Domino's Pizza to Pitch New Brownies with Sampling 

A little sweetness after a pizza is just the treat that Domino's Pizza is hoping to entice its customers with as it kicks off a nationwide brownie-sampling event tomorrow to introduce its new Brownie Squares. ...

Kissables Looks for On-Air Jinglers 

Hershey's Kissables is hitting the airways with a contest asking consumers to call into local radio stations and sing the Kissables jingle. ...

Coca-Cola Debuts Iced Tea Like "Mom Used to Make" 

Coca-Cola North America kicked off the debut of its new iced tea yesterday with a sampling event in New York City. ...

New Nestlé Water for Kids Hits the Road 

A new water brand is aimed at kids at a time when sugary drinks are under attack by parents, as well as politicians. Nestlé Waters North America is offering the new Aquapod water under its six regional brands Deer Park, Ice Mountain, Ozarka, Poland Spring, Zephyr Hills and Arrowhead. ...

Ben & Jerry's Pushes Sampling Via Cause Campaign 

Ben & Jerry's is circling back to its social activism days with a new campaign and tour that urges consumers to shift spending priorities from nuclear weapons to the needs of children. ...

Baby Ruth Plays Ball with MLB 

Nestlé USA has signed its Baby Ruth candy brand to sponsor Major League Baseball. ...

Meow Mix House Lands on Primetime 

Meow Mix is going primetime with its new reality TV show debuting this week on Animal Planet. ...

PowerBar Launches Sweeps with Lance Armstrong  

As part of a longstanding partnership, PowerBar is collaborating with championship cyclist Lance Armstrong to launch a sweepstakes and mobile tour to motivate consumers to live healthily while promoting its nutrition bars. ...

CoolBrands, Godiva Will Always Have Paris 

New Yorkers get a taste of Godiva Ice Cream Bars this week in a sampling and sweepstakes campaign set under the Eiffel Tower. ...

Ocean Spray Brings Vacation Experience Via Sampling Tour 

Ocean Spray is taking consumers on vacation—a vacation from their normal diet beverages—via a mobile sampling tour to promote its new diet juice drinks. ...

Snapple Buys Up Radio, Carpets Northeast with Promotions 

kicks off, and will likely get it by offering radio listeners 40 consecutive days of commercial free radio, as well as carpeting several New England states with promotions and samples....

Brands to Pitch Samples at Wrigley Field  

When Chicago Cubs fans hit the stands of Wrigley Field next week for a taste of America’s favorite pasttime, they may end up snacking on some free nuts as well. ...

Nestlé to Name a New Wonka 

Nestlé USA's latest sweepstakes will use an in-pack ticket to name a new Willy Wonka. ...

Equal Revs Bus Tour 

Merisant has begun an election-style bus tour to stump for Equal sweetener, the largest ever event-marketing push for the brand. ...

Brands Back Earth Day Events 

Natural foods marketers are rallying behind the annual Go Organic for Earth Day promotion as mainstream consumers embrace organic foods. ...

3-A-Day of Dairy Jumpstarts Summer Dieting 

Dairy Management, Inc. is already prepping for swimsuit season with a slate of 3-A-Day dairy promotions. ...

Arby's to Feed Fans if Basketball History Is Made 

Arby's Restaurant Group plans to serve basketball fans a free sandwich based on an outcome of one of the NCAA playoff games....

Hershey Blitzes Take 5 

The Hershey Co. this week breaks a multi-pronged marketing blitz for its Take 5 candy bar, its first comprehensive campaign since launching Take 5 last year. Hershey hopes to jumpstart trial with extensive sampling, buzz marketing and in-theatre promos as well as TV, online ads and a dedicated Web site, Thegreatestcandybarever.com. ...

SunnyD Takes Summer Spirit on the Road 

Sunny Delight Beverages Co. has embarked on a nationwide road trip to promote its drinks. ...

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Models Covered in “Mud” on Display at Fashion Week 

AHAVA, the cosmetics company, covered the bodies of three scantily clad models with its “Mud” body treatment earlier this week and set them loose during Fashion Week in New York...

Lu Biscuits Partners with Fashion Designer at Fashion Week 

Kraft Foods Lu biscuits has teamed up with fashion designer Erin Fetherston to create limited edition packaging for the French cookie brand...

Fiberwig Hands out 100,000 Mascara Samples 

Fiberwig, the Japanese paint on eyelash brand, is on the move promoting its mascara in the U.S. through a street campaign...

McDonald’s Pushes Specialty Coffee in Ohio with Promos 

McDonald’s is backing the recent launch of specialty coffee in Central Ohio with a host of promotions to spread the word about the new menu items...

Milky Way Distributes 285,000 Samples on ‘Road Trip’ Tour 

Mars Snackfood U.S. recently wrapped up a two-month tour where it handed out 285,000 Milky Way bars in an effort to boost sales of the chocolate candy....

Burger King Launches Soccer Program Targeting Hispanics 

Burger King Corp. is kicking off a series of soccer events this weekend targeting Hispanics to build its brand and give customers another reason to visit its restaurants...

Ciao Bella Kicks off Multi-State Sampling Tour  

Ciao Bella is hitting the road with a summer sampling tour to give people a taste of its sorbet and gelato flavors....

Fuze Hits the Hamptons with New Plastic Bottles 

Fuze and out-of-home agency Titan Worldwide have wrapped five taxis from the Hamptons-based Hometwon Taxi Service to resemble the shrink-wrap packaging that Fuze’s former glass bottles have long carried...

Burger King Readies Apple Fries Sampling, New Kids Meal Push 

Burger King is preparing a multi-city sampling effort to promote its new BK Fresh Apple Fries product....

Wise Snacks Hits the Streets with Baseball-Themed Sampling Effort 

Wise Snack Foods is hitting the streets of New York City and Boston with brand ambassadors to talk up its products through a sampling campaign....

7-Eleven Backs Slurpee with Largest Slate of Promos 

7-Eleven is out in full force with a host of summertime promotions tied to its Slurpee brand, which include everything from coupons, giveaways and new flavors....

Capri Sun Looks for ‘Pouch Respect’ on Sampling Tour 

Kraft Foods’ Capri Sun is capitalizing on the popularity of its “Respect the Pouch” ad campaign with a summer sampling tour of a dozen cities in 10 states and a new Web site that lets kids build pouch avatars and send Burp-O-Gram messages...

Cold Stone Creamery Celebrates 20 Years with Giveaway 

Cold Stone Creamery is toasting its 20th anniversary this week with an ice cream cake giveaway for Michigan residents....

WNBA Jerseys to Carry McDonald’s Logo in Season Openers 

Women’s National Basketball Association players will wear McDonald’s golden arches on their jerseys for each team’s season opener as part of a marketing alliance between the women’s pro basketball league and the fast food giant this season....

Dunkin’ Donuts Offers Second Iced Coffee Giveaway 

Dunkin’ Donuts is hosting an iced coffee giveaway today while pitching a new flavor in its line-up....

Kashi Pushes Granola with Free Samples  

Kashi Co. is offering tips and free samples at its Web site in a campaign tied to its ongoing effort to encourage an active lifestyle....

McDonald’s to Sample 8 Million New Chicken Dishes 

McDonald’s is supporting its newest menu items, the Southern Style Chicken Biscuit and Chicken Sandwich, with a national sampling effort....

Jolt Soda Relaunches Brand with Sampling Program  

Jolt Soda is hitting the streets of southern California with a guerrilla marketing and sampling campaign...

Kraft Promotes Bagel-fuls with Sampling, Tour 

Kraft is kicking off a sampling campaign today to promote its newest breakfast product, Bagel-fuls....

Nestlé Uses Prank to Promote Branded Comedy Network 

Nestle Foods said it has shaken off the associations of clumsiness of its Butterfinger brand and re-name itself simply “The Finger.” The re-launch was supported by a distribution of 200,000 free “Finger” bars at 7-Eleven stores in 10 major markets....

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