9 posts tagged with food and advertising (View popular tags)
McDonald's UK goes Web 2.0 with a site answering user's questions. Apparently, all of them.
posted on Jun 15, 2007 - View this thread
Plan59's Demoinc Tots and Deeply Disturbing Cusine: Plan59 has a bunch of overdone goodness (in a white bread sort of way) but this is the best. Link to their main page
posted on Jan 27, 2006 - View this thread
Everybody loves to hate the Arby's oven mitt. A slightly crazed version of mitt-hate. An editorial on how the commercials could have been amusing, but instead fell flat. Finally, scary stuff you can buy from Arby's (link on the left nav, can't link directly).
posted on Dec 1, 2004 - View this thread
The food pyramid has been updated again, apparently. According to Frito-Lay, your major food groups now consist of fruits, vegetables, protein, dairy, and Doritos. (via Calpundit)
posted on Jan 24, 2004 - View this thread
Chocolate, Blue 'Funky Fries' pulled from shelves The notorious freedom french fries with the flavors of chocolate, cinnamon and blue-colored variety have been pulled by Heinz due to poor sales and overall revulsion by consumers around the nation (especially here at MeFi). Can you think of other such horrific failed foods that were disgusting from the start?
posted on Jun 18, 2003 - View this thread
Ice-T to promote ice cream I wonder if they'll have an Ice Tea flavor.
posted on Dec 27, 2002 - View this thread
Culture jamming The Sims. As discussed here a couple of months ago, the much loved McDonald's Corporation has a major deal with Electronic Arts. But with hundreds of virtual burger restaurants in Simsville - what's to stop gamers turning into virtual anti-globalisation vigilantes?
posted on Nov 20, 2002 - View this thread
I'm not sure I want my ketchup "funky". Heinz announces "funky purple" ketchup, because their green ketchup was so successful.
posted on Jul 31, 2001 - View this thread