France, the home of haute cuisine and cuisine maman (like wot maman used to make) reportedly has more McDonald’s restaurants than any other European country. A lots of fast food alternatives according to this spot by Buzzman for Burger King, ...
Read More »Burger King’s Proud Whopper fails on technicalities
This ad from Burger King Austria celebrating LGBTQ+ community Pride misfired somewhat, with some tweeters surmising it was a play on the ins and outs of gay sex (two tops, two bottoms – you have to look carefully.) Agency Jung ...
Read More »BBH enters the flaming lists for Burger King
Burger King has been one of the most noteworthy advertisers of recent years, a series of campaigns by David Miami and its offshoots relentlessly winding up McDonald’s (although McD seems to sail serenely on, the odd errant CEO notwithstanding.) David ...
Read More »No (real) surprise as Burger King makes surprise switch out of David Miami
It’s the end of an ad era it seems, Burger King has moved its US creative account from David Miami – no more multi-awarded Moldy Whoppers’ – to indie agency O’Keefe Reinhard & Paul (OKRP.) Saying, according to reports that ...
Read More »AKQA launches purpose agency AKQA Bloom with multi-awarded Burger King creatives
Ajaz Ahmed’s AKQA Group, part of WPP, is launching purpose-driven agency AKQA Bloom with awarded creatives Jean Zamprogno and Fernando Pellizzaro. The two move from David Miami (also part of the WPP empire.) AKQA Bloom will be based in Miami. ...
Read More »Burger King creative pitch shortlist named
One of the more interesting – and surprising – creative pitches around is Burger King, reviewing out of multi-award-winning David, an Ogilvy offshoot. But clients review because they do, no matter how much awards silverware their agency has gathered. Burger ...
Read More »WARC names 2021 creative and media top award winners
WARC, which tracks awards results, has given its 2021 Creative 100 network award to WPP’s Ogilvy for the second year in succession. Ogilvy’s success, once again, was fuelled by the David agency’s work for Burger King. Top campaign was AMV ...
Read More »David Madrid lures meat lovers to plant-based Whopper
Burger King is currently reviewing its US creative and media – likely to be a gruelling affair as it’s controlled by zero-based budget enthusiast 3G Capital whose tentacles also reach into Kraft Heinz and AB InBev – despite winning numerous ...
Read More »Is Burger King and David’s Halloween madness actually the new normal?
Hope they’re having a fun Halloween in France (as elsewhere) as President Macron’s new lockdown clamps down. Our correspondent Serge (on his second bottle already) tells us there are massive traffic jams as people try to escape the cities. Burger ...
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