Last August, fashion house Balenciaga dropped a new mule that observers thought looked a lot like the containers for McDonald’s French fries. About a half year later, McDonald’s, along with agency Nord DDB finally took the time to respond to the “copycat” move, with an Instagram post during Fashion Week Stockholm featuring McDonald’s “authentic” version of the French […]
Australia is famous for its summers; long, hot days spent enjoying the sun and the sea. Aussies can’t help loving it just as much as they love shortening words and tucking into Macca’s. DDB Sydney has connected the nation’s favourite season with its favourite place to eat in this recently launched campaign. As the temperatures […]
McDonald’s has released an endearing swimming gala film as part of its Saver Menu campaign by Leo Burnett London. ‘Swimmer’ is the first of two films directed by Andrew Gaynord – the mind behind We buy Any Car’s Philip Schofield ads, and Curry’s Kitchen Envy. The film is set at an indoor swimming pool, with a swimming gala in […]
DDB has launched a year-long campaign to celebrate McDonald’s 40th anniversary in Singapore. The restaurant chain opened its first location at Liat Towers in 1979 and has since expanded to 130 restaurants across the country. Titled ‘Come home to McDonald’s’, the campaign reflects on four decades of creating memories in Singapore. Over the years, McDonald’s […]
Any lucid American knows the place to get a Whopper is Burger King. But the fast food chain is back to gleefully trolling McDonald’s with a new Whopper Detour campaign that sends customers to its arch-rival’s locations to collect a steep discount on BK’s own iconic burgers. From December 4 to 12, the Burger […]
From the beginning of time, when we have a coffee, we also like to open our newspaper and read about the latest news. It is this ‘coffee-news’ ritual that McDonald’s is about to reinvent. Not in three test restaurants or in one region, but in over 1,500 restaurants. In other words, at all locations […]
On December 3rd, McDonald’s is putting a unique spin on a classic internet icon – the Hamburger Menu – in honour of its inventor, Norm Cox. In the 1980s, Norm Cox changed the Internet forever by simplifying the drop down menu on websites to create what is now known as the ‘Hamburger Menu’. McDonald’s is now […]
To promote its relationship with UberEATS, McDonald’s releases two new 60-second spots which take a look at the real reasons we end up getting take out. Created by Leo Burnett London and directed by Tony Barry at Knucklehead, ‘Passing Ships’ and ‘Play Date’ subvert the fast food advertising genre to feature two very real-life, […]
The Big Mac, the iconic “two all-beef patties, special sauce, lettuce, cheese, pickles, onions on a sesame seed bun”, sandwich turns 50 this year. To celebrate the McDonald’s menu item’s longevity, TBWA\Paris has crafted a campaign featuring patrons in retro looks from the various decades of its existence. The campaign shows that, over the past […]
McDonald’s in France is promoting its drive-through experience as a happy place, no matter what each driver’s day has thrown at them. The new campaign by TBWA\Paris is composed of a series of images that reminds people that the drive-through is a small moment of happiness when life can be rough sometimes. The simple-yet-effective illustrations […]