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Industry: Restaurant/Fast Food

  • McDonald’s Turns NASCAR Fans into a Pit Crew with VR

    McDonald’s redefined “drive thru” over the summer with a high-octane racing experience that helped the brand capitalize on its NASCAR presence and connect with the property’s biggest fans. Leveraging the HTC Vive virtual reality system, the fast food behemoth’s Pit Crew Experience popped up at 10 race locations throughout the NASCAR Sprint Cup series. Armed […]

  • Return of the Burger ‘King’ Sparks Media Explosion

    The super-competitive QSR category boasts many brand icons, including a clown, a red-headed kid and a colonel, but among them one reigns supreme: Burger King’s the King. The King had been out of the public eye for years, until he escorted Floyd Mayweather in his ring walk before his “Fight of the Century” against Manny […]

  • Starbucks Amplifies Community Service at Global Conference

    At its Global Leadership Conference, Starbucks focuses on strengthening connections with the 10,000-plus store managers and regional managers who serve customers daily. For a recent four-day conference in Houston, the brand’s goals were to create unforgettable experiences that reinforced the company’s message of leadership across the business and inspire the team to take the next […]

  • Burger King Puts Families First with BK FamFests

    What better way to connect with consumers than to treat them like family? And that’s just what Burger King did via BK FamFest, a six-city festival that traveled to public parks in top African-American markets with a free day of family-reunion style fun including entertainment, local djs, family-friendly activities and BK product sampling. At the […]

  • Cheesecake Factory Tour Aims to ‘Drive Out Hunger’

    To get food to families during these tough economic times, the Cheesecake Factory and Feeding America, a national domestic hunger-relief charity, took to the road on the Drive Out Hunger tour. The 30-city tour kicked off in September during Hunger Action Month with an event at the Cheesecake Factory headquarters with a special appearance by […]