{"id":498027,"date":"2026-02-23T03:28:13","date_gmt":"2026-02-23T03:28:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/498027\/"},"modified":"2026-02-23T03:28:13","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T03:28:13","slug":"red-rooster-backs-australias-heartland-in-latest-brand-push-via-leo-australia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/498027\/","title":{"rendered":"Red Rooster backs \u2018Australia\u2019s heartland\u2019 in latest brand push via Leo Australia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Australia \u2013 Australia\u2019s first chicken shop, Red Rooster, has launched a major new brand campaign aimed at redefining its brand story across all customer touchpoints.<\/p>\n<p>Developed with long-term creative partner Leo Australia, the campaign features two 30-second brand TV commercials supported by 15-second iterations, six-second cutdowns, as well as social, digital, out-of-home (OOH), PR, and in-store branding executions.<\/p>\n<p>Red Rooster CEO Samantha Bragg said the campaign represents the next phase of the company\u2019s evolution.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe brief was simple. We are a great Australian success story that grew from one person\u2019s dream to open a chicken shop, to a national brand run by small business owners operating in a market where we need to punch above our weight against some big global juggernauts. The best way to challenge was to create work that is authentic to who we are, who we\u2019re for, and where we\u2019ve come from. A story that only Red Rooster can tell,\u201d Bragg said.<\/p>\n<p>He added, \u201cThe work is not about being a little fancy through glossy food shots and aspirational locations but is centred on celebrating the communities we serve and our ability to reward their efforts with hearty feeds and honest value. Red Rooster has always been a part of Australia\u2019s heartland, and we\u2019re here to keep backing the people who keep it running.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am incredibly proud of this work for its representation of our brand and our communities and the moments our food is shared,\u201d Bragg explained.<\/p>\n<p>According to Leo, the creative strategy moves away from aspirational perfection and instead focuses on authenticity. The TVCs were shot in real suburban locations and rely heavily on street casting, depicting everyday Australians in lived-in settings.<\/p>\n<p>Tommy Cehak, executive creative director at Leo, said the casting process closely aligned with the original vision for the campaign.<\/p>\n<p>Cehak said: \u201cFast forward to now, and somehow the very people we imagined when writing the scripts have ended up in the ads, which almost never happens. It\u2019s truly captured the imagination and authenticity of Australia\u2019s suburban heartland.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" data-spc-id=\"1763005238\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/RED-ROOSTER-BRAND-CAMPAIGN_OOH_PR-3-1024x576.jpg\"  decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" data-id=\"134811\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-134811 lazyload\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" data-spc-id=\"455948322\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/RED-ROOSTER-BRAND-CAMPAIGN_OOH_PR-2-1024x576.jpg\"  decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" data-id=\"134812\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-134812 lazyload\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The campaign\u2019s soundtrack features \u201cMatchday\u201d by Western Sydney artists 3NDLES5 and Crazymike, with a voiceover by local rapper Zion Garcia. Jared Waerea-Hargreaves appears in an off-field role, while former Red Rooster crew member and TikTok creator Hady Saleh also features in the campaign. The film was directed by Riley Blakeway, known for his documentary-style approach.<\/p>\n<p>Cehak added: \u201cReds isn\u2019t some global fast-food chain. They\u2019re Australia\u2019s first chicken shop and this campaign is a reminder of that. The brand is proud of who they are, the people they serve and represent, and where they come from. Red Rooster is a place for the hungry, the hardworking and the hot chip obsessed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Media for the campaign is led by Atomic 212\u00b0, spanning branded film, OOH, and product advertising. Beyond marketing communications, the company said the brand reinvention will extend across the customer experience, including tone of voice, menu boards, uniforms, social strategy, and in-store design, as it looks to restore consistency and reinforce its iconic positioning.<\/p>\n<p>Bragg concluded, \u201cIn today\u2019s fast-moving and competitive market our focus is firmly on our customers and long-term brand growth, and our new brand story is just the beginning.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Australia \u2013 Australia\u2019s first chicken shop, Red Rooster, has launched a major new brand campaign aimed at redefining&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":498028,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[64,63,223057,250632,72041,250634,105,250633],"class_list":["post-498027","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-technology","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-leo-australia","tag-marketing-campaign","tag-red-rooster","tag-samantha-bragg","tag-technology","tag-tommy-cehak"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/498027","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=498027"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/498027\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/498028"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=498027"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=498027"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=498027"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}