Molson Coors Brewing Company announced the expansion of its cider portfolio through the acquisition of Aspall Cyder Limited. The acquisition brings together two companies with a passion for building extraordinary brands and similar family-orientated ownership structures, with close to 650 years of combined experience in operating excellence. Founded in 1728 by Clement Chevallier and run […]
Innocent Drinks is trialing a fresh digital out-of-home (DOOH) programmatic buying method that will allow it to target audiences based on geo-location data. The UK brand is the first to use the automated trading desk technology that has been developed by its media planning agency, MediaCom. The campaign will light up DOOH screens in cities […]
Public Health England (PHE) is helping parents take control of their children’s snacking by launching the first Change4Life campaign promoting healthier snacks. This is because half of children’s sugar intake, currently around 7 sugar cubes a day, comes from unhealthy snacks and sugary drinks , leading to obesity and dental decay. Each year children […]
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 […]
Hovis Ltd, the iconic 130-year-old well-loved British brand, has appointed Pablo as their lead creative agency. Having focused on baking the best possible product and communicating this via experiential and shopper marketing over the past two years, Hovis is looking to take a significant step forward in its marketing and communications activities and they have asked Pablo […]
The secret recipe of Scotland’s most popular soft drink, Irn-Bru, will be significantly changed over the next few weeks for the first time in 117 years, its makers have confirmed. AG Barr said the sugar content of Irn-Bru would be cut by around 50 per cent “later this month”, prompting devotees of the drink to […]
Cadbury is releasing a limited number of Creme Eggs made with white chocolate and offering cash prizes to those that find them in a Willy Wonka-esque competition. The eggs will be packaged in the standard Creme Egg wrapping and stacked with ordinary Creme Eggs. Mondelez has not said how many white eggs will be made […]
Craft drinks specialist ROCKTAILS has unveiled the first lightly sparkling botanical blend in their range, “The Citrus Spritz” with design from B&B Studio. Made using the finest distilled botanicals, ROCKTAILS represent a fresh, sophisticated approach to alcohol-free drinks. B&B Studio has introduced a refined yet characterful brand identity to reflect the quality of the drink, […]
Just in time for the holidays in 2017, award-winning chocolatier Willie’s Cacao launched a range of luxurious truffles with the help of global brand design agency BrandOpus. Not your average chocolatier, Willie Harcourt-Cooze was the UK’s first bean-to-bar chocolate producer and hand crafts all of his chocolate from his kitchen in Devon. With his dedication […]
For Christmas 2017, Coca-Cola launched eight animated cards which tell stories from twenty-seven phrases written on the Coca-Cola cans in Brazil. The animations can be loaded in Facebook and Twitter through the campaign’s website. The messages express gratitude for different small rites or blessings in our lives, such as ‘thank you for never giving up on […]