A US PR company has compiled a list of the biggest PR cock-ups for 2009, including the boy scout spork, Domino’s Pizza YoutTube grossout and, of course, Kanye.
PR disaster
Kraft caves, will create Vegemite 2.0.1
News.com.au / Wednesday, 30 September 2009
Only four days after it announced the name of its new Vegemite product, the widely-mocked “iSnack 2.0”, Kraft has admitted the moniker was a flop and will now give it another name. Can Crikey take some credit for its downfall? Probably not. Will we? Yes.
Vegemite’s new name unites the internet in contempt
Crikey / Ruth Brown / Monday, 28 September 2009
Kraft has finally found a name for its “new” Vegemite — and it’s so horrible, the entire internet has gone into snark meltdown.
Domino’s Pizza posts apology video
Advertising Age / Friday, 17 April 2009
Domino’s Pizza have created an online video of their own after a clip of two employees defiling food went viral and caused a PR disaster.







