A look into Starbucks' marketing strategy shift

How should we think of the shift in marketing at Starbucks?

This week’s episode of A Deeper Dive is about marketing restaurant brands and it features Dawn Kane, the CEO and co-founder of Hot Dish Advertising. 

Kane has extensive experience in marketing and was recently named the 2024 Bonny LeVine Award winner by the International Franchise Association, which recognizes women for their contributions to franchising. 

There’s been plenty of marketing news of late, including some from Starbucks, which has started television advertisements, something it hasn’t done all that often. Its promotions around the Super Bowl also generated record redemptions for the company’s free coffee offer the Monday after the event. 

And then companies like Chili’s generated strong sales by taking advantage of social media opportunities and then using traditional advertising to supplement that. 

We wanted to talk about these issues as well as the challenges of breaking through all the marketing clutter at a time when the restaurant business is more competitive than ever.

We’re talking advertising on A Deeper Dive so please check it out.