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November 2024 is full of opportunities for restaurants to promote their takeout, delivery, and menu options with “national days” ideal for restaurant marketing campaigns. With QR code services, restaurants provide easy and convenient access to online storefronts, loyalty/rewards programs, egift cards, digital menus, and more. QR codes are flexible and versatile, printable on business cards, table tent cards, countertop stickers, lobby floor stickers, printed fliers, and more, making them a great tool for engaging customers with limited-time promotions, loyalty/rewards, or promo cards (smart digital offers).
Here are several ways, other than Thanksgiving Day, to promote digital and QR code restaurant services and enhance your restaurant menu in November 2024:
Here are several ways, other than Thanksgiving Day, to promote digital and QR code restaurant services and enhance your restaurant menu in November 2024:
National Cinnamon Day - November 1 Marketing
Cinnamon is one of the most widely-used spices, adding a distinctive flavor to desserts, drinks, and sweets as well as savory dishes. With its strong aroma, flavor, and numerous health benefits, cinnamon is an affordable and enjoyable ingredient to enhance your November menu.
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National Sandwich Day - November 3 Marketing
Whether on-the-go or at a sit-down meal, sandwiches are a great way to tuck fabulous flavors into an easy-to-eat meal. Hot or cold, served with soup, salad, fries, chips, or dozens of other accompanying sides, National Sandwich Day is an ideal time to promote customer traffic during otherwise slower periods.
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National Donut Day - November 5 Marketing
Donuts have been recorded as a classic coffee “sidekick” since the 1800s. Whether baked or deep-fried, glazed, frosted, or sprinkled, donuts are an iconic breakfast-time treat. National Donut Day offers restaurants an ideal opportunity to increase sales by partnering with a local donut shop. Through cross-pollination advertising, restaurant owners can engage new local customers, promote their restaurant’s QR code-based menus, and enhance their food and drink offerings. |
National Nachos Day - November 6 Marketing
National Nachos Day celebrates a savory snack made of tortilla chips, cheese, and toppings that originated in Piedras Negras, Mexico in the 20th century. Since then, nachos are a popular dish enjoyed at sporting events, restaurants, and festivals. Spice up your restaurant’s menu on National Nachos Day with:
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National Butter Day - November 17 Marketing
“Everything's better with butter!” So the saying goes that drives Americans to consume about 6.5 pounds of butter each year. Promote your restaurant menu on National Butter Day with:
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National Gingerbread Cookie Day - November 21 Marketing
National Gingerbread Cookie Day is perfect to get ahead of competitors and boost customer engagement as the holidays quickly approach. Easy to make or order in bulk, restaurants can offer gingerbread cookies as add-ons to coffee drinks, kiddie menus, or desserts. Restaurants can even offer small bags of gingerbread cookies for customers to take home and decorate with family and friends in preparation for the holiday season. |
National French Toast Day - November 28 Marketing
For many, French toast is a nostalgic favorite. For others, it’s an elevated scrumptious sweet, enhanced with maple bacon, sausage, chocolate, and fruity or nutty toppings. Take the opportunity of National French Toast Day to engage kids and adults alike with:
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Black Friday, Small Business Saturday, & Cyber Monday - November 29, 30, & December 2 Marketing
In the days following Thanksgiving, customers spend lots of time and money on Black Friday, Small Business Saturday, and Cyber Monday specials. For businesses, this means engaging customers with high-value discounts to build excitement and spending in preparation for the multiple gift-giving holidays and festivals in December, January, and February. On Black Friday and Small Business Saturday, weary and hungry shoppers also make dining out part of their excursion with family and friends. Conversely, on Cyber Monday – the online version of Black Friday – restaurants can engage online shoppers by encouraging them to have meals delivered to their home. Promote your restaurant’s online ordering, digital payment, and QR code services, such as eGift Cards and digital Loyalty/Rewards programs on Black Friday, Small Business Saturday, and Cyber Monday. Restaurant owners using Aldelo Express POS easily grow their customer network by using Aldelo Express’s native Masa+ Online Ordering and Digital Payments platform. Merchants quickly deploy a unique Online Storefront, QR code-based Digital Menus, eGift Cards, and digital Loyalty/Rewards programs based off of their existing Aldelo Express cloud database, increasing sales by an average of 8.3%. Learn more by contacting an Aldelo representative today at [email protected] or 925-621-2410 |
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