Recently grocers and restaurant chains have started to employ a sophisticated type of digital advertising. The videos and images influence a shopper's decisions as they browse supermarket aisles or wait in line to pay. At select Dunkin' Donuts in New York, people who order coffee in the morning see ads promoting breakfast items at the register.
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So you stopped off at Dunkin' Donuts for a coffee, but it's so hot out that you're in the mood for something cooler. Check out the chart below to see how their cold specialty drinks compare. You may be surprised at how many calories, sodium, and sugar they contain.
Drink
Calories
Total Fat (g)
Cholesterol (g)
Sodium (mg)
Sugar (g)
Protein (g)
16 oz.
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Raise Your Hand If You Like Freebies! Today, May 15, there are two fast-food freebies for you to catch. The first involves free chicken sandwiches, and the second involves free coffee. Mmmmm, yummy.
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Tomorrow, May 15, there are two fast-food freebies for you to catch. The first involves free chicken sandwiches, and the second involves free coffee.
First up, McDonald's is promoting their new Southern Style Chicken Biscuits and Sandwiches by giving them away at 14,000 of their US locations. If you purchase a medium or large beverage you can get a free chicken biscuit from 7 a.m.
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Doing some last-minute work on your taxes this weekend. Well maybe they'll be a bit easier to do if you know there's a reward at the end of the tax-form tunnel. Next Tuesday, April 15, Dunkin' Donuts is offering a bit of tax-day relief in the form of a free donut.
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Don't forget, your local Starbucks is closing this evening. From 5:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m., they will be closed for retraining purposes.
Our pals over at Grub Street are reporting that Rachael Ray might not be the perfect Dunkin' Donuts spokesperson. After all, shouldn't a spokesperson like the product she's hawking. In a second-hand story, Rachael is being quoted as calling Dunkin' Donuts coffee sh*t.
Dunkin' Donuts has gotten some big names, like Naomi Campbell, to endorse its yummies, and Rachael Ray just joined the club. Page Six is reporting that chef Anthony Bourdain is not pleased with Ray's massive deal with the donut maker. He said:
"She's hugely influential, particularly with children.
I'd heard rumors about Zach Braff directing some commercials for Dunkin' Donuts, mostly because one of them features Naomi Campbell poking fun at herself by pretending to freak out and throw her shoe through a window. Yet there's another Braff-helmed commercial that has been airing, and it's just bizarre.
Starring Kiss member Ace Frehley, it supposedly shows how Dunkin' Donuts iced drinks are for regular folks because being a regular person is hard.
Naomi is cashing out all she can on her reputation for anger management issues: she shot a commercial yesterday for Dunkin' Donuts which mocks her angry image.
According to Page Six, the commercial's script called for her to "be gardening in an evening dress. Something goes wrong, she gets frustrated, and she flips out.
