the new george at asda advert

clairemumof3

15/08/2008 at 15:25

i just thought i would mention, the new george at asda advert was filmed at joshs school. not only did they not use a single child from hogarth primary where it was filmed, the kids were rude, the staff making the advert were rude, pushy and arrogant. during the 3 days it took to film the kids couldnt play on the grass because of the filming which they were constantly hosing down to turn it into mud for the advert and consequently couldnt play on it for some time after as they had turned it into a mud bath!

CherylE

15/08/2008 at 15:39

What a shame that they choose to use the school to film but didn;t use some of the kids who actually attend the school - guessing the school got paid for it?

clairemumof3

15/08/2008 at 15:47

the grand some of £1000, plus they left the goal posts for the school that they used in the filming. in the process asda also lost a lot of customers through the way the parents were spoken to by the people making the advert and the way they treated the kids that actually went to the school it was being filmed at

CherylE

15/08/2008 at 15:55

You'd think in the age of so much competition they'd be very careful about alienating potential customers

Nicolette

15/08/2008 at 16:00

Maybe worth complaining to Asda head office as I'm sure it was an outside agency booked to do the ad and they should be aware of the issues, as it is making Asda look bad and not the production company. If the same company are used each time they do an advert and they treat everyone with the same contempt it is damaging their brand and they will not like that, especially in the difficult times that are around and ahead.