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Marketing Gimmicks

  1. Freebies
    Get a Free Taco From Giants Outfielder Angel Pagan Today In Redwood CityYep, from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m., they’re giving out tacos all over.
    By Jay Barmann
  2. Burger Time
    Coupa Cafe Starts Burger WednesdaysBut is the Venezuelan’s new deal really offering you much in savings?
    By Hadley Tomicki
  3. Marketing Gimmicks
    What’s Up With This Pancho Villa Ad?It’s a naked woman rising out of some pico de gallo?
    By Jay Barmann
  4. Marketing Gimmicks
    Now You Can Get Drunk on Pizza!You’ll have to show ID to eat Salvatore’s boozy pies.
    By Kara Baskin
  5. Marketing Gimmicks
    Has Legal Sea Foods Made a Grave Mistake?RIP, good taste.
    By Kara Baskin
  6. Marketing Gimmicks
    What Does Legal Sea Foods Have in Common With Jesus and BrokebackLegal’s new ads just might be in poor taste.
    By Kara Baskin
  7. Marketing Gimmicks
    Sure, Soup Is Good, But Will It Ever Be Hip?The ploy might help boost sales in the short term.
    By Collin Keefe
  8. Booze You Can Use
    Next Up In Dumb Beverages: Alcoholic WaterIt’s the new Zima, but worse.
    By Jay Barmann
  9. Marketing Gimmicks
    Chicken Soup for the Non-Hipster SoulEveryone’s favorite inspirational franchise is branching out into food.
    By Jenny Miller
  10. Baconator
    Wendy’s Baconator Spawn Lures CrowdsSomewhere, Mayor Menino is scowling.
    By Kara Baskin
  13. Marketing Gimmicks
    Campbell’s Launches Line of Hipster SoupsInspired by food trucks.
    By Jenny Miller
  14. Marketing Gimmicks
    Going Old School Brings Peanut Chews Back to Its GloryPeeps-makers Just Born learned the hard way that if it ain’t broken, don’t fix it.
    By Collin Keefe
  15. Marketing Gimmicks
    Why the Pizzabon Is Destined to FailPizza’s bastardization reaches new lows in Atlanta, courtesy of Cinnabon.
    By Kara Baskin
  16. Marketing Gimmicks
    Gladstone’s Offers Free Mohawks To Kick Off Shark WeekThe Malibu restaurant has themed cocktails and a gratis barbershop in the shape of a shark.
    By Hadley Tomicki
  17. Marketing Gimmicks
    Alex Reznik’s FigOly Now Taking Reservations…Via Twitter!Following the place could earn you a sneak peek.
    By Hadley Tomicki
  18. Funnies
    Behold the 4505 Meats Food PyramidIt’s a joke, people.
    By Jay Barmann
  19. We All Scream
    Uber Gets Into the Ice Cream Truck MarketThe cab service is branching out. Weird, right?
    By Jay Barmann
  20. Contests
    CalShakes Has Cocktail Contest to Promote Spunk
    By Jay Barmann
  21. The Chain Gang
    Alaska Town Actually Happy to Be Overrun With Taco Bell FoodAt least some people are happy about eating crappy tacos.
    By Alan Sytsma
  22. Marketing Gimmicks
    Burritos Finally Being Marketed Directly to StonersTortillas are the things that unite us, dude.
    By Kara Baskin
  25. TV Land
    Slurp Like It’s 1995 and Bring Seinfeld’s Soup Nazi to BostonSeinfeld’s surly Soup Nazi wants to serve you.
    By Kara Baskin
  26. Pizza! Pizza!
    Things We Didn’t Know We Needed: A Pizza Vending MachineIt’s from Italy, and it cooks a pizza from scratch in two and a half minutes.
    By Jay Barmann
  27. The Chain Gang
    Subway Receives Heart Association Seal, Starts Market-Testing NachosSince when is nacho cheese heart-healthy?
    By Kara Baskin
  28. Marketing Gimmicks
    Bad TasteLet’s just avoid naming dishes after the Miami face-eating attack, okay?
    By Alan Sytsma
  29. Freebies
    Bier Beisl Benefits Biggies in JulyAnyone taller than the 6’7” chef gets their entree and dessert on the house.
    By Hadley Tomicki
  30. Marketing Gimmicks
    All This Fuss About Escargot Is Really Just a Brilliant Marketing SchemeStill there’s nothing wrong with snails, nor the celebration of them.
    By Collin Keefe
  31. The Chain Gang
    Regarding the New, Allegedly Green, ‘Healthier’ McDonald’s inIt’s more like a parodic art project than a reality.
  32. Marketing Gimmicks
    Controversia: Spanish-Language Pizza Deal Pisses People OffSpeak English, dammit!
    By Alan Sytsma
  33. Snake Oil
    Judge Deems POM Wonderful’s Health-Centric Advertising MisleadingAnd strangely, the company couldn’t be more thrilled.
    By Hadley Tomicki
  34. Marketing Gimmicks
    You Can Wear Them Ironically, We GuessLook dashing in a unisex pepperoni or garden-vegetable tee.
    By Kara Baskin
  37. Marketing Gimmicks
    New, Possibly Dangerous, Sprays Let People Avoid Hassle of Eating and DrinkingOne spray lets people enjoy “the sensorial pleasure of alcohol without posing a threat to your health.”
    By Marilyn S. D'Angelo
  38. Funnies
    Crate & Barrel Co-Opts Dolores Park for New Grill LineNo one around here is going to like this.
    By Jay Barmann
  39. Marketing Gimmicks
    Honey Don’t?They will soon serve Red Bull fruit smoothies, for those who want to come by their buzz virtuously.
    By Kara Baskin
  40. Noodles
    Giant Noodle Returns to Faneuil HallPhew.
    By Kara Baskin
  41. Marketing Gimmicks
    Pepsi Really, Really Wants to Be Cool AgainThe new ad features Nicki Minaj’s song ‘Moment for Life’ and has the epic feel of their eighties campaigns.
    By Jay Barmann
  42. Marketing Gimmicks
    King of Pop: Pepsi Revives Michael Jackson for New Ad CampaignIt’s the 25th anniversary of ‘Bad,’ so Pepsi’s bringing Michael back … and having him remixed by Skrillex?
    By Jay Barmann
  43. Beer Me
    New Cans Make ‘Shotgunning’ EasierSurely this comes as good news for those with a propensity for binge drinking.
    By Collin Keefe
  44. Taco Town
    Starting Today, Don Chow Truck Makes Free Boar Belly and Tongue Tacos for DosThe beer company is launching “Feast of the Brave” today to offer free tacos to the public.
    By Hadley Tomicki
  45. Marketing Gimmicks
    Forbes: Kobe Beef Is ‘Food’s Biggest Scam’Are U.S. chefs and food writers fooling their clientele and themselves with so many knockoffs?
    By Hadley Tomicki
  46. The Chain Gang
    Sizzler HQ Bails Culver City for OC, Plans Golden State ExpansionThe chain struggles to overcome its old-fashioned image by embracing farm-to-table cooking and grill master chefs.
    By Hadley Tomicki
  49. The Chain Gang
    Five Guys Forcing McDonald’s to Pretend Their Food Is High QualityIt isn’t, obviously, but we’ll admit the fries are pretty good.
    By Alan Sytsma
  50. Marketing Gimmicks
    Yep, Those Are Brooklyn-Made PeepsThey’re in Fort Greene.
    By Alan Sytsma
  51. Beer Me
    Deschutes Brewery Rolling on L.A. Next MonthThe Oregon brewery has a week of events planned at the city’s beer bars.
    By Hadley Tomicki
  52. Marketing Gimmicks
    Now Coachella Yuppies Can Get The SLS Hotel to Pack Their LunchThe restaurant offers a pricey $28 road trip lunch in time for the music festival.
    By Hadley Tomicki
  53. Onion Breath
    Bloomin’ Onions Are Also Free TodayBuy something else at Outback, say the secret-code phrase, then BAM! Free fried onion!
    By Hugh Merwin
  54. Marketing Gimmicks
    Brooklyn Arena Will Sell ‘Brooklynized’ Water, Formulated (andDespite its name, the Original Brooklyn Water Bottling Company is actually based in Boca Raton.
    By Norman Oder
  55. Marketing Gimmicks
    Flat Rock Saloon Keeps it Classy in ManayunkMaking fun of the poor and downtrodden is always a good for some laughs.
    By Collin Keefe
  56. Marketing Gimmicks
    Rock and Brews Relaunching, Now With More Gene SimmonsThe brewpub becomes a family-restaurant with chain aspirations and non-stop rock.
    By Hadley Tomicki
  57. Marketing Gimmicks
    The Latest in Dessert Technology: The Cupcake ATMAll cupcakes, all the time.
    By Alan Sytsma
  58. Mediavore
    Why Astronauts Love Hot Sauce; Pepsi Next Offers Lighter SodaPepsi Next will try to succeed where C2 failed.
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