Waitrose Turns London BFI IMAX Into PIEMAX
Waitrose Turns London BFI IMAX Into PIEMAX · 2025-11-24 · 4 min read · By Zanni GA — BM Outdoor

Waitrose Turns London BFI IMAX Into PIEMAX

Zanni GA — BM Outdoor 2025-11-24 4 min read #OOH #Outdoor Advertising
Quick answer: Waitrose’s PIEMAX activation wraps London’s BFI IMAX with a giant turkey pie from its Christmas romcom ‘The Perfect Gift’, turning an iconic cinema site into a cinematic OOH moment for festive food lovers.

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It’s a Christmas OOH takeover where Waitrose wraps London’s BFI IMAX with a giant turkey pie visual, temporarily renaming the site ‘PIEMAX’ to promote its festive romcom campaign ‘The Perfect Gift’.

In the ad, Joe Wilkinson’s character Phil bakes a turkey pie as a romantic gesture, and the PIEMAX brings that hero pie into the real world as an oversized, cinematic centrepiece on one of London’s best-known cinema sites.

Because it treats OOH like a movie premiere moment, turning a landmark usually reserved for superhero blockbusters into a playful celebration of food, love and Christmas – with a single, iconic image doing most of the storytelling.

The IMAX wrap is supported by film-style trailers, posters and dynamic CGI builds amplified across social, extending the moment far beyond the physical site and helping the turkey pie become a conversation piece online.

That leaning into a campaign’s cinematic world, choosing one bold OOH location and building around it with integrated media can turn a single product—in this case, a turkey pie—into a cultural and festive talking point.

Bottom line: As part of its Christmas campaign ‘The Perfect Gift’, Waitrose has rebranded the BFI IMAX as the ‘PIEMAX’, covering the landmark with a huge in-camera turkey pie visual engraved with lines like ‘The Perfect Gift’ and ‘Love at first bite’. The takeover leans into film-launch tactics, using an iconic OOH site, cinematic storytelling and food-as-entertainment to drive visibility, conversation and appetite for Waitrose’s festive turkey pie across London and social channels.

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Written by: Zanni GA — BM Outdoor  ·  Reviewed by: Ed Saenz, CEO — BM Outdoor

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