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Jul 28 2001 Post Icon

My favorite love/hate Marmite advert

By: Seamus Waldron Published: 28 July 2001

It's definitely a 'love it or hate it' thing, something which the recent TV ads for Marmite have been using. The ad starts with a guy and a beautiful blonde model-type entering a flat. She tells him to make himself comfortable on the sofa and that she won't be a minute.

On her return from the kitchen, she settles onto the sofa next to him and they starts snogging, only for him to pull away from her, his face contorted in disgust, and start doing that tongue-out spitting thing.

The camera then cuts to the kitchen where there's a jar of Marmite and a slogan appears saying something like 'Love It or Hate It'.

Seems a bizarre way of advertising your product to me, but there you go.

Update, 2026: The "Love it or hate it" line is twenty-nine years old this year. The 2026 ad campaign moves the brand past the breakfast slot. See Marmite finally admits toast is dying.

Provenance: Originally published on ilovemarmite.com (the site's original domain, 2000–2016). Republished here on ilovemarmite.co.uk in 2025 after the .com domain was lost. Original publication date preserved above.

Tags: marmitearchivedadvertisingloveitorhateittvadmarketingbritishfood
Categories: Pop Culture References , Advertising Campaigns , Love It or Hate It Phenomenon

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