Anthony Williams Sr. asked:


Pizza delivery is a high competition industry and it takes some special marketing to make yours a success. If you are looking to create a fast food pizza delivery monopoly, you will need some top notch and original ideas. This article will get you started with some ideas that you can incorporate into the pizza delivery business.

1. Offer a better deal. Some of the top pizza delivery services offer great deals and freebies. A 2 for 1 deal, free chips and dessert or a free soda with a personal pizza are just a couple of ideas of how you can offer a better deal than the competition. Find out what they are giving away and make yours better. The last thing you want to do is just copy, so consider other options like a punch card where they get a free pizza after a certain number of purchases or anything similar that will encourage customers to become repeat clients.

2. Make them drool. Describe your ingredients in a way that makes people long to try them. Photos of gooey cheese topped with crisp peppers, bright, fresh tomatoes and gleaming olives are even better and a combination of great copywriting and some delicious, drool worthy photos will have people hankering for a slice in no time. Preparing takeaway menus with these qualities pretty much guarantees you will get the order over a simple grey sheet with the specials printed in red ink like so many pizza delivery and fast food options do.

3. Guarantees. With guaranteed delivery times and flavors, you can really rake in the customers. Most of these guarantees are no longer being used, so if you actually say you`ll give a refund and then do it . . . you can bet more people will want to order, knowing that their pizza will arrive within 30 minutes or less . . . or whatever you choose to guarantee.

4. Get personal. Friendly staff can make all the difference to the customer and can cement customer loyalty just as much as lower prices can. But what most pizza delivery services don`t do is follow up with their friendly service. Why not offer an extra service . . . email coupons. Get client email addresses and then send them free coupons via email, as well as any updates. Let them know that by signing up for this service, they will automatically receive 10% off their current order. You can easily make this back by staying fresh in their minds and giving previous clients a reason to come back.

5. Offer the best pizza out there. The truth is that it all comes down to one thing . . . making people want YOUR pizza and your pizza alone. Give them a taste that they just can`t find anywhere else and you`ll have them coming back time and time again. Whether you do this by offering a special type of pizza, a secret ingredient sauce or cheese baked into the crust, clients will savor that special flavor and eagerly call you up the next time they crave your particular specialty.

Just because you have a lot of competition doesn`t mean you have to give up. Your fast food service can be the best simply via the best marketing. Keep in mind how you can create a bigger and better campaign, but don`t forget that the details matter. Your clients might respond to a flashy ad, but it all boils down to the best pizza.



Lois

Anna Josephs asked:


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Matthew

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Now a days gourmet food is haute compared to fast foods. And to the average foodie, most fast foods are unpalatable and very expensive. Alot of people stretch the dollars and cook homemade food. When was the last time you ate at a fast food restaurant? And which one?

Danny

Happy Cook asked:


I am having some Friends over for dinner and want to buy some pizza dough from my local pizzeria and create a few unusual pizza’s. I’ve never eaten any of Wolfgang Puck’s pizza’s and have not had the chance to eat a lot of different pizza types. Any ideas?

Debra

Anna Josephs asked:


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Anna Josephs is a freelance journalist having experience of many years writing articles and news releases on various topics such as pet health, automobile and social issues. She also has great interest in poetry and paintings, hence she likes to write on these subjects as well. Currently writing for this website Borders Coupon Book . For more details please contact at annajosephs@gmail.com



Larry

Nancy Sheerin asked:


These numbers are even more dramatic when 24 FOX network promotional spots and five NFL spots are added to the mix. Both FOX and the NFL have franchised affiliates, and if the value of these 29 ads are factored in the amount balloons to $89 million. In all 62% (82 ads) of some 131 ads that aired during the 4 hour game broadcast came for businesses engaged in franchising.

According to American Association of Franchisees and Dealers (AAFD) Chairman Robert Purvin, who launched the organization’s Advertising Super Bowl survey 21 years ago, “Super Bowl advertising continues to demonstrate the power of franchising. How else can small business owners afford to share their messages with almost 100 million households at one time?”

FOX reportedly charged a record average price of $2.7 million per 30-second spot ($90,000 per second). The higher cost didn’t seem to impact advertiser demand as FOX had reportedly sold its available inventory a week before Super Bowl XLII game day. The total number of spots played during the game earned FOX an estimated $270 million dollars. Budweiser again led all advertisers with 9 spots, earning it exclusive rights to broadcast during the game and shutting out competitors Miller Brewing and Coors for the first time in years.

Yet for a single spot of $2.7 million, the advertising cost for a ubiquitous franchise such as McDonalds (who aired just one ad this year) breaks down to under $180 per store when divided between the approximate 15,000 US restaurants in the chain. “The collective marketing power among franchised businesses is formidable,” adds Purvin.

After Anheuser-Busch, only six advertisers ran more than one or two commercial spots. Pepsico was second to Budweiser, buying several minutes of ad time among its franchised soft drink brands and its non-franchised Frito-Lay brands (primarily Doritos). Ford ran several spots during the game as well during the Pregame show. General Motors, Honda and Toyota (all product franchisors) each ran three spots for various brands. Just one cooperative network, California Cheese, advertised; in the past cooperatives like Ace Hardware and the Almond Growers Association have been active, but this year they stayed away.

Business format franchisors — those of which consumers traditionally associate with franchising – accounted for just 11 commercials (one fewer than in 2007, but down more than 50% from prior years), including spots from McDonalds, Taco Bell, Pizza Hut, Cars.com, and regional entries (on the West Coast where the survey was conducted) from Jack-in-the Box. The business format segment was far more active in the pre- and post-game markets.

Franchisors were even more dominate in the pre and post game markets, including a strong showing of business format franchises (who ran 29 spots out of the prime time slots, and increase of 20% from the prior year). The AAFD survey counted 135 spots during the 4 hours of programming before and after the game presentation. 82 ads were placed by franchisers compared to 53 by non-franchisers. Subtracting 20 FOX pregame promotions and a dozen political ads in advance of Super Tuesday primary elections, there were 21 more franchise related spots than non-franchised, the highest ratio in several years.

Between 2:00 p.m. and 10:00 p.m. Eastern time, consumers were ‘treated’ to almost 2 hours and fifteen minutes (approximately 266 thirty-second ads), 62% of which were placed by companies engaged in franchising (164 30-second spots, compared to 102 non-franchise sponsored spots). This was about the same ration as 2007.

Manufacturers led the non-franchised segment with 15 ads, with several from pharmaceuticals. Motion picture promos ballooned to 17 spots during the pregame and game periods, up significantly from last year. Nine retail businesses aired ads during the 7 hours of broadcast—this was a virtually non-existent segment the last two years.

During the game approximately 57 different companies advertised, plus three public service announcements. Bridgestone Tires sponsored the half time show, while Amp Energy Drinks (Pepsi, Salesgenie.com, Chase Bank, Chevrolet, Taco Bell, Pizza Hut, and State Farm Insurance each sponsored segments of the 4-hour pregame show. Cadillac sponsored the short post game festivities.

This year’s crop of ads were less striking than past years, with no candidate seemingly destined for the Super Bowl Ad Hall of Fame, although E-Trade’s infant stock trader was quite clever. Three other memorable ads were delivered by Budweiser (with a Clydesdale ‘Rocky Balboa’) and by Coca-Cola.

About the AAFD

The American Association of Franchisees and Dealers is the oldest and largest direct member non-profit trade association representing the interests of franchisees and independent dealer networks throughout the United States. Stressing market solutions and franchisee empowerment through independent franchisee associations, the AAFD has grown to represent more than 60,000 franchised businesses nationwide.

Formed in 1992, the AAFD is focused on market driven reform to achieve its mission to define and promote collaborative franchise cultures that the AAFD describes as Total Quality Franchising. Since its formation the AAFD has grown to represent more than 50,000 franchised businesses throughout the United States. The AAFD currently has members in all 50 states and represents more than 100 different franchise systems.

The AAFD’s Fair Franchising Standards, Fair Franchising Seal, Trademark Chapters, and emphasis on Marketplace Solutions led to the Association’s recognition as a growing force in franchising. The AAFD’s Branded Partner programs add a new dimension to the value of AAFD membership. The AAFD provides a broad range of member services designed to help franchisees build market power, create legislative support of interest to franchisees, provide legal and financial support, and provide a wide range of general member benefits.

For more information about the conference or the AAFD, please call toll free - 800-733-9858 or visit www.AAFD.org.



Glen

Lee Milne asked:


Fast food is convenient and tasty and is perfect for those us who work long hours, spend endless hours in traffic and sometimes even have to bring office work home. This leaves us little time for cooking a gourmet meal on a daily basis.

Fast Food Nutrition Facts

Most fast food is fried and contains trans fat, which, in turn, increases your weight, bad cholesterol and, thus, your risks to heart and other serious diseases. The normal daily calorie intake for an average adult female is approximately 2000 calories and for an average male 2500; one fast food meal contains generally much more than that, which in turn means that whatever you have consumed during the day besides the fast food meal will be excess calories.

Most fast food is deep fried or contains other side dishes such as fries, biscuits with butter (which has trans fat), starchy foods such as mash potatoes or any pupates, which will only serve your hunger from two to four hours after, which you will start craving food again.

Can Fast Food Be Healthy?

Fast food nutrition can be regulated by you if you choose to do so, for example, if you have a grilled chicken sandwich instead of the fried version and replace the fries with a salad or fruit instead.

All fast food restaurants are now required to carry fast food nutrition facts. All you have to do is ask. That way, you can better regulate what you’re taking into your body. So, yes, fast food can be as healthy as you make it for there are options now that allow us to look up the fast food facts and, thus, ensure we don’t eat what can be bad for our body and health.



Helpful Tip

Everybody loves fast food and restricting yourself from it will only make you crave it more in turn; you can instead try and follow the fast food nutrition facts and cut down on the portion sizes as well as choose the fast food that is healthy and tasty as well.



Diane

Chris S asked:


Just imagine the surprise on your kid’s face, when he turns on the TV, on his anniversary, and gets a Happy Birthday wish on his favorite channel : “Today we wish Happy Birthday to Kevin D…”. And later the same special day, other warm anniversary greetings on the Radio : “Happy Birthday today to Kevin D…”.

There are many TV and Radio stations with online Birthday Clubs, where you can simply sign-up your kid or someone you know and get free Happy Birthday announcements. To make things easier, Birthday-Party-Locations.com lists all these broadcasters at http://www.birthday-party-locations.com/tv-radio-birthday-clubs.html. Look first for what is available in your area, because most channels are regional. Then go directly to their Birthday Club subscription page and check for age restrictions (the program is sometimes reserved for kids up to 8, 10 or 16 years old). To enroll your child, all you have to do is send an e-mail or fill-up a form with your child’s name, address and birth date. Sometimes you can also upload a photo or post it through regular mail.

Try to sign-up to these Birthday Clubs at least several weeks before your child’s birthday. Most broadcasters offer more than just a Happy Birthday on-the-air announcement: birthday e-cards, surprise birthday packages, free cakes or ice cream from their sponsors, prizes, surprise gifts sent through the regular mail.

On birthday’s date, have your tape recorder ready. Broadcasters will usually let you know about the hours of the day they make these announcements. Just tape everything and keep it for the years to come.

Here is a partial list of TV broadcasters from the United States (more on Birthday-Party-Locations.com - and check back frequently, because that list continues to grow!):

• WKYT - birthday announcements each weekday morning on 27 NEWSFIRST This Morning.

• KRIS TV - on-the-air birthday greetings from the 6News at Sunrise Team.

• WIS TV - special greeting from the WIS News 10 Sunrise team.

• WTOK-TV - special greeting and gift certificate from Popeye’s Chicken and Biscuits.

• KNPB Channel 5 - official gift and play items from the favorite shows.

• KTRE TV - special greeting and free gift certificate for a Value Meal from Chick-fil-A.

• Tampa Bay’s 10 News – gift and could win a free party at The Children’s Museum of Tampa.

• CBS13 – photo for one-year-old from Good Day Sacramento.

• WALB News 10 – Every Friday Today in Georgia birthday winners get a free DQ frozen cake.

• Idaho Public Television - colorful card from some of the favorite TV characters and surprise gift package.

• WISH-TV Channel 8 – could win a free cake from Kroger.

• WMDT 47 - the lucky winner of the day receives a free pizza from Pizza Hut.

• WTOL TV - your name on Your Morning and special birthday present from Meijer stores.

News Channel 7 - signed card from NewsChannel 7 Anchors and a special offer from Godfathers Pizza.



Joan

Francis Copa asked:


These days when we look at advertisements for spring break packages online, on television, in newspapers, or magazines we see many incentives thrown at us to help us choose one package over another. Twenty hours of free drinks, free pizza at Pizza Hut while your there, free entry to exclusive parties and clubs…these are an example of what you may see posted with the ads. These are called travel teasers. They help one travel agency establish dominance over another by giving away something you can’t get from the other guy. This is usually done when the basic elements of the package have a preset price that can’t be changed due to contract restrictions from the hotels, airlines, or cruise lines. Most of these incentives and travel teasers turn out to be less valuable than they appear.

It’s important to cut through these teasers to reveal the important elements of each package. If it’s an air/hotel package try to concentrate on the price your paying for those two elements. Food may be included if it is an all-inclusive spring break package. If so, this also must be taken into consideration when a price is given. It’s normal for food to add a significant amount to the price.

Some college students may be looking at a cruise/hotel package. These are typically called cruise and stay packages. Bahamas cruises usually offer a cruise and stay package since a Bahama cruise is usually no longer than seven hours each way. Again, look at the cost for the cruise and hotel only when comparing to other spring break deals.

Incentives are great if you view them from the proper perspective. The price shown is what you are paying for your hotel stay and round-trip ticket on a cruise or airline. If by chance the incentives and teasers turn out to be useful that’s great, if not you didn’t pay for them. Travelers who think they are paying for the incentives are usually the people that feel cheated when they return from the spring break vacation.

Once you break through to the nucleus of the package, you still have a problem. You need to be able to predict the best spring break destination. Ten to fifteen years ago it was all about Panama City and Daytona Beach. This was a cheap spring break vacation. Gas prices had not skyrocketed yet and you didn’t spend hundreds of dollars driving that Ford Bronco or Jeep Grand Cherokee to Florida and back. The hotel rooms were cheap and you didn’t need a birth certificate or passport to go. Also, it was much easier to convince your parents to let you go to Florida. Letting their baby boy or girl leave the country always makes a parent uneasy and they felt like they could reach you quickly if a problem should arise.

Cancun, Mexico had its moment in the sun from 1992 to 2005. This was generally fueled by buckets of money pouring into MTV and other entertainment firms from Mexico. You couldn’t turn on MTV during March without seeing college kids screaming and dancing in Cancun on spring break…drinks in hand. They sold the idea that Mexico was the number one destination for spring break and college students believed them. Every year saw bigger numbers than the previous. Hotels were booked out seven months prior and it seemed like spring break tourism couldn’t get any better, but it was all about to change. The old law of supply and demand combined with mother nature would soon give college students a new spring break destination.

2006 was the year the Bahamas took over, and it has been that way ever since. They typical college student could no longer afford to go to Cancun. The hotels had increased their nightly rates to a level that was no longer affordable. Then in late 2005 the eye of a massive hurricane moved directly over Cancun. The lobby areas of most of the hotels has four feet of standing water. The hotels and beaches had suffered many millions of dollars in damages.

The Bahamas was affordable, it was just a short distance off the coast of Florida, and it was beautiful. Bahama cruises were suddenly full and the hotels were getting sold out in November. Parents liked the fact that Grand Bahamas and Nassau had a lower crime rate than Mexico and they didn’t need to send tons of money with their kids to pay for overpriced food, activities, and drinks. The Bahamas had a variety of reasonably priced restaurants to choose from.

It’s hard to say where college spring break students will be during spring break 2009, but one fact remains. The pictures and videos shown of MTV spring break will look exactly the same regardless of the background. Spring break will live on somewhere.



Javier

Daniel Smith asked:


Grocery coupons can make a substantial saving in monthly grocery bills if they are used wisely. They allow people to get food for less, even sometimes for free. By using the grocery coupons effectively one can easily cut the grocery bill in half. Grocery coupons are freely distributed to consumers in many ways. Newspapers, especially Sunday editions usually provide grocery coupons often in their retail advertisement columns. One can also find grocery coupons at entryway area of shops, supermarkets, malls, shopping plazas and even in cinema theatres.

Several manufactures, retailers provide online grocery coupons over internet either online or through email. There are websites they help to locate and print grocery coupons when people enter their requirements. People who want to avail these coupons have to visit the website, print the grocery coupons and present them while making grocery shopping. Some manufactures often attach free grocery copy on their product packages that can be exchanged for discount in shops.

Grocery coupons are very useful for those who prefer to buy branded products, because normally coupons are issued on specific brands. However, people who buy generic products may not gain much by using these coupons. Keeping grocery coupons organized product category wise, expiry date wise in an easy to use organizer make the shopping and savings a lot easier. It also helps to utilize the coupon before its expiry date. People always tend to throw the expired grocery coupons as they are useless. But the military families around the world are able to use them on base for up to six months after the expiration date if it can be donated to them. It is always better to give the unused grocery coupons to others who can utilize them, rather than putting into dust bin.

A rough estimate shows that around $380 billion worth of grocery coupons are flouting around. However, customers saved only $3.6 billion grocery coupons last year. So, it is clear that the consumers are not finding required grocery coupons for the products they really need. And also most supermarkets say that they are not finding coupons for all their products purchased by the customer regularly. It shows that there are flaws in the present distribution system and they are not reaching the targeted consumers.

With many websites providing online grocery coupon services, this problem has been solved to some extent. These websites are providing information about all available grocery coupons online and offer consumers to order coupons they want or select the coupons from the list for the products they use. They also provide printable grocery coupons which enable the consumer to print the desired grocery coupons at their places and avail the discounts while shopping.



Annette