Smell-vertising hits U.K. Monday, April 2, 2012 McCain Foods Limited, best known as the largest supplier of fries in the world, is taking promotion of a related product to new levels. In Britain, McCain is promoting its Ready Baked Jackets, a precooked potato in its skin, with bus shelter ads.A headline in Britain's Advertising Age says "Smell-vertising Hits U.K. With Potato-Scented Bus Shelters."The advertising is aimed, of course, at commuters. When someone presses a button on the side of the shelter, the smell of baked potatoes is emitted and a discount coupon is dispensed.The potatoes are sold four to a package and McCain promises the British-grown spuds will taste like fresh baked potatoes, even though they were reheated from frozen in a microwave. McCain, headquartered in Toronto, describes the bus shelter smell as "unique technology" and the baked potato as "the biggest launch since McCain Oven Chips revolutionized the chip market in 1979." BF Taxpayer group lampoons tobacco buyout 'waste' A good reason to keep cats out of the veggie field
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