“They were reluctant a little bit. They didn’t immediately embrace it,” Bob Bernstein, an advertising executive who created the Happy Meal in the late 1970s, said in a video interview from his Kansas City office, which is decked out with Happy Meal memorabilia and original art. “It took some convincing on our part.” Bernstein, whose ad agency ran marketing for McDonald’s\n \n in several cities, had been working with McDonald’s\n \n for a decade before the Happy Meal debuted.
” Toys But as sales took off, McDonald’s and its franchise operators warmed to the Happy Meal, thanks in large part to the popularity of toys in the meal and the crucial addition of Chicken McNuggets in 1984. Bernstein was not involved in McDonald’s Happy Meal strategy after it went national. Although his version of the Happy Meal centered on the designs outside the box, toys became its main appeal.
~ we’re an acquired taste.
I suspect part of the appeal (using myself as example) is the smaller, less calorific portion (includes fresh fruits). Also its economic cost-saving features in these inflationary times.
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Horrible food. Dry. Cold. Only thing okay on the menu is coffee.
I have only secured Grimmace from the adult happy meal and 2 of the 3 Halloween pails: McBoo and McGoblin. Sadly, I missed the pumpkin by 24 hours
It’s nostalgia! Everything is so different now… this brings us back to when social media wasn’t all that mattered. Kids had fun outside of a video game and out of their rooms. These remind us of a time when life was easier, fun, enjoyable, and innocent. Thanks McDonalds!
Nice
Probably tiktok people mostly trying to get views
Americans so quick to kill themselves with all this unhealthy crap