07 Mar 2012
| by Matthew Chapman
The ruling by the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) is the latest development in a series ...
if it is not 10% cheaper than rivals.
Tesco complained to the (ASA) about the "only one supermarket is always 10% cheaper" claim, because it confused a price promise with a lowest-price claim.
The ASA ruled ...
15 Feb 2012
| by Sarah Shearman
The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has rejected a complaint made by The Alliance for Better...group complained to the ASA that the game encouraged poor nutritional habits and an unhealthy lifestyle ...
included adult-sized T-shirts and sweatbands, were not designed to appeal to children.
The ASA ruled ...
that Children's Food Campaign (CFC) was filing what it called a "super-complaint" to the ASA, about Krave ...
09 Feb 2012
| by Gemma Charles
Authority (ASA), as part of a move to curb the online marketing of junk food to children....to hand in 54 separate complaints this morning (9 February) to the ASA, concerning offending company ...
targeted at children.
The campaign claims the "super-complaint" was issued to the ASA after ...
to children really leaves us with no choice but to submit this 'super-complaint'.
"It is time for the ASA ...
18 Oct 2011
| by Matthew Chapman
Sainsbury s has lodged a complaint with the ASA about a recent Tesco campaign promoting the freshness of the vegetable. The print and TV ads, created by The Red Brick Road, state: Tesco British ...
by the ASA.
The supermarkets are currently engaged in a price war, following the launches of Sainsbury ...
14 Sep 2011
| by Matthew Chapman
outdoors and reared indoors.
The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) observed that in all scenes ...
which featured an open barn door and pigs that appeared to be unrestricted.
Taken in context, the ASA ...
07 Sep 2011
| by Matthew Chapman
was an alcoholic.
The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) ruled that the woman did not appear to be intoxicated and there was no suggestion that she was an alcoholic.
Consequently, the ASA ruled there were ...
29 Jun 2011
| by Loulla-Mae Eleftheriou-Smith
by the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA), despite receiving 31 complaints that it was misleading and encouraged...that back in 2008, it had responded to the ASA relating to similar complaints. It said it had subsequently ...
that since the ASA had contacted it relating to the VoD complaints, it had discovered it was not possible ...
nutritional habits or an unhealthy lifestyle.
In its ruling, the ASA said that the ad did not imply ...
29 Jun 2011
| by Daniel Farey-Jones
The ASA has ruled against some advertising claims first made for Cow & Gate Growing Up Milk in 2009...skills.
The ASA has produced a nine-page ruling on the case after hearing evidence from Cow Gate ...
risk iron deficiency in their children.
The ASA acknowledged Nutricia's argument that EC regulations ...
, brain development and learning skills.
Cow Gate, responding to the ASA adjudication, said in a ...
01 Jun 2011
| by Ben Bold
Premier Foods complained to the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) that the claim was unfounded.....
The ASA concluded that "because the survey did not show that Knorr was unbeatable versus its main ...
verify the comparison via the research cited in the ads.
Unilever was told by the ASA that the ads ...
06 Apr 2011
| by Daniel Farey-Jones
According to the Advertising Standards Authority, the complaints all came from people who had watched a TV news report on conditions at the brand's farms, although the ASA was unable to clarify where ...
tasty."
The ASA acknowledged viewers' concerns that the news report contradicted the impression ...
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