Innocent’s sponsorship of the London 2012 Olympics and a focus on social media and experiential marketing helped the smoothie maker register record revenue in 2012. The brand’s holding company Fresh Trading Limited posted a turnover – the value of the goods sold to retailers – of £206.64m in 2012, up from £162.67 in 2011, according […]
Mondelez International, the world’s pre-eminent maker of chocolate, biscuits, gum, candy, coffee and powdered beverages, is celebrating its first anniversary as a new company with month-long festivities and volunteer activities for its 110,000 employees around the world. One year ago today, Kraft Foods Inc. became Mondelez International, Inc. after spinning-off its North American grocery business. […]
Pepsi announced the launch of a new set of stations on iTunes Radio, entitled “#FanEnough,” bringing a music angle to its current NFL-themed “Are You Fan Enough Campaign.” The launch of the Pepsi #FanEnough station marks the second wave of branded stations to be unveiled since PepsiCo was announced as the exclusive food and beverage […]
Heineken has hinted it is to launch a home appliance for beer inspired by the success of the coffee machine as the result of a global tie-up with industrial designer Marc Newson. The brewer says the appliance will “revolutionise the way beer is experienced and enjoyed at home”. It declined to give further details ahead […]
Dairy Crest is poised to refresh the packaging for its Clover brand as part of wider marketing strategy to grow its share of the fiercely competitive butters and spreads market. The spread brand has struggled of late with the rise of own label variants, higher input costs and more health conscious consumers pushing sales down […]
Tribal Worldwide Shanghai launched a multifaceted mobile campaign featuring McDonald’s “I See Fries” in early September, utilizing the platform of China’s biggest Smartphone photo filter application, Meitu. The campaign leverages the mobile platform where users of Meitu are encouraged to snap pictures of everyday items that resemble fries and collect them into their virtual ‘McDonald’s […]
After positive boasts online, imagine if someone showed up at your door asking you to spontaneously push a button to take a trip to an unknown destination. Would you play Departure Roulette and go? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HqXOiQ1c42c&feature=youtu.be To find out, Heineken took to the road with “Departure Roulette”- a social experiment that aims to push people outside […]
Tui Brewery, Saatchi & Saatchi NZ and five keen lads have teamed up and brewed a special surprise for a good mate – by plumbing his whole house with icy cold Tui beer. It took months of planning, a team of the brewery’s best beer technicians, an up-for-it plumber, 14 cameras, a heap of kept […]
Skol has just launched its new film “Skol Pro,” aimed at Skol-loving fisherman, skaters, basketball players, holidaymakers and clubbers, who each have their own unique way of enjoying their Skol. Created by F/Nazca Saatchi & Saatchi, the production shows little tricks of the beer professionals including; how to turn a sofa into a beer cooler, […]
As part of a new restaurant trend to engage Millennials, Blimpie is one of a few quick service restaurants launching mobile game apps. Blimpie Run, available on Android and iOS operating systems, is part of a new mobile marketing strategy in Blimpie’s brand overhaul that also includes new store designs and menu offerings to attract […]