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CREATING MARKET DOMINANCE — THE TARGET MULTICULTURAL AOR — 20 YEARS OF SUCCESS — BICULTURAL INSIGHTS — REAL ROI — TRANSCULTURATION™ —
CASE STUDY
McDonald's

Encourage people to pause and share moments of joy

A Multicultural marketing pioneer and category leader in a highly competitive, saturated price-driven category, targeted by competitors and press, the latter on quality and health. Staying #1 across 20 co-ops is hard when Multicultural consumers are heavily targeted with options.

Challenge

A Multicultural marketing pioneer and category leader in a highly competitive, saturated price-driven category, targeted by competitors and press, the latter on quality and health. Staying #1 across 20 co-ops is hard when Multicultural consumers are heavily targeted with options.

Approach

Win the heart of the community. Collaborate with General market agency, Co-op leadership, Regional and Corporate marketing teams to optimize product mix, dayparts, media, and local activation strategies across diverse markets.

Strategy

Dual value strategy (premium + everyday value), target, product, daypart and occasion segmentation across Hispanic and Black moms, youth, Millennials, and families—driving relevance to increase daily traffic, average check and sales.

Theme

Encourage people to pause and share moments of joy with cultural + local connection, value, healthier options + small indulgences.

Creative + Media

Transcultural and MCM campaigns across mass, digital, social, OOH, and experiential—blending national scale with hyper-local relevance, unique experiences, and deeply-rooted community connection (IRL + URL).

Innovation
First-ever Hispanic marketing by development phase playbook, border guidelines, web-novela. First English-Hispanic creative, MCM segmentation, Metrics view, e-coupons, media takeovers, branded content series, and new products (e.g., Fiesta menu, Salads & More).

Results

Top MCM sales performance across co-ops for decades.
Agency MCM marketing and media guidance adopted as corporate policy.
Multiple industry creative and marketing awards.
Multiple McDonald’s “National Marketing Best Bet Award” awards.
STANDOUT WORK

STANDOUT
WORK

Connecting with relevance in culture, in language and in community with local OOH and URL + IRL experiences to diverse Hispanic targets delivers meaningful moments, value, product news and engagement to build real trust and community cred.
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