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50 Great Ideas 2020

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

Immersive at-home dining

 Aug. 11, 2020

The Darling in Chicago created a takeout meal complete with flowers, Champagne and a QR code that customers could scan to stream a cabaret performance on their phone.

50 Great Ideas 2020

Virtual prom

Aug. 11, 2020

Jack in the Box and Chipotle hosted virtual prom events on Zoom and Instagram, respectively, for high school seniors missing out on the springtime rite of passage.

50 Great Ideas 2020

Meal delivery help line

Aug. 11, 2020

LA-based chain Everytable set up a help line for senior centers, housebound elderly, school districts and others in need of food to call for delivery of free meals.

50 Great Ideas 2020

Date night faceoff

Aug. 11, 2020

DineAmic Hospitality’s Bar Siena in Chicago sold pizza-making kits for couples to make together, post on social media and challenge other couples to top their creations.

50 Great Ideas 2020

Opening up the pantry

Aug. 11, 2020

As more consumers began cooking from home and supermarkets were slammed, chains of all kinds, from Panera Bread to Subway and Beef ‘O’ Brady’s, began selling groceries in their stores.

50 Great Ideas 2020

Saving menus

Aug. 11, 2020

Most state reopening guidelines issued in May typically required restaurants to use disposable menus or permanent bills of fare that could be readily sanitized.

50 Great Ideas 2020

Maximizing search terms

Aug. 11, 2020

Dog Haus launched several delivery-only concepts based on the most-searched-for foods in its markets.

50 Great Ideas 2020

Fine dining pivots to takeout

Aug. 11, 2020

Seattle fine-dining stalwart Canlis (pictured) launched a variety of creative take-home offerings, including family meals, Community Supported Agriculture boxes, cocktail kits and more.

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.

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