Restaurant Trade Area Research

7. March 2010

Boston Market, Strangely, Marketing Two Price Points Simultaneously

Filed under: multiple price points, Boston Market, Government Laws/Restrictions — Rick Phillips @ 17:37

Hello, welcome to my restaurant blog - thanks for visiting today. As you can see, today’s post is about Boston Market taking on two simultaneous marketing campaigns concerning price points. The first, at least in Atlanta, was TV ads for a 5.00-meat + 1.00 sides price point - and now followed by a 2.99 `mini-meal’ positioning. My reaction to this is — I always think it is a good idea to provide products at the price points that folks associate with ones business idea (ie: fast foods should have a dollar menu AND a full priced offering menu) — that said, BOTH of these positions - IMO - seem not exactly a `fit’ for BM. One too expensive - one, slightly too cheap.

Here’s some links too:

http://restaurantnews.com/2-99-market-meal-deals-at-boston-market/

Nutter proposes 2-cent-per-ounce sweet-drink tax - http://www.philly.com/philly/news/homepage/20100304_Nutter_proposes_2-cent-per-ounce_sweet-drink_tax.html Here comes the government.

I first meet chef X in a local library and he slips me a brown business card with nothing but his name typewritten on the front http://www.boston.com/lifestyle/food/articles/2010/03/03/underground_and_off_limits_paid_suppers_by_pro_chefs_are_way_to_dine_well_clandestinely/

I have more current restaurant links at www.squidoo.com/tradeareasurveys — thanks for visiting today.

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