Entries in Restaurant Marketing (3)

Thursday
Oct282010

Editor & Publisher : DealSwarm Puts Cox into Group-buying Business

Atlanta-based Cox Media Group is introducing a Web-based group-buying discount program called DealSwarm, which will soon offer bargain hunters in Atlanta, Austin, Texas, Dayton, Ohio, and Seattle online discounts of 50% or more on local dining, entertainment and other services from some of the most popular local businesses.

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Wednesday
Oct272010

Groupon Promotion Tests Food Provider's Online Ordering System

HOUSTON, Oct. 26 /PRNewswire/ -- When Gourmet Prep became Houston's first ready-to-cook meal service they knew they were onto something. According to co-founder Gur Tsabar, "Gourmet Prep had great momentum from the beginning. To further promote awareness and acquire new customers, we decided to offer a significant discount via a Groupon feature." In addition to a tremendous surge of customers, Gourmet Prep's customer database is now filled with discount seeking patrons hungry for their latest coupons and sales.  

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Wednesday
Oct281998

DM News : Valpak Goes Online With Coupons

Working with 225 franchisees and more than 50 percent of its 130,000 small businesses and advertisers, Val-Pak Coupons On-Line (www.valpak.com) is making 32,000 to 35,000 coupons available to consumers through their computers. Franchises such as Subway, Jiffy Lube, McDonald's and Holiday Inn are participating in the venture as well as online merchants such as ArtSelect. The service is available 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

Consumers who visit Val-Pak's Web site are asked to enter either their home ZIP code, work ZIP code or the name of the city or state they're in. After that, a list of nine categories will be displayed -- Auto/Transportation, Entertainment, Restaurants, General Services, Retail, Household Services, Professional Services, Education and Communications -- and consumers are asked to click on the category they are interested in. Once a category is selected, all of the coupons offered by participating companies in the designated location will come up.

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