KFC Is Helping Teens Ask Each Other to Prom with the Chicken Corsage
I have no idea what to make of this information. Apparently KFC, that place that sells the chicken fried in the style of Kentucky, has taken up the charitable cause of aiding awkward teens choose a partner to get gussied up with, eat dinner with, and then grind up on to crappy Top 40 hits. Man, viral marketing is…
The UK's Most Offensive Ad Ever Features People Singing With Their Mouths Full
The most offensive UK advertising campaign of all time is a 2005 KFC ad that features emergency hotline workers singing with their mouths full of crispy chicken, according to the Advertising Standards Authority, which released new data this week detailing all of the complaints they've received since the 1950s.
College Gals: KFC Will Pay To Advertise On Your Ass
To promote its bunless meat monstrosity, KFC is paying women on college campuses $500 to wear sweatpants with "Double Down" written on the butt. Adding insult to injury: The company is suggesting it invented writing on the seat of pants.
Blogger Calls KFC/Susan G. Komen Pairing "Just Reprehensible"
"In effect Susan G. Komen for the Cure... is helping to fuel unhealthy diets and obesity across America, an odd plan given that diet and obesity certainly impact on both the incidence and recurrence of breast cancer." [Weighty Matters]
KFC Gets Pink Washed For Breast Cancer, Manly For Meat
KFC launched their new pink bucket campaign yesterday, which they hope will result in the largest ever donation to breast cancer research. Monday also saw the debut of the "Double Down." How are these things related? Marketing.

