Brinker & Regal Launch ‘Movie And A Meal’ Gift Cards
Brinker International’s portfolio of restaurants and Regal Entertainment Group theatres have teamed up to offer customers a “movie and a meal” gift card duo, available at participating retailers nationwide. The $50 bundle includes a $25 Brinker dining gift card and a $25 Regal movie gift card. Guests may redeem the gift card at any Chili’s, Romano’s Macaroni Grill, On The Border and Maggiano’s Little Italy restaurants. The Regal gift card can be redeemed at Regal Cinemas, United Artists and Edwards Theatres.
“With the new movie and a meal package we are providing an added value to our guests’ busy lives,” said Doug Brooks, CEO, Brinker International. “This package is the only one of its kind currently in the marketplace.”
McDonald's Opens ‘Viva McDonald’s’ On Las Vegas Strip
McDonald's has opened Viva McDonald’s, the company’s new technology-inspired restaurant on the Las Vegas Strip. Viva McDonald’s is a media-rich, technology-driven location that lives up to the Vegas standard of lights and action.
In the interior, along with a cheerful ultra modern decor, guests will find a content rich 14-screen media ring suspended in the two-story, open ceiling dining room. Adding a new element to the customer experience, Viva McDonald’s offers the McDonald’s Channel on its 14-screen media ring, which features content from Discovery Channel, TLC, Animal Planet and Science Channel.
“Viva McDonald’s will provide a unique and fun dining experience at a one-of-a-kind restaurant that can only be found in Las Vegas,” said Brian Unger, Sr. V.P. at McDonald’s USA.
Chipotle Opens Sustainable Restaurant
Chipotle Mexican Grill has opened a “green” restaurant in Gurnee, IL, with a six-kilowatt wind turbine on-site that will generate a portion of the restaurant’s electrical needs.
“The wind turbine is a symbol of our intent to design and build our restaurants more efficiently and environmentally friendly,” said Steve Ells, Chairman & CEO of Chipotle. “We want to incorporate some elements of sustainable design into all of our new restaurants.”
In addition to the wind turbine, the free-standing restaurant will feature: use of recycled drywall, recycled barn metal, and primers and paints that contain fewer chemicals; a variety of energy and water conservation elements inside the restaurant, including LED lighting, highly efficient faucets and toilets, and Energy Star rated kitchen equipment; and a 2,500 gallon underground water cistern that will harvest rainwater to irrigate the landscape.
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