Restaurant Marketing News

Sydney Morning Herald
A confit of confusion, with a garnish of mind games
Sydney Morning Herald
He says other strategies, developed from psychology or marketing studies, include omitting dollar signs and highlighting an expensive ''anchor'' dish. For example, the Chateaubriand steak on The European restaurant's brunch menu is in a red box and ...

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Pinkberry, Bernard's and Cinema de Luxe coming to Chestnut Hill
Patch.com
By Grahame Turner In an email sent Friday afternoon, WS Development Director of Corporate Marketing David Fleming told Patch that the frozen yogurt shop is coming in addition to Bernard's restaurant and a Cinema de Luxe. Pinkberry, a high-end frozen ...

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Scotland on Sunday
Jamie Oliver's arrival on to the city restaurant scene is turning heat up in ...
Scotland on Sunday
The months to come will see an influx of new names on the restaurant scene – led by Oliver – to further squeeze the chef in the middle. According to foodie Stephen Jardine, of city-based food-related marketing and PR firm Taste Communications, ...

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Talent, costs & infra top at Zomato meet
Moneycontrol.com
Home-grown brands and foreign fast-food giants are moving in fast to bite into this growing market. Investors are pumping in money and some promoters are taking the IPO route to fund expansion. Specialty-restaurant-owner food brand Mainland China is ...

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Young Turks: Talent, costs & infra top at Zomato meet
Moneycontrol.com
Home-grown brands and foreign fast-food giants are moving in fast to bite into this growing market. Investors are pumping in money and some promoters are taking the IPO route to fund expansion. Specialty-restaurant-owner food brand Mainland China is ...

How Spam meat has survived spam e-mail and thrived
San Francisco Chronicle
Hormel's hams became popular among hotels and restaurants but the cans were considered too bulky to break into the home market. Eleven years later, Jay C. Hormel, the founder's son, devised a solution: a rectangular, 12-ounce can of ham and shoulder ...

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Pinkberry, Cinema de Luxe Coming to Newton's Chestnut Hill Shopping Center
Patch.com
By Grahame Turner In an email sent Friday afternoon, WS Development Director of Corporate Marketing David Fleming told Patch that the frozen yogurt shop is coming in addition to Bernard's restaurant and a Cinema de Luxe. Pinkberry, a high-end frozen ...

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Minnesota market likes living local with its produce
ProduceRetailer
While business fell off a bit at some fine-dining and mid-priced restaurants, sales were up at fast food places, she said. Finally, social media is beginning to take hold in the Twin Cities market, especially among companies that deal with consumers.
Fresh produce foodservice business recovers in Twin CitiesThe Packer

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The Big Get Bigger
Wall Street Journal
Not only are the chains targeting big players in their regular franchise-marketing efforts, they're also selling the large players scores of longtime company-owned locations. Big owners, who sometimes run dozens, if not hundreds, of restaurants, ...

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Minnesota market likes living local with its produce
The Packer
While business fell off a bit at some fine-dining and mid-priced restaurants, sales were up at fast food places, she said. Finally, social media is beginning to take hold in the Twin Cities market, especially among companies that deal with consumers.

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Harmony Inn Closing, Bartolotta Restaurant Opening
Patch.com
The restaurant will be remodeled, said Andrea Brinkman, marketing director for Wauwatosa-based Bartolotta Restaurant Group. The company will open a Mequon location with the same concept in September. Both locations will have the same name, ...

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Dickey's Announces Winner of Pinterest Contest
Sacramento Bee
"The contest was a lot of fun and a great way to roll out our presence on Pinterest," said Joette Young, director of marketing for Dickey's Barbecue Restaurants, Inc. "Dickey's fans were very creative using our ingredients and also with the pictures ...

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Atlanta Journal Constitution
Restaurant claims prompt push for standardized 'gluten-free' labeling
Fox News
“Marketing a product to be 'sort-of' gluten free or 'low' gluten is completely useless for those who require the strict diet.” Sales of so-called “gluten-free” foods in grocery stores are expected to reach $2.5 billion this year, but there is still no ...
North American Society for the Study of Celiac Disease Calls for Industry ...MarketWatch (press release)
Commentary: Domino's Pizza's gluten-free Amber AlertPizza Marketplace.com

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Scotsman
Jamie Oliver's arrival on to the city restaurant scene is turning heat up in ...
Scotsman
The months to come will see an influx of new names on the restaurant scene – led by Oliver – to further squeeze the chef in the middle. According to foodie Stephen Jardine, of city-based food-related marketing and PR firm Taste Communications, ...

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Dickey's Announces Winner of Pinterest Contest
MarketWatch (press release)
"The contest was a lot of fun and a great way to roll out our presence on Pinterest," said Joette Young, director of marketing for Dickey's Barbecue Restaurants, Inc. "Dickey's fans were very creative using our ingredients and also with the pictures ...

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New Noodles restaurant opens this week
Grand Junction Free Press
Founded in 1995, the Broomfield-based chain has more than 290 restaurants nationwide, 44 of them on the Front Range. The Grand Junction location is the chain's first store in western Colorado. Regional Marketing Manager Nick Filler said the GJ location ...

RestaurantNewsRelease.com (press release)
Dunkin' Donuts Franchisees Elect Brand Advisory Council Leaders To Collaborate ...
RestaurantNewsRelease.com (press release)
BAC members also serve on subcommittees that include Restaurant Excellence, Marketing and Manufacturing. “I am honored to have been selected to lead the Dunkin' Donuts Brand Advisory Council during this exciting time in the company's history,” said ...

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Prepare your appetite for Restaurant Week
The Desert Sun
The following year, a bevy of mid-valley restaurants jumped on board to extend Restaurant Week to 10 days, overlapping the week at both ends of the valley. Last year, the event was rebranded with a signature out-of-area marketing campaign called “Eat.

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Make a reservation now for Restaurant Week 2012
The Desert Sun
The following year, a bevy of mid-valley restaurants jumped on board to extend Restaurant Week to 10 days, overlapping the week at both ends of the valley. Last year, the event was rebranded with a signature out-of-area marketing campaign called “Eat.

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RestaurantNews.com
Dunkin' Donuts Franchisees Elect Brand Advisory Council Leaders To Collaborate ...
RestaurantNews.com
BAC members also serve on subcommittees that include Restaurant Excellence, Marketing and Manufacturing. “I am honored to have been selected to lead the Dunkin' Donuts Brand Advisory Council during this exciting time in the company's history,” said ...

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