All Heroes. No Zeros

Cadbury has unveiled ‘ ‘All Heroes, No Zeros’, a major new integrated campaign and brand platform for the much-loved Cadbury Heroes, created by global creative agency of record VCCP. 

‘All Heroes, No Zeros’ positions Heroes as the ultimate brand for sharing, where every chocolate has earned its place. The lighthearted campaign draws on the insight that while other assortment brands have obvious fan favourites, Heroes stands apart: there are no fillers, no hierarchy of favourites, no least-loved flavour left in the tub once everyone has got stuck in. To bring this to life, the campaign celebrates some of the UK’s most iconic bands, teams, line-ups and historical figures - both real and fictional. 

The campaign leads with a series of high impact OOH, including Piccadilly Lights, and celebrates the best of the best ‘groups’ across culture, music, history and sport by reimagining them as Heroes chocolates: from Queen, to Santa’s reindeers to Robin Hood and his Merry Men, to Arsenal Women Football Club, even characters from Pride & Prejudice to coincide with the 250th anniversary of Jane Austen's birth. Through each activation, the campaign lands the idea of ‘All Heroes, No Zeros’. 

The campaign was created by VCCP creatives Ted Price and Adam Jackson. The film was directed by award-winning stop-motion specialist Anthony Farquar-Smith through production company Not To Scale, in collaboration with VCCP's global content creation studio Girl&Bear.

The campaign includes a playful 30” spot which reimagines the inside of a tub of Cadbury Heroes as a sell-out stadium concert where every person is transformed into a Heroes chocolate. As we fly across the crowd, Heroes versions of rock royalty Queen take to the stage: Freddie Mercury as a Crunchie Bits, Brian May as a Dairy Milk, Roger Taylor as a Dinky Decker, and a Dairy Milk Caramel John Deacon. As the camera pans up and out of the stadium a Wispa fan finds it all too much, and a Creme Egg Twisted crowdsurfs before the voiceover delivers the end line: “The best groups are all heroes, no zeros - like Cadbury Heroes”. 

Simon Connor, Creative Director at VCCP added: "Queen. The Full English. The Arsenal Women Champions League Winners. The best things in life really are All Heroes, No zeros, just like Cadbury Heroes."

Chris Birch and Jonny Parker, CCOs at VCCP, added: "Celebrating the best of British Heroes on Cadbury Heroes. Who wouldn’t want to see Freddie Mercury as a Crunchie Bits, Brian May as a Dairy Milk, Roger Taylor as a Dinky Decker and John Deacon as a Caramel? Heroes one and all!”

The campaign spans across BVOD, OOH and radio and is live from today, running across the UK. Media planning and buying was led by Publicis Media UK. Supporting activity across organic social and eCRM was led by Elvis. Talent licensing was managed by Sonia Bouadma at SB-licensing. Custom-designed font inspired by the individual chocolates in the Heroes tub was created by Marks.