Strange McDonalds advertisement

by Nicole Weston (Subscribe to Nicole Weston's posts)
Posted Mar 18th 2006 7:53AM
Filed under: Restaurants, On the Blogs

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I believe that this photo of a bus stop billboard advertisement for McDonald's was taken in Turkey. While a bus stop seems to be as good a place as any to put advertising, this one is a tad unnerving since it is designed to look like a McDonald's counter, complete with friendly looking employees waiting to take your order. If they added some sort of french fry scent dispenser to the structure, it wouldn't be surprising if at least one or two unsuspecting passers-by actually thought that they were looking into one of the fast food franchises. Is this really more persuasive than, say, an ad that features a Big Mac or fries?

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Tags: ads, advertising, big mac, billboards, bus shelter, bus stop, fast food, food, french fries, mcdonalds, restaurants, turkey, turkish

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3-19-2006 @ 5:13AM

Kelley Ritchey said...

I'd agree that a steaming large picture of a Big Mac and fries might be more appealing, but think this is a rather clever advertisement: I'm sure it will be remembered and talked about far more than the picture of the food.

Plus the Big mac picture might get you in the mood for a burger at a competing chain.

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