Sampling

Armed with a camera and bags filled with chocolate samples, Ghirardelli street teams are stopping consumers in 10 cities to capture their favorite chocolate “moments” on video and then post them to ghirardellimoments.com.

Dove Chocolate partnered with women’s internet site iVillage and Gallo wines, among others, to create an Afternoon of Indulgent Moments. The four-hour event, held on Mar. 9 at New York City’s Chelsea Market, offered busy women a feminine, relaxing, friendly and sophisticated environment that served as an oasis from the stresses and challenges of city life.

Celebrating its 100th anniversary, Oregon-based Tillamook Cheese shut the dairy farm gates behind it and hit the open road Jan. 9 on The Loaf Love Tour, making its first stop in Tucson, AZ, then nine other states and 25 cities over 11 months. At the center of the tour is a fleet of Loaf Love Buses: 1967 Volkswagen buses shortened by four feet, lowered by one foot and refurbished as replicas of Tillamook’s baby cheddar cheese loaves.

Kimberly-Clark this month launched its broadest non-traditional campaign ever to support the Cottonelle brand. The effort called Be Kind to Your Behind includes a mobile tour dubbed the Cottonelle Comfort Haven and a sweepstakes as part of an integrated campaign that also includes web marketing Internet advertising bus and train station ads and FSIs as well as traditional TV and print advertising.

As a way to connect kids and families with its new Fresh Apple Fries menu item Burger King has inked a deal to be the presenting co-sponsor of the Jonas Brothers’ Burning Up Tour a 41-city event produced by Live Nation. The tour kicked off July 4 and runs through Sept. 5.

Burger King in June announced the launch of a new more nutritional Kids Meal featuring the “fries” (apple slices cut in the shape of fries) and Kraft Macaroni & Cheese as part of its BK Positive Steps nutrition program.