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Nestle Renaming KitKat Bars to ‘YouTube Break’ in Celebration of Both Companies’ Milestone Anniversaries, the rename isn’t permanent and will only last for 600,000 bars, reports The Independent.
According to the press release announcing this major, very important thing, the rebranding is to commemorate the 10th anniversary of YouTube and the 80th anniversary of the KitKat candy bar. This is apparently the first major package redesign for KitKat in eight decades. It’s also the first of “72 different types of ‘breaks’ to feature on more than 400 limited edition designs across 2 and 4 finger and Chunky bars as part of the campaign.” I don’t know what that means any more than you do, but apparently there will be 100 million specially branded packages produced over the course of this campaign.
“The campaign is based on the consumer insight that KITKAT® consumers are also YouTube fans, and that the video platform is uniquely placed to provide real time insights into the world’s most watched videos,” claims the press release. The campaign’s official hashtag, #mybreak, has been printed on 22 million bars.
For the Google side of things, saying “YouTube my break” to your phone will bring up the top four trending videos of the day, preceded by an obligatory ad for KitKat. It appears that the special packaging promotion is limited to the UK, though people that wish to watch a KitKat ad and the top four YouTube videos should be able to do that from anywhere in the world. Speaking of KitKat ads, you can watch the official announcement video for this promotion below.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SjBA2Z-7fGk
Agencies/Canadajournal
