FOOTBALL IS FOR FOOD
Brand
UBER EATS
Entrant Agency
SPECIAL
Category
Creative Effectiveness
Award
Silver
Festival & Year
Cannes Lions (2026)
Case Study Details
Uber Eats Super Bowl 2026, "Hungry for the Truth" ft. Bradley Cooper, Matthew McConaughey, Parker Posey (2026)
Song: Suspicious Minds by Elvis Presley
Presentation Board
Uber Eats
‘JUST THE RIGHT KIND OF “IT’S RIDICULOUSLY “GENIUS” “ITISACONSPIRACY “THEYALLMADE — “ASPECTACULAR
ABSURDIST CRAZY” CLEVER” TO SELLFOOD” MEHUNGRY” — CONSPIRACY THEORY”
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EXPOSING THE UNSEEN TRUTH BEHIND AMERICA'S
FAVORITE SPORT
Why does football make America hungry? The goalposts looklike fries. The
plays are “scrambles” and "pancake blocks” and there are even players.
named Ham, Peppers, and Mayo.. The food-football clues were everywhere,
Yet no one ever asked why... until Uber Eats,
TURNING THE ENTIRE SPORT OF AMERICAN FOOTBALL
INTO ONE SEASON-LONG AD FOR UBER EATS.
‘This massive, unseen cultural truth inspired a season-long campaign to
‘expose America’s biggest conspiracy: football was invented just to sell
food. All season, Uber Eats revealed hundreds of real, hidden connections
between football and food~then turned those foods into bespoke -
‘gameday deals, driving fans from the game to the app. By taking over :
‘every part of the NFL, Uber Eats went from being an advertiser around the
‘game, to making the game itself one giant ad for Uber Eats.
> ™HIGHEST
| EVER $250M+
SPIKE EARNED MEDIA VALUE
INBRAND LIKABILITY
AFULL BLOWN TAKEOVER OF NFL MEDIA,
CULTURE & FANDOMS _ " /
Embed a new, bespoke offer for that J Drive hungry fans directly to
specific food item within NFL media £ the Uber Eats app
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