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 […]
The Everyone’s-a-Winner Monopoly game is back at McDonald’s. It’s a great game because, as the name suggests, every player wins each time. Which is good if you’re one of those types known as sore losers. OK, so now you’re frowning as you read this press release, thinking hard: “Me? A sore loser? Never!” Right, for […]
We’re used to a gingerbread latte this time of year but McDonald’s have thought of a new festive flavour for the UK market. The American fast food company has launched the Millionaire’s latte – a large shot of espresso blended with steamed milk, a caramel biscuit flavour syrup, topped with a swirl of chocolate cream […]
McDonald’s is running advertisements in Denmark based around Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, with a Mac Jr meal deemed a ‘full buy’, which seems reasonable. Redditor Kakipls posted a photo of four McDonald’s advertising hoardings, seemingly in Fields Shopping Centre, Copenhagen, to judge by the branding. Besides the full buy, a quarter pounder is an eco round, […]