Images from Guy Fieri's T.G.I. Friday's commercial. A recent conversation between T.G.I. Friday's spokesman Guy Fieri and a TMZ cameraman: TMZ: “I thought you only eat at Friday’s.” Fieri: “No, I’m a Food Network chef, man, so I just do commercials for Friday’s. You know how it is.” TMZ: “You like Friday’s?” Fieri: “It’s a good gig.” TMZ: “Good there?” Fieri: “They back up one of my shows, called Ultimate Recipe Showdown.” [via Food Network Addict]...
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Ever go to T.G.I. Friday’s and say to yourself, "Hey, this line is really long! I wish there was a way to cut ahead of all these people!"? Now there's at least one way to get some V.I.P. treatment in the local strip mall without slipping the maître d' a twenty. Not sure how we missed this, but T.G.I. Friday’s launched their loyalty program, "Give Me More Stripes" on July 14, and the numbers are astounding: more than 380,000 members signed up, which evens out to more than 600 members per U.S. restaurant. In a way, it's not surprising when given these perks: a free appetizer or dessert upon sign-up, a one-time use jump-the-line-pass, and an $8 certificate for every...
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At a time when Burger King's Meat'Normous, a breakfast sandwich that features a pound of ham, bacon, and sausage, is selling like, well, hot cakes, another restaurant chain is betting on smaller portion menu options to maximize profits. Richard Snead, head of the company that owns TGI Friday's, is heavily marketing 2/3 "right size portions" to consumers. Will a country addicted to outsized portions buy more of these "eat less" options? Stay tuned....
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