Kids are loving it
McDonald
A happy meal
Target Audience
- Happy meals include an attractive, and popular toy.
- Happy meals come in various quantities, (size)
- The packing is engaging to many kids. (bright colours)
Benefits and Techniques
Children are more likely to choose a healthy meal over a less healthful meal when only healthy meals are paired with a toy. Therefore, if a meal is paired with toys, there are more chances of kids choosing it, and slowly kids will be loving the meals because of toys, and the business will be in profit.
What strategies are used to advertise the happy meal?
- Bright lights
- attractive colours, and shapes
- Engaging toys
- weasel words
Agree or Disagree
No, I do not agree with one strategy used, pairing a meal with toys. If an unhealthy food is paired with toys, kids will choose the unhealthy meal over a healthy meal, which may affect their health. Moreover, the pairing of toys with various products is just like a marketing tool. From my point of view, marketing food to kids through toys is unfair. For instance, as burgers are unhealthy, in olden times people did not buy burgers thrice a week. But these days yet knowing that burgers are unhealthy, many parents buy them to their kids, because of a popular toy which has been paired with burgers.
Happy meal with Shrek
Happy meal with The Bee Movie toys
Happy meal paired with The Bee Movie
Analyze
How will I analyze the advertisements above?
If I will analyze the add, I will remove the toys. The add will include the typical red happy meal box, bright lights, and a bit of information on the product, for example, if the product is healthy or unhealthy. The reason I will remove the toys is because, the toys are a typical marketing tool to children through toys. For instance, if the toys are removed from the happy meal pack, some kids might stop buying it. Thus, I will not promote the happy meal through the use of popular toys.