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Marketing Bites

 

The weekly column from Managing Editor Heather Lalley, looking at the restaurant industry's latest marketing gimmicks, trends and campaigns. 

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Grubhub’s free lunch promo was a hot mess

 By Heather Lalley on May 18, 2022

Marketing Bites: An apparent lack of communication and preparation turned the delivery app’s promo into a pro-don’t, Pizza Hut gets into the metaverse and more marketing news of the week.

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Why Grubhub is giving NYC office workers free lunch

 By Heather Lalley on May 11, 2022

Marketing Bites: The delivery app is seizing on cubicle-dwellers returning to their desks, Taco Bell teams up with Dolly Parton on a musical and more marketing news of the week.

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Noodles’ new brand identity comes with big employee perks

By Heather Lalley on May 04, 2022

Marketing Bites: Noodles & Company embraces Uncommon Goodness, Sweetgreen lands a new athlete ambassador, and chains get creative for Cinco de Mayo and Mother’s Day.

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Pretty please: Chains really, really, really want you to sign up for their rewards programs

By Heather Lalley on Apr. 28, 2022

Marketing Bites: Restaurants are boosting their incentives to get customers to fork over their data, Friendly’s wants folks to save room for ice cream, and more marketing news of the week.

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Hooters tries to woo a new demographic with a double marketing deal with golfers John Daly and his son

By Heather Lalley on Apr. 20, 2022

Marketing Bites: A standard partnership deal plus a name-image-likeness sponsorship with the college-aged Daly are on tap for the sports bar chain. Plus, more marketing news of the week.

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Weed, taxes and high gas prices give marketers plenty of hooks

By Heather Lalley on Apr. 13, 2022

Marketing Bites: Current events are offering some good fodder for discounts, Baskin-Robbins debuts a rebrand and more marketing news of the week.

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Raising Cane’s enlists its workers as stars of its latest ad campaign

By Heather Lalley on Apr. 06, 2022

Marketing Bites: Expect to see more chains promote their workplace culture. Would you wear Waffle House sneakers? And more marketing news of the week.

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Chains hope to score big with Final Four activations

By Heather Lalley on Mar. 30, 2022

Marketing Bites: Wendy’s tries a Twitter-activated vending machine; Pizza Hut drives the Struggle Bus; Dunkin’ gets into makeup, and more marketing news of the week.

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Marketing Bites: Arby’s has a beef with McDonald’s over a fish sandwich

By Heather Lalley on Mar. 23, 2022

The chain enlisted rapper Pusha T to create a video to promote its new Spicy Fish Sandwich, while panning the Filet-O-Fish, plus more marketing news of the week.

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Marketing Bites: The case of the too-quiet concept

By Heather Lalley on Mar. 17, 2022

When your emerging chain is suddenly thrust into the national spotlight, is it time to shout your story or keep your lips sealed?

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