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  • Thomas Tunnock Ltd

    • Upheld
    • Poster
    • 07 February 2018

    A poster for Tunnocks Tea Cakes, seen on 6 November 2017, showed an image of a female tennis player holding a tea cake in place of a tennis ball at the top of her thigh, with her skirt raised at the hip. Text underneath the image of the women stated “Where do you keep yours?” with text underneath the product image s...

  • Rosemary Water Ltd

    • Upheld
    • Internet (on own site), National press, Internet (social networking), Brochure, Magazine
    • 31 January 2018

    Seven magazine and national press ads, two paid-for tweets, a video on the advertiser’s Instagram page and the website for Rosemary Water:

    a. A magazine and national press ad, seen in April and June 2017, featured the heading “A LADY IN ACCIAROLI HAS BEEN ON ‘THE ROSEMARY DIET’ FOR 100 YEARS. TELL HER IT’S A F...

  • Iceland Foods Ltd

    • Upheld in part
    • Regional press
    • 03 January 2018

    Two ads for Iceland supermarkets, seen in July 2017:

    a. An ad seen in the national press stated “Iceland Luxury Sourdough Crumpets are better than M&S Ultimate Five Grain Crumpets for overall quality*”. Small print at the bottom of the page stated “*Blind taste test of 58 people conducted by Cambridge Mark...

  • Asha’s Restaurants International Limited

    • Upheld
    • Internet (social networking)
    • 20 December 2017

    A post on the Facebook page for Asha’s, an Indian restaurant, dated 13 July 2017, stated “*** Competition Time*** We have 5 x pairs of weekend tickets to give away for the Tatton Park Foodie Festival this week end [sic] Friday 14th, Sat 15th and Sunday 16th July - Like & Share our page for a chance to ***win*** ...

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