Jack in a Box

The antenna balls have since been discontinued due to the demise of the mast-type car antenna. During the height of the now-defunct XFL , one of the continuing ad series involved a fictitious professional American football team owned by Jack. The team, called the Carnivores, played against teams such as the Tofu Eaters and the Vegans.

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In , a successful advertising campaign was launched using a fictional musical group called the Spicy Crispy Girls a take off of the Spice Girls , a British pop music girl group - at the time one of the most popular groups in the world , in comedic national television commercials. The Meaty Cheesy Boys, a mock boy band to promote the Ultimate Cheeseburger, were created during an ad campaign featuring an out-of-control advertising executive previously fired by Jack.

The same ad exec featured in a spot where a medical doctor made exaggerated claims of the benefits of fast food that it would cure baldness, help trim extra pounds, and remove wrinkles. Jack asks the ad exec incredulously, "Where did you find this guy? In , an ad involved a man washed up on a remote island with only a Jack in the Box antenna ball as company. Later that year, director Robert Zemeckis , claiming the agency had appropriated elements of his Oscar -nominated film Cast Away for the ad, had his lawsuit against the ad agency thrown out. In April , Jack in the Box launched an ad campaign called Bread is Back, [21] taking a stab at the low carbohydrate diets of recent years.

In , Jack in the Box took use of this perception creating a commercial featuring a typical stoner who is indecisive about ordering. When faced with a decision, the Jack in the Box figurine in his car tells him to "stick to the classics" and order 30 tacos implying that he has the " munchies ".

This ad later stirred up controversy among a San Diego teen group who claimed that the ad was irresponsible showing a teenager who was under the influence of drugs. To protest, they presented the company with postcards protesting the ad, despite the fact that it had not aired since the beginning of the previous month. This commercial was redone in to feature the new logo and the new Campaign. Another ad touting the chain's milkshakes aired circa and was shot in the stilted style of a s-era anti-drug spot, urging kids to "say no to fake shakes" and featured "Larry The Crime Donkey," a parody of McGruff the Crime Dog.

CKE claimed, among other things, that the commercials tried to give the impression that Carl's Jr. They also attacked Jack in the Box's claim that sirloin, a cut found on all cattle, was of higher quality than Angus beef, which is a breed of cattle. The commercial features employees getting "bowl cut" haircuts. At the end of the commercial, Jack reveals that his "bowl cut" is a wig, to the dismay of the employees.

The One variation has a miniature clown hat dating back to with three dots in the upper left-hand corner; the clown head was removed in In the s, the clown head was in a red box all by itself, with the company name either below or next to the box; signs in front of the restaurants had the clown head only. The 'clown head' can be seen on several YouTube videos depicting Jack in the Box commercials from the s and s. Most Jack in the Box locations opened before late had this logo, although the company is slowly replacing them with the newer logo, along with general updating of the locations' decor.

In , horse meat labeled as beef was discovered at a Foodmaker plant that supplied hamburger and taco meat to Jack in the Box. The meat was originally from Profreeze of Australia, and during their checks on location, the food inspectors discovered other shipments destined for the United States which included kangaroo meat.

In , Jack in the Box suffered a major corporate crisis involving E. Four children died of hemolytic uremic syndrome and others were reported sick after eating undercooked patties contaminated with fecal material containing the bacteria at a location in Tacoma, Washington and other parts of the Pacific Northwest. The chain was faced with several lawsuits, each of which was quickly settled but left the chain nearly bankrupt and losing customers. Every company that produces meat products is required to have a HACCP plan that is followed continuously. Jack in the Box also worked with food safety experts from manufacturing companies and created a comprehensive program to test for bacteria in every food product.

In support of this objective, the chain began airing ads in states several hundred miles from the nearest location. The expansion strategy at that time was targeted at Colorado, Delaware, Florida and Texas. In , the first new Colorado store opened in Golden , Colorado, marking an end to Jack in the Box's year-long absence from the state. In Albuquerque , New Mexico , several locations opened in June In September , it was announced that 40 under-performing company-owned Jack in the Box restaurants located mostly in Texas and the Southeast would close. In January , Jack in the Box opened its first of three locations in the Indianapolis area.

On December 16, , the company restated three years of results due to an accounting change that prompted the company to cut first-quarter and earnings expectations. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. This article is about the restaurant. For the toy, see Jack-in-the-box.

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