As USA Today wrote some time ago, Corporate Accountability International recently called for McDonald’s to refrain from the use of Ronald McDonald as a symbol of the company calling him “a pied piper drawing youngsters all over the world to food that is high in fat, sodium and calories,” and they further affirmed Ronald is “sending insidious messages to young people.”

Brand’s history can be studied by looking through the evolution of its advertising and packaging. Here we provide a set of images dedicated to one of the biggest global brands. This case was introduced by Mark Carlson, the Senior Creative Director McDonald’s Corporation at the FUSE conference on April 14, 2010 illustrated how the brand has been developing over the last 55 years.

McDonald’s is going on with its 7-year-old «I’m Lovin’ It» campaign, which has been much more successful and running longer than its predecessors «You deserve a break today,» and «Food, Folks and Fun,» and adds more life to it. According to CMO Mary Dillon, the new approach is “more authentic, more saturated in consumer insights and emotion, and within «a framework that gives us a consistent point of view about our brand