Smash
Product typeInstant mashed potato
OwnerPremier Foods
Produced byBatchelors
CountryUnited Kingdom
Introduced1960s
MarketsUnited Kingdom
Previous ownersCadbury
Registered as a trademark inUnited Kingdom (1973) [1]
Tagline"For Mash Get Smash"

Smash is a brand of Instant mashed potatoes in the United Kingdom. It was launched in the United Kingdom in the 1960s by Cadbury, which was primarily a manufacturer of confectionery at the time. Smash was reasonably successful.

However, it was not until 1974 that Smash became popular in the convenience food market after Cadbury launched an advertising campaign by agency Boase Massimi Pollitt featuring the Smash Martians, who would watch humans preparing mashed potato the traditional way on television instead of using potato granules, and laugh at them.[2][3]

The adverts of 1970s and their catchphrase, 'For Mash get Smash', were voted television advert of the century by Campaign Magazine, and second-best television advert of all time in a poll of April 2000 conducted by The Sunday Times and Channel 4, beaten by Guinness' Surfer advertisement from 1999.

The brand has since been sold by Cadbury and is now owned by Premier Foods who, using their Batchelors brand, launched a 'healthier recipe' version in 2006.[4]

Accolades

The original 1970s advertisements have been featured in several "best ever television advertisements" lists.

Creator Country Accolade Year Rank Source
Channel 4/The Sunday Times United Kingdom The 100 Greatest TV Adverts 2000 #2 [5]
ITV United Kingdom ITV's Best Ever Ads (Top 20 List) 2005 #1 [6]

References

  1. ↑ "UK00001022226". Intellectual Property Office. 14 December 1973. Retrieved 2 November 2019.
  2. ↑ "Smash advert". YouTube. Archived from the original on 2021-12-13.
  3. ↑ "Martian ad a Smash hit". BBC News. 20 December 1999. Retrieved 2 November 2019. Advertising weekly Campaign named the 25-year-old Cadbury's Smash commercial its favourite in its top ten of the century.
  4. ↑ Addley, Esther (27 September 2006). "For mash get Smash, for ham get Spam: nostalgia puts 70s brands back in shops". The Guardian. London. ISSN 1756-3224. Retrieved 2 November 2019.
  5. ↑ "UK TV Adverts – Fun Facts". uktvadverts.com. Archived from the original on 2008-10-27. Retrieved 2013-09-09.
  6. ↑ "thinkbox – Classic Ads". thinkbox.tv. Archived from the original on 2009-03-05.
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