WDFA Gets to Roots of Best Marketing Practices

With its turnkey solutions, experience supporting franchises and grassroots approach, DDIFO Sponsor WDFA Marketing (WDFA) stands apart from the competition. No matter the size of your budget, WDFA can help you make the … [Read more...]

Ex-Dunkin’ Exec Joins Denny’s as CMO

Adweek reports that a week after splitting with Omnicom's Goodby, Silverstein & Partners on its $60 million ad account, Denny's has named Frances Allen chief marketing officer, an open position. She held that … [Read more...]

Tight Credit Is Turning Franchisers Into Lenders

Kermit Pattison writes in the New York Times that Mr. Tessier had owned a liquor store for nearly a decade. He had a good credit score and a solid track record as a businessman in central Georgia. He assumed lenders … [Read more...]

Dunkin’ Donuts Turns to Street Artists for its First Ever Times Square Billboard

Dunkin' Donuts, America's all-day, everyday stop for coffee and baked goods, today unveiled possibly the company's most prominent advertising yet, a billboard in the heart of New York City's Times Square. For this … [Read more...]

How Not to Run an Online Promotion, Dunkin’ Donuts Style

MediaBuyer Planner reports that it is as instructive to look at how not to run a social media campaign as it is to study successful ones. The latest object lesson comes from Dunkin’ Donuts, which was promoting its free … [Read more...]

Access Offers Pay per Performance Marketing Options for Franchise Owners

If Dunkin’ Donuts franchise owners are not familiar with how Access Rewards works, they may want to ask their customers. According to Doug Jentzsch, Director of Partnership Marketing for Access, customers who belong to … [Read more...]

McDonald’s Names First Social-Media Chief

Emily Bryson York reports in AdAge that McDonald's is ramping up its social-media efforts in the U.S., naming its first director-social media, Rick Wion. Mr. Wion, who hails from GolinHarris, Chicago, has handled … [Read more...]

Dunkin’ expands breakfast value menu

Nation's Restaurant News reports that amid increasing competition in the morning daypart, Dunkin’ Donuts has expanded its 99-cent breakfast value menu to Indiana. A company spokesman said Monday that the expansion … [Read more...]

U.S. Hispanics Propel Real Growth In Food, Beverage And Restaurant Sectors, According To Latinum NetworkU.S. Hispanics Propel Real Growth In Food, Beverage And Restaurant Sectors, According To Latinum Network

Hispanic Buying Offsets Mainstream Declines; Demand Presents Real Opportunity to Investors Hispanics have become the most important U.S. demographic growth driver in the food, beverage and restaurant sectors, … [Read more...]

BK Wages Breakfast War on McDonald’s With New Sandwich

Rupal Parekh of Advertising Age reports that Burger King is betting big on breakfast with a new national blitz to promote a morning sandwich that's admittedly a lot like McDonald's Egg McMuffin, but cheaper. In a new … [Read more...]