Vegemite iSnack 2.0


The Vegemite votes are in: it’s “Cheesybite”

After the short but dramatic iSnack 2.0 saga, Kraft’s new and improved competition to name its new flavour of Vegemite has a winner: Cheesybite. Eh. Appropriately bland.

Is iSnack 2.0 a marketing success?

Will Kraft’s engagement experiment with Vegemite and the #vegefail iSnack 2.0 name ultimately be a huge winner or a huge loser for the brand? Tactical TV’s Tony Richardson investigates.

The Media Monitors' Top 20: Bushy Barnaby gets a boost

Barnaby Joyce rolls himself up the list this week, with deep musings on emissions trading, the PM’s salary and, of course, those pampered asylum seekers.

What’s cooking in the Kraft kitchen?

How does the second-largest food company in the world make such a big marketing cock-up like the iSnack 2.0? By trusting Australians to know their own market. A look at the Kraft’s unique corporate structure, where regional autonomy rules.

Kraft caves, will create Vegemite 2.0.1

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.

Video of the Day: Hitler finds out about iSnack 2.0

Even the Fuhrer has his knickers in a twist about the naming decision for Vegemite lite. “Forgive me … it’s just that I like Vegemite”.

Why Kraft gives Vegemite a bad name

Australians can’t stop talking about how bad the name “Vegemite iSnack 2.0” is. And that’s exactly what Kraft wants, says Willem Reyners Tay.

Vegemite’s new name unites the internet in contempt

Kraft has finally found a name for its “new” Vegemite — and it’s so horrible, the entire internet has gone into snark meltdown.