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Kids, Toys And Fast Food: An Unhealthy Mix?, Claire Lambert, Richard Mizerski
Kids, Toys And Fast Food: An Unhealthy Mix?, Claire Lambert, Richard Mizerski
Research outputs 2011
Increasingly the fast food industry is scrutinised for marketing toy premiums towards young children. Toy premiums are claimed to lure young children to consume unhealthy meal offerings, pester parents, encourage materialism and ultimately lead to a rise in childhood obesity. Numerous studies have commented on the use of toy premiums as a marketing technique, but little research has been conducted on the actual effectiveness of toy premiums targeted to children on consumer purchase behaviour at the point of purchase. This study, investigates the use of a child targeted toy premium (Snoopy) by a fast food company (McDonald’s), and its effect …