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50 Great Ideas 2020

50 Great Ideas 2020

Picnic fixings

 Aug. 11, 2020

Fast-casual chain Tender Greens put together a box of wine, cheese, salami, condiments and fruit for a picnic at home, as well as a morning baking box for diners to prepare.

50 Great Ideas 2020

No window, no problem

 Aug. 11, 2020

Chicken Salad Chick put up pop-up tents at its locations in strip malls to create quick and easy drive-thru locations.

50 Great Ideas 2020

Singing food deliveries

Aug. 11, 2020

Before the pandemic closed its dining room, RTE 47 in Yorkville, Ill., often hired musicians to perform there.

50 Great Ideas 2020

Would you like dice with that?

Aug. 11, 2020

Social Eats in Santa Monica, Calif., and Bonus Round Cafe in Chicago offered curbside pickup of board games for customers to play with their meals.

50 Great Ideas 2020

Bringing the party home

Aug. 11, 2020

Eatertainment chain Chuck E. Cheese, known as a birthday party celebration spot, sold family fun packs and party packs for delivery, including goody bags with toys, a doll, cake and gaming tickets for a future visit.

50 Great Ideas 2020

Chicken for cheap

Aug. 11, 2020

Wichita, Kan., chain Chick N Max was selling boxed meals at a deep discount to help people impacted by the pandemic.

50 Great Ideas 2020

Whose mom knows best?

Aug. 11, 2020

Dickey’s Barbecue Pit sought contenders for “Mom’s best advice” via social media through the month of May. The person who submitted the best bit of wisdom received free barbecue for a year.

50 Great Ideas 2020

Everyone is a ghost kitchen

Aug. 11, 2020

NRD Capital, owner of Ruby Tuesday, has created Franklin Junction, a company that allows any restaurant to become a potential “ghost kitchen.” It connects restaurants that want to expand into new markets with other restaurants that want to act as host concepts.

50 Great Ideas 2020

Chicken and chill

Aug. 11, 2020

Through a promotion called Fried Chicken ‘n Chill, Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen provided its Netflix username and password to the first 1,000 customers to post a picture of themselves with a Popeyes meal and the hashtag #ThatPasswordFromPopeyes.

50 Great Ideas 2020

Virtual birthday parties

Aug. 11, 2020

Uno Pizzeria & Grill gave away virtual birthday parties to kids in the Boston area, setting them up with DIY pizza kits—something that had normally been reserved for dine-in customers—and connecting them with friends via video conference to celebrate.

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