Like your chips with a side of ketchup? You might want to think twice before buying Heinz - they appear to only make ketchup for Middle England. They've withdrawn a commercial because it featured two men kissing (one of whom was a New York deli chef, the idea being that the sauce makes mum's sandwiches taste authentically deli-like). Apparently they received 200 complaints about it, and after it already being shown for five weeks, they've pulled it.
Gay rights charity Stonewall is understandably upset about this, and the spokesperson has said "I can't imagine that Heinz would respond to protests about black people featuring in their adverts." It seems an odd decision on the part of Heinz, particularly after making it five weeks into the campaign.
So, a storm in a ketchup bottle or setting advertising back to the 70s? Let the ketchup-buying public decide.
[via Ananova]
