Posts Tagged "advertising"

  • Rewards, discounts get diners in the door

    While some well-known restaurants such as Tribute in Farmington Hills and Laffrey’s Steaks on the Hearth in Detroit fell victim to the poor economy, there are signs restaurants are recovering this year with new incentives as well as casual downsizing and concepts. Jeff Baldwin, chef-owner of J. Baldwin’s in Clinton Township, knows that to be [...]

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  • Interpretive Food Ads: How Sushi is Made

    Although this is not how sushi is actually made, this commercial does a great job of liberally interpreting how it could be made—if it were human and covered in colored paint. Regardless of the ridiculousness of the premise of this sushi commercial, it does induce laughter even if it may confuse some. Consumers are bound [...]

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  • Restaurateur McCarty Feeds Twitter

    Report from the Department of Inevitabilities: Michael McCarty, the 57-year-old owner of the eponymous New York City restaurant that feeds $36 Cobb salads to the expense-account-fortified media elite, is getting into the content generation business. This year, he launched a blog and a YouTube channel that airs, for instance, videos with the sommelier. Like any [...]

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