<b>‘Show of boldness?’</b>


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I was recently watching television when an ad for Burger King presented itself. In this strange commercial, the Burger King “King” sneaks into McDonald’s and steals their recipe for a breakfast sandwich.

While creative, this act of marketing made me wonder if the advertisement said more about McDonald’s than it did for the Whopper’s home. How often is it that a company states that they took from another? In the world of fast food, it seems that if something is successful, another company will copy it.

Burger King coming out and stating that it stole is either a show of boldness or one of stupidity. ...

Bradley Haacke

Oxford