With the Euro 2012 football (soccer) competition only a week away, over the past months many football adverts have started to creep in on our TV screens here in the UK.

Above is an advert for Pepsi Max, featuring the player’s, Messi, Drogba, Frank Lampard, Fernando Torres, Jack Wilshere and Sergio Aguero. The advert is based at an outdoor festival, with Calvin Harris on the decks playing his song “Let’s Go”.

Although it isn’t just for the Euro 2012 competition, as a few of the player’s can’t enter the Euro 2012 competition as they are on teams that are outside Europe.

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Marmite (a food spread) changed the name to “Ma’amite” to play on the words of saying “ma’am”, and the addition of The Union Jack makes the item stand out.

Andrex

A cute addition to the toilet roll packaging for Andrex, I love how it looks with the cute puppy.

Buntin

Buntin (themed items such as flags and other items) are everywhere, in most supermarkets and pound shops, to allow people to have themed parties.

Pizza Hut

Pizza Hut created a new product for this event, that is the “Crown Crust”.

The pizza consists of the crown shape and pockets filled with either delicious meatballs or mozzarella cheese.

Cadbury Mini Rolls

I love the Cadbury Mini Rolls, and the addition of The Union Jack adds something extra to the normal design.

French British Fancies

Mr.Kipling “French Fancies” changed the name to “British Fancies”, with the fancies fondant icing changed to red, white and blue.

The “fancies” are usually themed for different times of the year, and I love them so much. I like box design, but the “fancies” tasted normal, and the icing was a bit light on the products, but still looked nice.

Pimms

“Pimms” is a fruit alcoholic liqueur and it usually has an association of being a “posh” drink. The Union Jack in the design makes the bottles stand out.

Tizer

Tizer is a fizzy pop, but I like the subtle use of The Union Jack and the title.

Walkers Crisps

And finally the themed bags for Walkers above. Walkers are known at “Lays” in most places of the world, but I like the use of The Union Jack on the packaging.

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Above is a cute display for Cath Kidston.

More examples of displays I have seen are below.

Huddersfield

Bunting (flags and decorations) along an arcade in my hometown of Huddersfield, with the Union Jack adding some colour to the walkway.

Indoor display

A display in a store called “BHS”, many shops have themed displays at this current time.

I liked the Union Jack (British Flag) cushions.

Window Display

Another window display with the picture of The Queen on a number of different products.

Some of the displays have been cool, and I love the way The Union Jack has been used on different material.

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They are popular in both South Korea and Japan, and I can see why from this video above for “Step” .

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The Tower can be seen from anywhere around Tokyo, and I remember seeing it being built back in 2010 on my trips to Japan.

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The Tokyo Sky Tree has made it’s way onto many forms of promotional items, and even on these Kit Kats..

The logo is so nice on the Kit Kat packaging. The observation deck will be open from 8:00 to 22:00 , although tickets are currently only available by advanced reservation till July 10th, 2012.

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An old campaign by Pocky, one of my favourite sweet snacks from Japan .

They all have the same music and a comedy style to them.

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A zombie style/scary spoof commercial with a crazy dance at the end.

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The adverts are pretty cheesy, which makes them funny. The first one above is for Almond Crust .

Another Meiji advert above for Almost and Macadamia chocolates.

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Two other commercials in the series are below.

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