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Re: Arthur's cat food ads
« Reply #11 on: September 24, 2014, 16:13:58 PM »
I suppose they are entitled to as we change a lot of stuff like:

Marathon to Snickers
Jif - Cif

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Marathon was changed to Snickers cos the Americans didn't like the name and it wasn't selling.  After the name change it took off.

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Re: Arthur's cat food ads
« Reply #10 on: September 24, 2014, 16:08:29 PM »
Two of the adverts, they call it Kattomeat for some reason:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v55d3L4T3Iw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eHq2DhRIWiE

It was originally called kattomeat and the cat was called Arthur. They changed it to Arthur's because Arthur was so popular.

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Re: Arthur's cat food ads
« Reply #9 on: September 24, 2014, 16:05:28 PM »
I suppose they are entitled to as we change a lot of stuff like:

Marathon to Snickers
Jif - Cif

 :evillaugh:

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Re: Arthur's cat food ads
« Reply #8 on: September 24, 2014, 12:08:35 PM »
Two of the adverts, they call it Kattomeat for some reason:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v55d3L4T3Iw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eHq2DhRIWiE

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Re: Arthur's cat food ads
« Reply #7 on: September 23, 2014, 15:58:17 PM »
Ahh yes kitekat, the smell and unfortunately the taste. Yes  I ate some with the love of my life the girl across the road. We were only 6or 7 I think.  ;D

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Re: Arthur's cat food ads
« Reply #6 on: September 23, 2014, 09:11:36 AM »
I can still smell the original Kitekat if I close my eyes; nothing worse than a big kiss from a cat who'd just devoured a bowl of the mushy pink stuff :sick:

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Re: Arthur's cat food ads
« Reply #5 on: September 23, 2014, 07:42:57 AM »
We had a white cat when I was a child, so of course I insisted he needed white cat food.  :rofl: of course he got Arthur's.  ;D

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Re: Arthur's cat food ads
« Reply #4 on: September 22, 2014, 19:21:52 PM »
I can still smell the original Kitekat if I close my eyes

nothing worse than a big kiss from a cat who'd just devoured a bowl of the mushy pink stuff :sick:
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Re: Arthur's cat food ads
« Reply #3 on: September 22, 2014, 19:19:32 PM »
Yep, I remember the ads too - maybe Spillers were taken over by another company?  I never bought it for my cat.

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Re: Arthur's cat food ads
« Reply #2 on: September 21, 2014, 17:07:51 PM »
I remember them!
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Arthur's cat food ads
« Reply #1 on: September 21, 2014, 10:46:33 AM »


I was wondering what had happened to Arthur's cat food. Remember the gorgeous white cat dipping his paw in the tin. Holly loved Arthur's.  ;D

Kattomeat - 1991 UK Advert: http://youtu.be/v55d3L4T3Iw
Arthur's Choice Chunks - Rave (1993, UK): http://youtu.be/DPz04HvSR9c



Found this as well. History of British cat food.


http://messybeast.com/cat-food-brands.htm

http://messybeast.com/paw-dominance.htm


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