
Wieden+Kennedy (W+K) Portland has teamed up with Awesome Inc to launch a short film ‘Big Chicken. Small Movie.’ The animated short pays homage to Marietta, Georgia’s beloved 56-foot-tall steel fowl. In the film, a young boy who’s a bit of an outcast finds a friend in the gigantic steel chicken, and they go on an […]
KFC has been on a roll of late—there was its limited edition line of accessories and home goods, followed by its inedible US$20,000 ‘Zinger’ burger that ending up getting sold to vegans. Now, KFC India has teamed up with Mountain Dew to launch a special edition bluetooth game controller using KFC’s to-go chicken box. The ‘Game Controller 2.0’ houses your […]
KFC Australia launched an integrated brand campaign, Bringing the Bird to Birdsville, via Ogilvy, Sydney. The campaign comprises TV and Online Content, PR and social activities, together with a live activation in the middle of the Australian Outback, supporting KFC’s sponsorship of the Big Red Bash country music festival in Birdsville, central-west Queensland. Annabel Fribence, […]