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Marmite / USA / 2024Creative Commerce

Marmite Smugglers.

During a Marmite shortage in New York, the brand recruited 'smugglers' to carry jars across the Atlantic to homesick British expats.

Brand
Marmite
Market
USA
Region
Global
Year
2024
Marmite Smugglers

The challenge

New York expats had been left without Marmite.

The idea

A mock drug-bust documentary set up the smuggling story. Guerrilla stunts, phone kiosks, posters and radio spots in New York pointed expats to a secret pick-up point.

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