Burger King helps parents punish their naughty kids with a toy-free meal
Campaign from Belgium gives parents the choice to give their offspring combos sans goodies
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Not content with giving the world a moldy burger, Burger King is now trying to help parents discipline their kids.
In the brand's latest provocative talking point, designed for Burger King Belgium, agency Buzzman is launching an alternative to the familiar kids' menu that comes with a toy. The "Bad King Junior" menu is toy-free and is designed, says the brand, for badly-behaved kids. A cinema ad and a series of social media films featuring suitably naughty kids is promoting the menu.
However, all this may be complicated by the fact that, over the Channel in the U.K., Burger King and fast-food rivals have been attacked for the amount of plastic toys they give away. In fact, last September, the brand even pledged to melt down its plastic toys in the U.K. in a sustainability push.
A spokesperson for Buzzman said the campaign has no link with the environmental push in other countries—though what is happening in the U.K. and elsewhere does put a different perspective on "no toy as punishment."
Credits
- Date
- Feb 24, 2020
- Client :
- Burger King
- Agency :
- Buzzman
- CEO :
- Kevin Derycke
- Marketing Director :
- Dirk Lammens
- Brand Activation Manager :
- Vic Dresen
- Junior Trade Marketing :
- Amandine De Maurissens
- President and Executive Creative Director :
- Georges Mohammed-Cherif
- Vice – President :
- Thomas Granger
- Managing Director :
- Julien Levilain
- Creative Director :
- Louis Audard
- Creative Director :
- Tristan Daltroff
- Art Director :
- Steven Daout
- Art Director :
- Rick Andersen
- Copywriter :
- Steven Daout
- Copywriter :
- Rick Andersen
- Account Director :
- Xavier Devaux-Landragin
- Account Executive :
- Quentin Seguret
- Head of PR & Communication :
- Amélie Juillet
- PR & Communication Manager :
- Paul Renaudineau
- Rights Management :
- Dee Perryman
- Head of TV Production :
- Vanessa Barbel
- TV Producer :
- Saveria Besset
- Film Production :
- Cousines et Dépendances
- Director :
- Léo Grandperret
- Producer :
- Yann Girard
- Post Production :
- Nod
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