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'''"Pork. The Other White Meat."''' is an [[advertising slogan]] developed by advertising agency [[Bozell|Bozell, Jacobs, Kenyon & Eckhardt]] in 1987 for the [[National Pork Board]]. The campaign is paid for using a [[checkoff]] fee (tax) collected from the initial sale of all pigs and pork products, including imports.{{Fact|date=April 2009}} Despite this commercial branding, pork is [[White meat#Pork|not a white meat]] according to the [[United States Department of Agriculture]]. |
'''"Pork. The Other White Meat."''' is an [[advertising slogan]] developed by advertising agency [[Bozell|Bozell, Jacobs, Kenyon & Eckhardt]] in 1987 for the [[National Pork Board]]. The campaign is paid for using a [[checkoff]] fee (tax) collected from the initial sale of all pigs and pork products, including imports.{{Fact|date=April 2009}} Despite this commercial branding, pork is [[White meat#Pork|not a white meat]] according to the [[United States Department of Agriculture]]. |
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Revision as of 22:16, 22 October 2010
"Pork. The Other White Meat." is an advertising slogan developed by advertising agency Bozell, Jacobs, Kenyon & Eckhardt in 1987 for the National Pork Board. The campaign is paid for using a checkoff fee (tax) collected from the initial sale of all pigs and pork products, including imports.[citation needed] Despite this commercial branding, pork is not a white meat according to the United States Department of Agriculture.
The Other White Meat #350 of the Brewcity Bruisers - Milwaukee Roller Derby
Advertisements
The program's television ad campaign began on March 2, 1987, with a series of advertisements that pitched pork as a white meat alternative to chicken or turkey, offering entrees such as cordon bleu, kabobs and pork à l'orange. The $7 million budget contrasted to the $30 million spent primarily on network television ads for the "Beef: It's What's for Dinner" campaign from the National Cattlemen's Beef Association, and the $112 million spent on ads for branded chickens.[1]
Print ads have encouraged consumers to rethink the way they prepare meals, including an ad written in the style of an obituary that depicts a woman who is mourning "the passing of her long-lived tuna chow mein casserole recipe", which will be replaced "by a new recipe for Orange Glazed Pork Tenderloin".[2]
Results
With a program promoting pork using the slogan as a lean meat to health-conscious consumers, pork sales in the United States rose 20%, reaching $30 billion annually by 1991.[3]
Data collected by the USDA's Economic Research Service showed that pork consumption following the introduction of the Board's promotion programs had risen from 45.6 pounds (20.7 kg) per capita in 1987 and reaching a peak of 49.3 pounds (22.4 kg) per person in 1999, dropping to 48.5 pounds (22.0 kg) in 2003. By contrast, beef consumption had declined from 69.5 pounds (31.5 kg) per American in 1987 to 62 pounds (28 kg) in 2003.[2]
References
- ^ Dougherty, Philip H. "ADVERTISING; Dressing Pork for Success", The New York Times, January 15, 1987. Accessed April 22, 2009.
- ^ a b Levere, Jane L. "The Pork Industry's 'Other White Meat' Campaign Is Taken in New Directions", The New York Times, March 4, 2005. Accessed April 22, 2009.
- ^ Hall, Trish. "And This Little Piggy Is Now on the Menu", The New York Times, November 13, 1991. Accessed April 22, 2009.