Advertising Is Good For You

Interesting beverage trends

Hot tea sales are up 18% at outlets such as Starbucks.

Wholesale ready-to-drink tea sales have grown 58% to $3.8 billion in six years.

Read more about the trends toward tea at Advertising Age.

 

Image: Honest Cooking

Using my free time to follow the spectacular meltdown of the husband and wife restauranteurs from Arizona

Suggest you do the same. 

Click here to catch up on the only restauranteurs Gordon Ramsay gave up on.

Is this sexist?

Or is it so funny that everyone feels included in the joke?

Via Built Brand

Don't have a lame value prop. And if you do, don't put it in a yellow starburst.

Actually, Clarke's is a great little restaurant. My colleagues and I often go there for our Friday lunch out. The food is good and it's not pricey. The value prop is another story.

Free pancakes at IHOP today

It's that time of year again — National Pancake Day.

That means IHOP will give you a free short stack of buttermilk pancakes for the asking.

Flippin' awesome.

A cozy nest for drinks

Le Nid (The Nest) is a sky bar in Nantes, France.

New packaging from McDonald's

According to McDonald's Corp:

McDonald's will roll out new packaging around the world in 2013, beginning with the U.S. market in January.

Pictured here is McDonald's new cup and bag design for the USA.

"Hey, Mr. Ambulance Driver, we appreciate your business. But would you mind parking somewhere else."

My husband and I went into Chipotles recently. We couldn't help but notice the driver of this abulance double-parked it out front while he went in to pick up a burrito.

"Is Pepsi okay?"

Click here to see how fashion designers re-imagined the Coca-Cola bottle.

Reverse psychology in advertising

There's a lot to be said for advertising that's unexpected and humorous. This strategy would totally work on me. 

Click here to see another memorable sandwich board.

Via Andrew Blakeley

Amazing storefront

Behold the Panther Coffee in Miami.

Click here to see a roadside treasure of a different sort.

Via Design Sponge

Ronald McDonald as you've never seen him

According to the youtube description, this short film was made over a weekend five years ago. It includes a sinister, zombie-like Ronald McDonald. The title is: The End of Neoliberalism, Happy Meal.

Click here to see the two-minute film.

Free pancakes at IHOP today

In honor of National Pancake Day, you can get a free short stack of pancakes at IHOP. In return, IHOP hopes you'll make a donation to the Children's Miracle Network Hospitals.

Click here to find the IHOP nearest you.