Chicken chain KFC has sought to draw a line under a week of biting headlines spurred by a UK-wide chicken shortage by issuing a full-page apology to its customers, team members and franchise partners in February 23’s issues of Metro and The Sun. Having a little fun with its own three letter acronym branding in […]
Taco Bell has won bragging rights over its fast food rival Burger King after it officially leapfrogged the chain in the latest rankings of America’s most profitable chain eateries. The Mexican-inspired restaurant’s climb sees it sit in fourth place, behind table toppers McDonald’s, Starbucks and Subway respectively, according to Techmonic. Taco Bell’s has found favour […]
Coca-Cola is offering people to have a sleepover in its famous Christmas truck in a partnership with Laterooms.com. The truck has been decorated with fairy lights, a woodland snow scene, a festive fireplace and a Christmas tree. Guests will be able to listen to Christmas music during their stay, watch their favourite festive film, open […]
Actor Matthew McConaughey is taking the lead for another campaign for Wild Turkey, a bourbon for which he is creative director and brand ambassador. This time he’s a food delivery star for the brand, handing out over 4,500 turkeys to the residents of Lawrenceburg, Kentucky, where the bourbon is based, just in time for Thanksgiving. […]
To celebrate the inclusivity of tennis and as part of Nature Valley’s commitment to driving participation in tennis in Britain, the cereal bar brand and official partner of British Tennis, created a full size tennis court in Westfield Shopping Centre, Shepherd’s Bush, and invited tennis champions, celebrities, social media influencers, and the general public, to […]
Mentos, the world’s number two candy brand, is celebrating World Hello Day on 21st November with an exciting campaign for its limited edition Say Hello mint and fruit rolls. Teaming up with popstar and Strictly Come Dancing competitor Aston Merrygold, the brand is driving footfall in-store to boost sales of the amusing candies that […]
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 […]
Hospitality Action’s 180th birthday celebrations are coming to a crescendo with a spectacular birthday party on Monday 2nd October at the Park Plaza Westminster Bridge. The evening will include a spectacular host of chefs who have seven Michelin stars between them. Tom Kerridge, Angela Hartnett, Ashley Palmer-Watts, Tom Sellers and Paul Hood, are among the […]
BrewDog loves a good publicity stunt, and in its latest one the Scottish brewer has announced plans to open a new craft beer bar that ‘straddles’ the border between the US and Mexico. The remote location of the new bar, dubbed ‘The Bar on the Edge’, reflects the brewery’s intention to expand to the ‘farthest […]
Creative agency Space has launched a new experiential campaign for Arla, the UK’s largest farmer-owned dairy company, to promote the dairy brand’s Arla BOB milk – the country’s first yellow top bottle, introduced in 2016. Arla BOB is the first-ever milk with the low fat of skimmed but the same taste and quality as semi-skimmed. […]