We feel the OREO ad is a fun reflection of our values,’ she told the news station.įetching a staggering $1.5billion in global revenues and as the world’s top selling cookie of the 21st Century the brand had cause for celebration. A photo posted on company's Facebook page shows an Oreo cookie with not one but six layers of. ‘As a company, Kraft Foods has a proud history of celebrating diversity and inclusiveness. Oreo is taking some heat for a rainbow-cookie ad it posted Monday in recognition of gay pride month. The rainbow-colored cookie will not be sold in stores and was created simply for the advertising campaign during Pride month, Oreo spokesperson Basil Maglaris told ABC news.
While the majority of the comments are in support of the LGBT community, many pledged to boycott Kraft or Oreo cookies as a result of their stance on the LGBT community. Since it was uploaded almost 211,000 have liked the post, roughly 64,000 have shared it and more than 33,000 people have commented on it. An image posted to the Oreo fan page shows rainbow layers betwixt. The Pride cookie came with the caption, ‘Proudly support love!’ 51 Oreo, the self-proclaimed 'worlds favourite cookie', has stirred up controversy on Facebook by pledging support for gay pride. The makers of Oreo cookies, Kraft Foods, posted a manipulated photo of a multicoloured Oreo on the cookie’s cookie’s Facebook page on Monday night.
