12 Sep 2002
| by TANIA MASON
Walkers Snacks is to partner Comic Relief on a major cause-related marketing campaign for next year...on March 14. It will operate separately from and in addition to Walkers' Free Books for Schools, the company's biggest cause-related programme to date.
It will be the first time Walkers has had a formal ...
its advertising frontman, Gary Lineker, which aired on Red Nose Day.
Walkers' vice ...
06 Oct 2004
| by Emily Rogers,
LONDON - Walkers, under pressure on the issue of obesity, is to introduce a healthy living icon...The decision to add the icon is part of a review of packaging across the entire Walkers range ...
by Walkers. Details of the overhaul will be finalised by early next year and will be rolled out across its product ranges.
Branding agency Landor, which created the designs for Walkers Sensations, is understood ...
25 Oct 2004
| by Joe Lepper,
LONDON - Walkers is to launch a marketing push for a new lower fat and salt content crisp range...The new brand will appear in January 2005 and will be called Walkers Potato Heads, after Walkers ...
range that also includes Walkers Lites, with further low fat and salt products also in the pipeline ...
that in January 2005 they will be launching Walkers Potato Heads, a potato crisp that is cooked in high oleic ...
12 Feb 2003
| by Jennifer Whitehead,
' and 'Enigma', but she will soon be seen farting for charity in a new promotion for Walkers Crisps and Comic...by Abbott Mead Vickers BBDO and promotes Walkers' limited-edition baked bean flavour.
Walkers stalwart Gary Lineker appears in the ad in his usual role as would-be Walkers thief. However, he is thwarted ...
and couldn't control myself. Oh well, it's all in a good cause."
Walkers is donating 1p from every packet ...
18 Aug 2006
The Advertising Standards Authority has ruled that Walkers misled customers when promoting
28 May 2004
| by Jennifer Whitehead,
LONDON - Gary Lineker has vowed to keep on starring in advertising for Walkers Crisps, despite...The 'Match of the Day' star and former England player has been the face of Walkers for 10 years ...
with Walkers lasting until 2006, has even lent his name temporarily to the brand, which rechristened its salt ...
said yesterday: "Gary plans to continue working with Walkers for as long as his services are required ...
04 Apr 2007
| by Joanne Payne
LONDON - Walkers has escaped a rap from the ASA about its Comic Relief ad featuring celebrities...Mead Vickers BBDO replied on behalf of Walkers and argued that the ad had been intended to raise money ...
Lineker s ears have been a part of previous Walkers campaigns. The Broadcasting Advertising Clearance ...
08 Jun 2004
| by Jennifer Whitehead,
's association with Walkers Crisps the most-written-about advertising during May....Media Monitoring, there were more stories about Walkers' advertising, which was mentioned by name in a ...
appearing in advertising for Walkers, saying that crisps could be eaten as part of a healthy, balanced diet ...
that the media would want to highlight ads featuring famous faces in its coverage. So Walkers' long-standing Gary ...
28 Sep 2004
| by Emily Rogers and Mark Sweney,
LONDON - Walkers, the UK's biggest FMCG brand, is refusing to scrap its Big Eat range, despite...-size" Dairy Milk bar is being reduced in size by 10g to 75g.
Walkers has said it has no plans to change its ...
-- ditching its king-size Mars and Snickers bars - as "symbolic gestures".
Walkers has pledged to slash ...
20 Mar 2003
| by Martin Glenn, president of Walkers Snacks, a member of the Business in the Community Cause Related Marketing Leadership Team and a Fellow of The Marketing Society
wouldn't work if consumers didn't like shopping in Tesco; Walkers' Free Books for Schools wouldn't work ...