Aussies interrogate McDonald’s through ‘Our Food, Your Questions’ initiative via DDB Sydney
Since launching ‘Our Food, Your Questions’ via DDB Sydney, McDonald’s Australia has received over 3,500 questions from Australians keen to find out more, and understand, everything about the famous Macca’s menu.
Announced through PR, ‘Our Food, Your Questions’ is an online platform that allows consumers from across the country to have an honest conversation with McDonald’s through a dedicated website.
McDonald’s has committed to answering every food question that is asked via the website, with a dedicated Response Team that includes McDonald’s Australia subject matter experts and copywriters, on hand to analyse, research and respond to queries. A combination of written answers,images, infographics and videos are being used to answer questions in credible and engaging ways.
Says Mark Lollback, McDonald’s Australia, chief marketing officer: “We decided to launch Our Food, Your Questions here after seeing how well received it was in Canada. We believe that Australians want to be able to explore McDonald’s on an entirely new level and this platform – with an Aussie spin – allows us to enable just that.”
The local Our Food, Your Questions initiative has been developed and implemented by DDB Group Sydney, including Tribal Worldwide and Mango Sydney, OMD, OMD Word and PPR Sydney.
Says Lollback: “It’s been great to see so many of our agency partners collaborating with stakeholders from right across our business to make Our Food, Your Questions a reality. There’s a lot of work going into making sure we’re giving Australians the information they want about our food, on the channels that they want to hear about it.
“This initiative is not a flash in the pan – it’s going to be a constant and long-term forum that we’ll be using to allow people to ask their questions and get personal responses. Our Food, Your Questions will allow us to do what we can to give people the information they’re looking for.”
The campaign is initiatlly being supported by PR, social media and digital.
Chief Marketing Officer: Mark Lollback
Vice President Marketing: Chris Brown
Director of Corporate Communications: Ron Christianson
Head of Digital, Sponsorship and Media: Mark Wheeler
Media Relations Manager: Skye Oxenham
Senior Brand Manager: Ken Russell
Online Community Manager: Debbie Hatumale
Executive Creative Director, DDB Sydney: Dylan Harrison
Creative Directors, DDB Sydney: Cam Hoelter and Steve Jackson
Creative and Design: Luke Acret, Omid Amidi and Domenic Bartolo
Managing Partner, DDB Sydney: Nicole Taylor
Senior Business Director, DDB Sydney: Sheerien Salindera
Senior Business Manager, DDB Sydney: Melinda Parris
Global Program Lead, Tribal Worlwide Canada: Parker Mason
Executive Digital Producer, Tribal Worldwide Sydney: Sarah Hetherington
Digital Producer, Tribal Worldwide Sydney: Angela Diamant
Managing Director, Mango Sydney: Claire Salvetti
Head of Media Relations Strategy, Mango Sydney: Tina Alldis
PR Team: Mango Sydney; Mango Melbourne; PPR Sydney; PPR Brisbane; PPR Adelaide; PPR Perth
Head of Onscreen Production, DDB Sydney: Brenden Johnson
TV Producer: Gabriella Singh
DOP: Paul Berry
General Manager, PPR Sydney: Michael Pooley
Director of Content, PPR Australia: Peter O’Sullivan
Senior Account Manager, PPR Sydney: Catherine Guyder
Account Director, OMD: Tobi Fukushima
Account Director, OMD: Sarah Harrington-Birch
Social Director, OMD Word: Thomas Hutley
4 Comments
It doesn’t matter. Food is food and people will eat it anyway. You people are ignorant. In the infamous words of H.Clinton “What difference does it make”
The use of percentages is ambiguous in particular the question about the sugar content of the buns – 5% as quoted is not an acceptable answer. If McDonalds is so keen to be honest and upfront about their answers, then stated clearly what by weight how much sugar is used in the buns, in grams, teaspoon or tablespoon.
How often do you change the cooking oil and what oil do you use in Australia
International cleaning standards state, red brooms, mops, buckets, cloths, sponges etc for toilets, green for food, blue general offices etc, etc. Why, when I ask Mc Donald’s employees are they cleaning food areas with red mop & bucket they all say it’s Mc Donald’s standard. I asked an employee how do I know you didn’t clean the toot with that mop & bucket? I did, that’s what they give us! Unbelievable for a company in this day & age to be so out of touch with basic hygiene.