Free Breakfast at Dennys
Feb 3, 2009, 6:55 am
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Free Breakfast at Dennys
Just came home from our local Dennys and got the free Grandslam.
Sure you pay for your coffee and tip but I got the GrandSlam Superbowl special.
Even in the small town of Douglas, Az it was crowded at 6AM.
Anyone else???^
Sure you pay for your coffee and tip but I got the GrandSlam Superbowl special.
Even in the small town of Douglas, Az it was crowded at 6AM.
Anyone else???^
Feb 3, 2009, 10:36 am
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Can you elaborate or post a link, please? Thanks.
Feb 3, 2009, 12:33 pm
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I love Dennys for breakfast. Their hashbrowns are food of the gods. Closest one to me is 2 hours away, and I make every effort to stop there if I'm near during breakfast time. There is no other large chain that comes even remotely close, and few independents for that matter IMO. I would have been pissed if I was there today and saw the line....
Feb 3, 2009, 1:07 pm
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Hopefully nobody will actually do that, but here is an explanation. Too many people tip a percentage of what they actually paid (and often less the tax) rather than on the actual value of the meal. So if all they actually had to pay for was coffee, they tip for the coffee and nothing else. (Just to use numbers for illustration, they might tip 10% of the 1.29 coffee instead of 10% of the Grand Slam normal price and coffee.) So the servers are working the same amount (actually harder due to the stampeding crowds in this particular campaign) for less money. The less ethical or more bitter servers (and cooks) may try to get revenge on their management by doing un-tasteful things to the customers.
What I can't figure out is what the Denny's executive management hopes to accomplish by this marketing stunt. Anybody know or want to hazard a guess?
What I can't figure out is what the Denny's executive management hopes to accomplish by this marketing stunt. Anybody know or want to hazard a guess?
Feb 3, 2009, 1:27 pm
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I would hope that Denny's would pay the people working today some sort of combat pay because people often don't tip well.
I tip $1 per $5 of pre tax total (because you're not supposed to tip on tax and tax doesn't count towards the server's sales anyway) so for a grandslam and coffee I'd probably only tip $1 anyway.
I'm sure many people will tip hardly anything...maybe just pocket change.
I tip $1 per $5 of pre tax total (because you're not supposed to tip on tax and tax doesn't count towards the server's sales anyway) so for a grandslam and coffee I'd probably only tip $1 anyway.
I'm sure many people will tip hardly anything...maybe just pocket change.
Feb 3, 2009, 1:39 pm
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Feb 3, 2009, 3:08 pm
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From cnn.com...
"This free offer is our way of reacquainting America with Denny's real breakfast and with the Denny's brand," Chief Executive Nelson Marchioli said in a statement.
Though not sure the next paragraph in the story is so good for the brand:
The Grand Slam breakfast consists of two pancakes, two eggs, two strips of bacon and two sausage links. It weighs in at 44 grams of fat, 56 carbohydrates and 770 calories, according to CNN affiliate KETV in Omaha, Nebraska.
"This free offer is our way of reacquainting America with Denny's real breakfast and with the Denny's brand," Chief Executive Nelson Marchioli said in a statement.
Though not sure the next paragraph in the story is so good for the brand:
The Grand Slam breakfast consists of two pancakes, two eggs, two strips of bacon and two sausage links. It weighs in at 44 grams of fat, 56 carbohydrates and 770 calories, according to CNN affiliate KETV in Omaha, Nebraska.
Feb 3, 2009, 4:53 pm
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I might’ve given them a try if it was for one of their sandwiches, since I’m not much of a big breakfast eater. Denny’s isn’t as bad as Perkins, at least to me.
Feb 5, 2009, 1:12 pm
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I enjoy reading the web forum for servers in the U.S. and they've been talking about this. One guy reported people showing up in pajamas in his area Denny's. Another person who works for a different restaurant NEAR a Denny's reported overhearing her customers: they got the overflow crowd and some people were chatting about how they were going "Denny's Hopping".
Denny's is known for being cheap eats, and there's nothing wrong with that aside from the fact that they often to draw the less classy members of society. A campaign like this only makes that worse. When you advertise something is FREE, be prepared for the vultures to land en masse.
Denny's is known for being cheap eats, and there's nothing wrong with that aside from the fact that they often to draw the less classy members of society. A campaign like this only makes that worse. When you advertise something is FREE, be prepared for the vultures to land en masse.