Never did like the look of Mondelez, the new version of the old Kraft snacks business. First it welched on its promises about keeping Cadbury based in the UK when it bought the business for £12bn and now, after a ...
Read More »Buzzman tries an uncharitable approach to charity for Mondelez with ‘Hello Joy’
I’m struggling a bit with this one – it seems to be a charity initiative by snacks giant Mondelez supporting children in hospital, called ‘Hello Joy.’ The big day was last week although presumably the effort continues. It seems to ...
Read More »Fallon UK returns to form with Crispello campaign
Fallon UK and parent agency Saatchi & Saatchi seem to be getting their mojo back; as in this newish ad for Cadbury’s Crispello (what on earth is that? Do we need another snack?). This campaign has polarised opinion somewhat; some ...
Read More »Mondelez’s Oreo and The Martin Agency join the cutesy animation caravan
I wonder if The Martin Agency had seen McCann Melbourne’s ‘Dumb Ways To Die’ before they produced this new ‘Wonderfilled’ campaign for Mondelez’s signature brand Oreo? They’d certainly have seen CAA’s Grand Prix-winning Chipotle. But there’s nothing wrong with cutesy ...
Read More »Droga5 announces start-up team for London launch
Droga5, which announced last week that it was setting up a global network (it currently operates in New York and Sydney) has chosen London as its gateway to Europe; poaching Kevin Dundas (right) from 180 Amsterdam as its CEO and ...
Read More »Wispa and Fallon unveil Boris-style ‘frothy beast.’
Mondelez is pretty active at the moment and the former Kraft snacks business is launching Cadbury Wispa Hot Chocolate (Wispa’s a Cadbury chocolate brand) with this new TV campaign, ‘Frothy Beast’ (as opposed to sexy beast), from Fallon. Which rather ...
Read More »Wieden+Kennedy is still on the Oreo case – this time with new ‘life raft’ commercial
Wieden+Kennedy Portland isn’t supposed to be Mondelez-owned Oreo’s ad agency (that’s officially shared between DraftFCB and The Martin Agency), it just keeps producing Oreo ads. Here’s the latest on the ‘Cookies and Cream’ theme. And it’s fine, a simple dramatisation ...
Read More »Brazil’s high-profile Peralta agency looks for new partners in life after StrawberryFrog
It’s over a year now since Peralta founder and CEO Alexandre Peralta (pictured) expunged (literally so) the StrawberryFrog images sprayed all over the interior of his Sao Paulo hotshop. How’s he getting on in the wake of his split with ...
Read More »Oreo takes another bite of Wieden+Kennedy
Wieden+Kennedy beat agency of record DraftFCB to the task of making Oreo’s Super Bowl ad and it always seemed rather odd that brand owner Mondelez (officially at least) stuck to the story that Oreo would then return to DraftFCB for ...
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