Restaurant Trade Area Research

12. July 2010

`Tight Targeting’

Filed under: tight targeting, new normal, market sales, marketing dollars, MarketView — Rick Phillips @ 10:01

Often when owners do the MarketView at their fast food restaurants they find in the crosstabs interesting information of which they simply were not aware. For example, a store may find that ONLY `Drive-Thru’ customers before 5 PM had a low frequency of usage (compared to all after 5 customers at the drive-thru OR any segment of in-store users) - and specifically target JUST that `tight targeting’ to get the most bang for the buck.

OR, the data may show that one age group - say those over 55 - indexed lower on frequency of usage than all other segments - resulting in an easy `visual’ `tight targeting’ effort with those customers.

OR, the data may show a particular zipcode that simply isn’t performing for the store (on-site it requires asking) which would allow for a `tight targeting’ marketing effort. In the new normal - tight targeting may be all one can afford.

More about the MarketView here - www.squidoo.com/tradeareasurveys

7. July 2010

Domino’s Uses Authentic Food Photography in New Marketing Efforts

Filed under: Domino's Pizza, free wi-fi, Starbucks, new products — Rick Phillips @ 16:13

In the new normal - everyone is tired of the endless `marketing’ and pitching of products that do not live up to expectations - especially visually. But now, Domino’s Pizza has gone the extra step in advertising their product - showing THE REAL THING. Honesty, a worthwhile, unique attribute in advertising and enough to make this stand out - http://www.restaurantnews.com/dominos-puts-authentic-food-photography-in-marketing-picture/ 

Starbucks - FREE WI-FI - and more coming - Later this fall, Starbucks plans to introduce the Starbucks Digital Network, in partnership with Yahoo!. This new online experience, currently planned for U.S. company-operated stores, will offer customers free, unrestricted access to a collection of paid sites and services, exclusive content and previews, free downloads and local community news. - http://www.restaurantnews.com/starbucks-turns-on-free-wi-fi-for-customers-july-1st/

Being connected - Being Real - in the new normal.

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