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Fast food: sating the fierce appetite for ads

Authors :
Cooper, Ann
Source :
ADWEEK Eastern Edition. Jan 11, 1993, Vol. 34 Issue 2, p28, 5 p.
Publication Year :
1993

Abstract

Fast food purveyors advertise heavily, producing hundreds of spots a year to keep pace with rapid product changes. This product category features some of the funniest ads in the business. Four agencies are notable for their fast-food campaigns. The agencies and their brands are D'Arcy Masius, Benton and Bowles, Burger King; Earle Palmer Brown, Roy Rogers; Scharbo & Co, Longhorn Steaks; and Cliff Freeman & Partners, Little Caesars. Their campaigns are described.<br />The fast-food category has a voracious appetite for advertising, binging on sometimes hundreds of spots each year. It is heavily retaft- and new-product oriented, pushing bargains like 99-cent hamburgers, and [...]

Details

ISSN :
01992864
Volume :
34
Issue :
2
Database :
Gale General OneFile
Journal :
ADWEEK Eastern Edition
Publication Type :
Periodical
Accession number :
edsgcl.13339297