>To start the season, every time the Royals scored six or more runs while playing at home, members of Kansas City-based chain Hawaiian Bros’ loyalty program could claim a free classic plate lunch the following day through the Plates for Plates promotion. >But the Royals’ high-scoring games saw the chain’s 27 locations slammed with customers. They served more than 42,000 meals and added over 24,000 rewards members.>The Royals have scored more than six runs in eight of their 19 home games so far this season. >To counteract the large numbers, the company changed its policy to make the reward a BOGO meal. Rewards members only get a free classic plate lunch with the purchase of another plate lunch the day after the game. >The change begins immediately.
Yes
>>22010182>our teams have been absolutely crushed in the best possible wayso what's the problem, then?
no
>>22010225That they're lying and it's not in the best possible way for them.
Maybe
any business can do anything they want that isn't illegal. it's up to consumers to vote with their wallets if they want to punish practices that they think are immoral or unethical.
>>22010182>promotion turns into sizeable lossesRestaurants can do whatever they want so long as it's posted and communicated in the actual stores. Most sports-related promotions are usually limited by either requiring an actual ticket stub or the freebie being a rather small item like a single taco. But giving away a full entree for joining a rewards program (free) for what could possibly have occurred dozens of times is just plain poor planning.
i don't know
>>22010182Yes but that open letter is terrible.They should have been upfront and brief.Instead, they come across as disingenuous and verge on insulting with the informal language used.
>>22010182that's not even even. did they have so little faith in the locals?
>>22010304i think it's moreso because the royals did it like 4 times in a row so they had to shell out like a million dollars worth in a short period of time
>>22010427Source?
>>22010437it was actually 5 home games in a row. april 22, 24, 25, 26, and then their first home game back from the road on may 4th.they say how many meals they gave out in the apology so just do the math i guess
>change promotion or go out of businesspeople will bitch and moan at this but the freebie sports tie-ins have always been dumb as shit and result in 6-hour lines
>>22010482if you wanna wait 6 hours in line you should get the free meal. jimmy johns used to do free sandwich day and the one on campus would always have a line around the corner but that free sandwich tasted so sweet.
>>22010182it likely operational not financial. these promos are always hedged so they wont lose any money. problem is promo redemption volume is so high it is displacing paying customers. they can only serve so much food per day.
yes
>>22010182AI-written announcements are always overly verbose and have that distinctly gay tone to them.
McDonald's did this during the 1984 olympics. Evey time the US got a gold medal customers got free shit. Unfortunately for McDicks the USSR boycotted the Olympics fhat year so the US won basically everything. This is literally a business case study: you never have a loss-leader promotion dependant on something outside of your control.
>>22010903People who study business should be shot and used as fertilizer for farming
>>22010544Bruh they're literally giving away free shit to anyone that asks, of course they're losing money. How the fuck do you think that they would not be losing money doing that?
Promotions, coupons, apps, loyalty memberships, etc. are extremely tacky and anyone who participates in such things is low-class trash.
Considering its a promotion of which the consumer literally has to do nothing in order to qualify for the promotion in terms of dollars spent yes the company should be allowed to pull it early. Most promotions have *While supplies last*
>>22010917i agree with this statement
>>22011344>pay more than you have to or i'll call you names!malding
