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 joseph maguire said on September 20th, 2007

doesn’t look ediblle i got the concept.

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 Christopher Hebert said on September 20th, 2007

Love the idea, but executionally it looks pretty gross. Doesn’t make me want to go to their cafe.

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 Nick said on September 20th, 2007

Yikes, I get it now but at first glance it looks like a decaying, blackened, mold-covered hamburger. I get the burger connotation, but I’m not quite sure I could get that taste out of my mouth…

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 gigi said on September 20th, 2007

i agree. makes me so uncomfortable!

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 Daria said on September 20th, 2007

it looks like very old humburger…the first impression is disgusting.

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 Kirk Littell said on September 20th, 2007

Does the coffee taste like meat?

Do the burgers taste like coffee?

This is more risky-bad than risky-good. Why show a burger that looks like this — just to say you have a bigger coffee offering? I wouldn’t compromise the lifeblood of the chain to promote another part of the menu. It’s a neat observation, but the ad itself seems forced. Just because a connection was made doesn’t mean you should run with it.

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 zannli said on September 20th, 2007

I agree with everyone else. At first glance it looks like a petrified hamburger. I’m not even honestly sure that I get the concept. Is it a potato?

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 Nick said on September 20th, 2007

It’s a coffee bean.

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 Charlie Bing said on September 20th, 2007

It’s too smart by half, that’s what it is (and a coffee bean on its edge, I think…).

“I know, we’ll advertise McDs café by being very witty and show a hamburger-ish coffee bean!” Not. It’s completely back-asswards and does nothing positive for the brand. Half the viewers will see it as some sort of cow patty… and relate it to McDs beef that way: crappy coffee?

Instead, how about showing a really well shot cup of espresso in a real cup as a way of advertising their “restaurants”? Nah, that would be too easy…

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 Steve Keys said on September 20th, 2007

I thought it was a fossilized hamburger or a baked potatoe at first.

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 Roger said on September 20th, 2007

My first impression was actually… a coffee bean.

Then I looked a little longer, and saw a hamburger, and wasn’t sure why.

It just makes me want coffee.

I don’t think it looks gross or anything… but it doesn’t make me want to buy their food – just their coffee. But hey, I might be biased. I’m addicted to caffeine.

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 hafiz said on September 21st, 2007

it’s actually a coffee bean that looks like a hamburger. weird thing for mcdonalds to be doing, because like everyone else for my first look, it resembled a decomposing hamburger. just puts me off.

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 jb said on September 21st, 2007

At first I thought it was an add to discorage you from eating at Mc Donalds. I had to laugh when I founfd out it was a coffe bean

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 altnoname said on September 21st, 2007

it looks like a big pooh

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 Jax said on September 21st, 2007

I thought that it was an ad making fun of McDonalds.

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 Spinal Tap said on September 21st, 2007

looks like a shit sandwich

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 Dam said on September 21st, 2007

Yeap, straight away u can tell its a coffee bean, plus if u see the Mc Cafe logo it makes it even clearer.

They wanted to combine the burger and coffee services they provide as “the one place to go to have ur burger and cuppa”

I particularly think the bean looks alright but burger wise,,, it looks old and bad

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 marc said on September 22nd, 2007

bad first impression

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 Robert said on September 24th, 2007

I love ideas that give pause and let the user make the connection, but I can’t say this one worked for me.

It took me took long to get that it was a coffee bean, and like others here I first saw an old, disgusting burger or even a potato.

Maybe some context would have helped, like out of focus pile of smaller beans in the background or a coffee grinder, etc. I even this the lighting setup could have helped.

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 Yulia said on September 24th, 2007

looks like pooo…..

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 Référencement said on September 24th, 2007

Nice Idea

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 Donny Randolf said on September 25th, 2007

Looks too flat to be a coffee bean, and the scale and angle of the ad makes the “bean” appear too large… if the target audience does end up getting the ad, they will not be inspired to go to McDonalds. The ad is unappetizing, ambiguous and poorly executed. Good idea, bad delivery.

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 Marina said on January 17th, 2008

I thought it was one of those anti mcdonalds ads!! I didn’t click that it was a coffee bean until I read the comments. Although I’m not a McDonalds fan I really like their McCafes, cheap and good but not sure if this ad is gonna work in their favour.

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 Armin said on October 1st, 2008

Very interesting perspectives in all these replies. Actually, I immediately recognized the coffee bean and found the ad very clever: the brand that is famous for providing you with the best sandwiches is now going through some evolutionary process to also being the best provider for coffee in the future. A burger becomes coffee, it’s as simple and symbolic as that and this is why I really adore this ad. Great idea guys!

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 Roger DodgeHer said on March 10th, 2009

AND I thought it was a “Whoopie Pie(s) with Chocolate frosting!!!!!! LOL

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whoopie_pies

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