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A&W

The A&W 3/9 lb. Burger

Agency: Team Cornett

Description

In the 1980s, A&W tried to compete with the immensely popular McDonald’s Quarter Pounder by offering a bigger, juicier 1/3 pound burger at the same price. Unfortunately, Americans aren’t so great at math. Confused consumers wrongly assumed that 1/4 was bigger than 1/3 (You know, because 4 is bigger than 3) and the whole experiment went down in history as a huge marketing fail.
Leaders of the beloved QSR chain—founded in 1919 and the oldest in America—have spent every waking moment since this embarrassing fiasco crunching the numbers, employing a team of top mathematicians and the creative services of ad agency Cornett in an attempt to bounce back with a burger so big and a message so clear that no one in their right mind would think it’s smaller than a puny Quarter Pounder. And they’ve done it!
A&W is launching the 3/9 Pound Burger with a dramatic reenactment of the “Eureka!” moment that led to this possibly Nobel Prize-winning revelation about burger math. Cornett’s video features A&W mascot/math prodigy Rooty the Great Root Bear solving the unsolvable equation. In addition (math pun), a number of creative assets like window clings, table tents, branded memes and GIFs were created for the promotion.

This professional campaign titled 'The A&W 3/9 lb. Burger' was published in United States in October, 2021. It was created for the brand: A&W, by ad agency: Team Cornett. This Integrated medium campaign is related to the Food industry and contains 1 media asset. It was submitted over 2 years ago.

Credits

Advertising Agency: Cornett
Executive Creative Director: Whit Hiler
Content Strategist: Coleman Larkin
Associate Creative Director: Randy Steward
Associate Art Director: Sarah Vaughan
Sr. Digital Engagement Manager: Robert Baker
Jr. Digital Designer: Jacob McDaniel
Jr. Graphic Designer: Camille Wright
VP, Integrated Media Director: Chris Finnegan
Cinematography and Editing: John Buckman
Assistant Camera and Lighting: Richie Wireman
CGI: Brandon Clements
VP, Director of Brand Management: Ashlee Harris
Account Coordinator: Audrey Moeglin
Interns: Jerrod Lester, Jon Hickman, Avery Smith

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