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McDonald's: Medium

McDonald's: Medium
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McDonald's, It's not what you had in mind...

McDonald's in Israel changed the menu to much less calories and fat.

Advertising Agency: TBWA/Yehosua, Tel-Aviv, Israel
Creative Director: Edo Karib
Art Director: Ziv Almog
Copywriter: Ayelet Klein
Published: June 2010

28 Comments

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yeah....if I saw that as size tag, I'd think I was a fat ass.

Jaap Grolleman's picture 6401 pencils

After a while I understood it, they are sizes. At first it looked like some weird Scrable to me. They shouldn't had made those labels square. But even then I don't like it. So McDonalds is medium now??

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really? scrabble?

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Honestly, I guess you should stop commenting on ads in AOTW, since the portfolio in your site is, at best, pedestrian (that's way below trainee level). I must say I really appreciate your gumption to make public your shoddy website.

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agreed

Guest's picture

McDonald's stands for FAT ASS....

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McDonald's in Israel changed the menu to much less calories and fat.

Guest's picture

really? that's awesome!

Billoughsby's picture 5127 pencils
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Nice looking. I'm guessing they're saying McD's is not size 52 double knit tent pants. That's the rap it gets, and McD's is hitting it head-on, after a fashion.

The problem I have with this, of course, is that to even address this question or issue smacks of protesting too much. Set up a traffic cam outside a McD's and watch all those double wide people coming and going. So in deciding to "keep it real", they essentially have to keep it in the realm of denying and unreal PR.

"Ubi hubave lubearned thubat ubanuby fubool cuban wrubite uba bubad ubad, bubut thubat ubit tubakes uba rubeal gubenubiubus tubo kubeep hubis hubands uboff uba gubood ubone."
-Lubeo Buburnubett

TommyO's picture 1878 pencils

Is this an attempt to create an identity between McDonald's and Medium size?
I don't buy it.

gon_enelcamino's picture 837 pencils

medium size burgers? This would be a nice Burger King ad... in fact, I think it has already been done this way

Guest's picture

dont misguide with creatives mate.....

Guest's picture

this ad was just a small part of the McD campaign in israel.
there were print and TV ads (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uSwbJsmA9V0) that compared between McD products to other food products, most of them considered healthy (like Mosley).
The McD products in israel are much different from anywhere else in the world: Big Mac has 576 calories all over the world but in israel only 380 calories per unit (same size 210 g), So come and eat here - its healthier.
ziv

akshaysrikar's picture 426 pencils

you are not fooling anybody McDonalds. Whatever said and done everybody knows you'll always be in the 'L' & 'XL' range.... always. maybe even 'XXLL' .

but that doesn't mean im going to throw my Quarter Pounder away, screw that, im lovin it.

Cube's picture 460 pencils
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this will never convince anyone.

royschellekens's picture 396 pencils

Yes it does. It convinced me not to go tonight to stay a size S.... :-P

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headoffice Communication's picture 120 pencils

I don't agree with what it claiming it copy.

ERROR404's picture 772 pencils

misleading and bad copy.

Jupiter's picture 551 pencils

I'll buy any meal... but not this one...

commenting just to gather more pencils:-)

himanshu prabhakar's picture 474 pencils

Smart concept i like it! but u have to do smart execution

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very good

monsieurange's picture 532 pencils

Trucho!

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VERY LIKE

Ohkamp's picture 210 pencils
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Interesting idea but it doesn't quite work for me. I kinda need to see a direct change from big to small. Instead, this just puts me in the middle and shows all the other sizes along with it. Thanks for sharing though!

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Ya he visto la idea y el recurso unas 400 veces. Incluso con Burguer.

Billoughsby's picture 5127 pencils
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I agree! bring back the Hamburglar and Mayor McCheese.

"Ubi hubave lubearned thubat ubanuby fubool cuban wrubite uba bubad ubad, bubut thubat ubit tubakes uba rubeal gubenubiubus tubo kubeep hubis hubands uboff uba gubood ubone."
-Lubeo Buburnubett

Anonymous Author's picture 1549 pencils

What about McD's was I supposed to have in mind in the first place? And anyway, they don't even look like real sanitary pads.

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velle's picture 1560 pencils

it doesn't work.
the take out i got was, mcd is now available in Regular (medium) and not just XL, Large, and Small. we all know Regular has always existed so it's confusing.
the size labels just add to the confusion. the copy isn't helping.
i understand what youre trying to say, but you shouldnt have to explain it in a rationale for us to get it

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