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    2012

    Sophie BonnewijnMarketing Communications Plan

    Carter Restaurants:

    Dining in Harmonywith

    Nature

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    Sunderland University

    Marketing Communication Plan-2709 words

    PRODUCED FOR CARTER RESTAURANTS

    BY

    APOLLO PUBLIC RELATIONS

    2012

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    EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

    The Carter Restaurants Group is a new chain of restaurants, which opens its

    first six branches in 2012. The restaurants will be built in accessible locations

    such as city centres and immediate suburbs of major cities across the United

    Kingdom. Because there are around 100,000 restaurants with combined sales

    revenue of more than 20 billion already in operation in the country, the chain

    faces tough competition. Therefore, to appeal to a greater audience, the

    restaurants will offer menus which will feature a combination of vegetarian

    and vegan dishes.

    Carter restaurants will set itself apart from its competitors by the fact that

    each item on their menu will indicate its carbon footprint. The brand will be

    based on causal ethical eating, and will use an environmentally aware range

    of products, such as local ingredients and traditional dishes. Because of this

    unique concept, the chain will be able to display their environmentally aware

    credentials, thus convincing its publics of Carter restaurants corporate social

    responsibilities, their ethical considerations, and their support of the nations

    economy. Subsequently, the campaign theme: Dining in Harmony with

    Nature, will draw heavily on showcasing environmental awareness and

    honouring the countrys traditions.

    Throughout Carters restaurants marketing strategy, not only will their

    product, price, promotion and place considerations be of the upmost

    importance, transparency will also be essential. The marcomms plan will

    provide context in which to view these plans. It will analyse the political,

    economical, social, technological, legal and environmental issues that could

    have an influence on the project, as well as the strengths, weaknesses,

    opportunities, and threats that the organisation is or could be faced with.

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    The business objectives will be aligned with the marketing communications

    objectives and will take Carter restaurants values, mission and vision

    statements into consideration. This will result in timely, specific, measurable,

    and achievable campaign objectives and targeted messages, with activities

    focused on key audiences and stakeholders.

    The marcomms plan will be based on a 6-month plan and will consist of three

    strands of interactive plans, to involve the public and media: pre-launch

    awareness-building; integrated intermedia communications surrounding a

    launch event and follow-up initiatives to keep publics engaged and

    interested.

    The tactics which will be employed will consist of five tools: advertising,

    direct marketing, sales promotion, personal selling and public relations. Each

    of these tool will be used to differentiate the Carter restaurants products and

    services from their competitors; will remind publics of a their unfulfilled need

    for the products and services offered by Carters restaurants; will inform

    potential customers of what the organisation has to offer them; and will

    persuade people to dine at Carter restaurants. These tools will also raise

    attention, interest, desire, and action.

    The report will conclude with a detailed outlining of potential budgets, a

    GANTT chart and evaluation criteria.

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    SITUATION ANALYSIS

    A full overview of the external environment of Carters restaurants is

    analysed with a PESTLE analysis, which discusses the political, economical,

    social, technological, legal and environmental areas concerning the

    organisation. A SWOT analysis reviews the internal and external factors that

    have been taken into consideration for this project1.

    Key issues stem from:

    Importance of health, wellbeing and long life Environmental awareness Importance of tradition, nation and authenticity A growing demand for transparency and customer service The current economic climate A more competitive environment

    Macro-Environmental Issues (PESTLE)

    Economic: Crises/ people watch their expenses/ budget

    Combined sales of all restaurants amount to 20 billion

    Government and tax issues

    Support of the nations economy: local ingredients, dishes...

    Causal eating as a brand

    Demand/ focus on transparency, CSR, health, authenticity,

    environmental awareness

    Competitive environment

    Benefits for local and regional enterprises+ job creation

    1Smith P, R. (1995). Marketing Communications: An Integrated Approach. London: Kogan Page.

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    Political: Government and tax issues

    Health and wellbeing guidelines

    Import regulations

    Locally produced products and ingredients: a lot of stakeholders

    Globalisation leading to a diverse audience, which means a diverse menu

    is required, even with vegetarian, vegan and traditional dishes made

    with local products

    Information: Carbon footprint

    Origin of food, ingredients, dishes

    Calories and sustainable meals: educating and feeding audiences

    Knowledge required to create dishes

    Demand for transparency/ information by audiences

    Social: Causal ethical eating/ Dining in harmony with nature

    Bringing healthy eating to the public by encouraging good eating habits

    that are environmentally friendly

    Food as a unifier: caring for nature and the nation

    Wide and diverse audiences, with different preferences and differentcultural background

    Image of vegetarians and vegans as alternative

    Public demand for transparency, CSR, engagement in communities

    Importance of reputation: the brand will invoke goodwill and support

    Technological: Innovations and trends make it hard to keep up and to remain

    competitive

    Use of local, fresh products requires a well thought true plan

    Transport/storage issues

    Technology required to measure carbon footprint for menu

    Environmental: Climate change, disasters, bad weather: influence on seasonal

    ingredients

    Wildlife, environmental and farming issues and life stock diseases

    Use of fresh ingredients, means less packaging and storing

    Transport costs

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    SWOT Review

    Strengths: Care for environment, CSR program, support of economy by being

    environmentally friendly and using local products

    Community engagement and job creation/regeneration

    Heightening of nations culinary level and reputation

    Brand awareness, prestige and good reputation: goodwill because brand is based

    on causal ethical eating and authentic products

    Following current trend and meeting demand of healthy living

    Competitive benefits because of unique carbon footprint concept

    and the complexity of combining vegan, vegetarian, local products, diverse tastes

    of a broad clientele and traditional dishes

    Locally produced ingredients means less import/transport costs

    Locations (city centres, suburbs) with high density of potential, reputable clientele

    Weaknesses: Economic climate, worldwide recession, price of investment

    Seasonal offer and the environment/weather has a big influence

    Dependent of trends and (food) reviews/critics

    Strict regulations in food industry

    Expensive food because of its freshness

    Complex menu requires expert chefs and good management/staff

    Locations (city centres, suburbs) require storage space, parking,

    technology/materials...

    Low awareness levels of the organisation and the concept among audiences

    Portrayal of vegetarians and vegans as weird, alternative

    Opportunities: Opening of six restaurants in major cities: good market share, awareness, and

    potential audiences

    Few restaurants which combine vegetarian and vegan, original concept and

    specialisation, less competition

    Following the healthy living trend and awareness of the environment

    Start with good reputation and goodwill

    Brand establishment and creation of loyalty

    Individualisation as well as possibility for intense group experience in dining

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    Threats: Different stakeholders with sometimes competitive interests

    There are already 100,000 restaurants

    Non-vegetarian restaurants also offering vegetarian meals

    Crisis and economic climate

    Climate change and environmental disasters

    Crisis, accidents such as food poisoning...

    Bad reviews

    TARGETED AUDIENCE

    Carter restaurants targeted audience consist predominantly of: ABC1s, upper

    middle class business men and women, middle class executives and

    managers, and lower middle class white collar office workers. They are likely

    to be single or couple, between 25 and 55 years old, likely to have received

    tertiary education and living within a two-hour travel time of the restaurants

    (not included international visitors). This audience wants to portray itself as

    refined, sophisticated, and successful. They have the income to eat out

    regularly at first class diners, and do so in a social as well as business-like

    context. They care about their health, but do not have the time (or knowledge)

    to cook for themselves. This audience is also into yoga and believes in the

    concept of a healthy spirit in a healthy body. Furthermore, they like the idea

    of supporting the nations economy, and they are delighted to be able to dine

    in a causal, ethical way, as this allows them to support the environment in an

    effortless fashion. This audience wants to showcase their involvement with

    the nation and the environment not only during working hours, but also in

    their personal life.

    This general public is segmented into key publics and influencers which have

    been identified as critical to the success of the campaign, based on their level

    of interest and involvement.

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    Primary publics

    Clientele (mostly aged 25-55): ABC1 individuals

    Tourists

    Management

    Board members

    HQ staff

    Chefs, central staff and employees

    Suppliers

    Transport organisations

    Hotels

    Clubs/ Bars

    Local/regional businesses such as farmers...

    Other collaborating organisations such as tourism, travel, leisure organisations

    Opinion leaders such as food critiques, celebrities, chefs, life-style feature writers and other trade

    press

    News, PR and media organisationsRegional and local press

    Shareholders

    Investors

    Other internal/external stakeholders

    Secondary publics

    Government agencies and departments

    Environmental groups

    Trade associations

    Community groups and local authorities

    Universities, schools and institutions

    Unions

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    OBJECTIVES

    This campaign has specific, measurable, achievable, relevant and time-bound

    objectives, relating to Carter restaurants own business objectives, goals,

    mission, vision and values. The objectives are formulated in such a way that

    outputs, outcomes, outtakes and business results, resulting from the

    marketing and communications activities, can be measured and monitored.

    This ensures an amount of flexibility throughout the campaign, and allows for

    strategical adaptations to be made, if necessary.

    The organisational objectives:

    To provide vegetarian and vegan meals To provide traditional dishes To work with local ingredients and suppliers To be environmentally friendly

    To support the nations economy by providing jobs To encourage healthy living, especially eating To provide excellent, efficient and personal service To provide a unique and group dining experience To become a well-known household brand name

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    The marketing communications objectives:

    Awareness To increase awareness, especially with ABC1s, concerning

    Carter Restaurants and their concept

    To keep publics and opinion leaders informed of the differentexperiences and offers at Carter Restaurants

    Attitudes To generate/strengthen substantial and positive interest and

    publicity in Carter Restaurants

    To inspire brand loyalty The establish a relationship with its clientele based on trust and

    transparency

    To persuade clientele to dine at Carter Restaurants on a regularbasis

    Behaviours

    To attract and retain clientele To demonstrate the positive influences and advantages of

    healthy dining with vegan and vegetarian meals

    To encourage publics to demonstrate and spread theircontinuing interest, support and loyalty as brand ambassadors

    for Carter Restaurants

    To increase/stimulate favourable representation by media,publicists and key influencers at local, regional and national

    level, offline as well as online

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    KEY MESSAGES

    Campaign messages have been developed to target the key publics and

    influencers.

    Clientele (25-55, ABC1):o Carter Restaurants represents a new, unique and more in depth

    way of experiencing fine, healthy, ethical and environmentally

    aware dining: Dining in Harmony with Nature

    o Carter Restaurants supports the local economy and producestraditional dishes with vegan and vegetarian ingredients

    Tourists:o Carter Restaurant has a unique concept, and is worth a visit (or

    multiple), as it serves true English dishes, is made with local

    ingredients, and is healthy as well as environmentally friendly

    o The United Kingdom does have healthy and exquisite food

    Opinion Leaders, media/press:

    o Carter restaurants is a new chain which encourages healthyeating through the use of local, organic products, and

    environmentally aware ethical dining

    Stakeholders and employees:o Carter Restaurants will involve and promote local business in

    its communications activities

    o Carter Restaurants will illustrate its commitment to theenvironment by using local products and reducing the carbon

    footprint

    o The opening of Carter Restaurants will provide a lot of jobs

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    Management, Board members, HQ staff, shareholders, investors

    o The opening of Carter Restaurants will give the country a goodreputation concerning healthy living and food quality

    o The unique concept of Carter Restaurants will attract and retainaudiences by adding value because of its unique concept(s),

    which will also create goodwill

    STRATEGIC APPROACH AND TIMESCALE

    The 6 month campaign, has three distinct elements:

    Pre-launch awareness building: creating buzz and awarenessand heightening expectations in advance of the launch event by

    offering opportunities for meaningful interaction and direct

    engagement using social media networking

    Launch Event: integrated communications and activitiessurrounding the event and the opening of the first six Carter

    restaurants

    Follow up activity: communications and activities to keeppublics engaged and interested and to retain the attention of key

    influencers, publicists and the media

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    CAMPAIGN TACTICS

    Pre-launch awareness building:-Social media networking and sales promotion (win)

    A viral video will be posted on YouTube, which will feature the head of

    Carter Restaurants. He, or she, will be seen preparing a healthy,

    vegan/vegetarian meal. At the end, the CEO of Carter restaurants will

    challenge the audience to create and cook a healthy, original meal for

    themselves. The audience will have to post the video on YouTube, and the

    link to the video will also have to be put on the Carter Restaurants Facebook-

    fan page. The creators of the video(s) with the most likes will win prizessuch as an exclusive cookbook, in which their own dishes and names will be

    featured. They will also be invited to the official opening of the restaurant(s),

    together with a partner of their choice.

    -Publications, competition and sales promotion (free)

    In upmarket publications, and on Twitter, audiences will be challenged to

    devise a unique vegan/ vegetarian recipe for a traditional English dish. They

    will have to email or post their entries. Winners will be selected and will be

    able to attend the exclusive opening of one of the first six restaurants and will

    get a free taster session/menu.

    - Publications, advertisement, direct mail, and sales promotion (save)

    On key locations in the vicinity of the first six Carter Restaurants, posters will

    be placed on billboards at transport organisations such as the coach service

    National Express, Mega bus, and at Metro stations. Publications such as

    brochures and leaflets will also be placed in airports, hotels, bars, clubs,

    leisure centres, taxi cabs, sport centres, educational facilities, tourist centres,

    DFDS Seaways and P&O Ferries.

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    In trade press, business and leisure/lifestyle magazines, adverts will be

    placed, which will feature the logo of Carter Restaurants, as well as the

    slogan, together with a coupon. By scanning the QR code on the coupon,

    audiences will be directed to the official Carter restaurants website near their

    location, where they will receive information concerning the future opening

    of the restaurants. They will also be asked for customer information.

    Afterwards, they will be placed on a mailing list. In return, they will be able to

    use the personalised coupon to get a 20% discount in one of the Carter

    Restaurant branches near their location, within a limited time frame after the

    opening of the first six restaurants.

    Launch Event: 3-days (PR, news release and merchandising tools):Day 1: A press conference will be held for the media, where a press pack will

    be handed out. This pack will contain company information, a news release, a

    speech of the CEO, details of operations and background of the chain. There

    will be an opportunity for a Q/A session.

    After the session, the press will be invited into the kitchen, to see the chef(s)

    cook, where they will be able to take part in an exclusive taster session. They

    will also have the opportunity to download an exclusive app created for/by

    the restaurants, which will measure the carbon footprint of certain foods and

    which will provide you with essential information.

    Finally, the press will also receive key chains and USB-sticks, with the logo of

    the brand on them. This will provide local and regional publicity surrounding

    the opening of each restaurant.

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    Days 2/3: At the official opening of the restaurants, the winners of the

    previously mentioned competitions will be invited, and their own dishes will

    be prepared for the audience by professional chefs. Pictures will be taken, and

    a jury of (minor) celebrities will decide which dishes are the best. The winners

    (inventors of the dishes) will receive an all expenses paid trip to Costa Rica,

    one of the healthiest countries to live in. Guests will also receive an

    information or media pack. They will also have the opportunity to take a shirt

    home, on which the collar will feature the slogan of Carter Restaurants: Dine

    in Harmony with Nature (collar advertising). This will receive a lot of

    (national) press coverage.

    The books with the recipes will only be available at the restaurants, and a

    percentage of the sales will go to an environmentally aware cause.

    During the event a roaming reporter will video and interview the public

    present at the event and immediately share these sources and experiences

    through social media.

    Follow up activity (PR, direct mail, advertising):-Website development and management:

    The website will contain information concerning the ingredients used in

    dishes, where they are cultivated, who cultivates them, and who prepares

    them. This will differentiate Carter Restaurants from its competitors. It will

    also have a blog section, on which the chef of every restaurant will blog about

    events which have occurred in the kitchen. The chefs will also give advice on

    how to prepare healthy and environmentally aware meals yourself. This will

    remind and/ or reassure the audience of their need for the product and/ or

    service.

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    Every week, a guest blogger, which can be a celebrity, health expert,

    environmentalist or food critic who visits one of the restaurants, will also be

    given the opportunity to write a piece on the blog. This will inform the target

    audience of the product/ service features and its benefits and it will persuade

    them to come and dine at Carter Restaurants.

    -Newsletter development and upkeep

    Customers and employees will be kept up to date with a monthly newsletter,

    which will include news, incentive schemes with cooperating organisations,

    sections written by opinion leaders/influencers who have visited the

    restaurants and hints and tips how to create healthy, environmentally aware,

    traditional, vegan and vegetarian dishes. Customer information will be

    available thanks to previous social media schemes and competitions, which

    will have allowed the creation of a mailing list and contact database.

    The first few editions following the event will give an overview of all the

    activities, events, competitions and results of the campaign, making

    transparency a key issue. It will contain a cover story, around 6 features and

    an in perspective column.

    -Social networking

    On Pin Interest and Instagram a Pin board will be created with pictures from

    Carter Restaurants. There will even be a special location available for photo

    shoots. These shoots will be free, but the pictures will only be available on

    social networks, and only if customers have checked in on Foursquare,

    showing they were/are at Carter Restaurants.

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    -Trade fair and event/class

    Carter Restaurants will partake in food and cooking fairs to promote a wider

    understanding of the brand. There the chain will also promote its ethical and

    environmentally aware goals and objectives, as well as its healthy menus and

    processes.

    A How to cook vegan and vegetarian ethically class will be organised at the

    restaurants. Places will be limited, but the course will be free of charge and

    will last a half day. If it is successful, more follow-up courses can be

    introduced.

    -Hotline and taster sessions

    A hotline, with the number available on the website, will be created. People

    can phone in during certain hours to ask questions about the restaurant,

    organisation or ethical, vegan and vegetarian dining. If they leave there

    contact information, they could be selected to partake in a taster session

    which will occur every month.

    -Advertising on local radio

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    BUDGET AND RESOURCES

    This detailed budget outlines the potential costs together with a potential

    consultancy fee, but is for initial planning purposes only.

    Consultancy fee 40000

    Monitoring, international and national 60000

    Merchandising and promo tools 35000

    Competition and books 25000

    Media, press, info packs 15000

    Classes, taster sessions, and similar 25000

    Trade fairs 25000

    Newsletter in different languages 20000

    Photographer/ booth material 2000

    Website in different languages 3000

    Celebrity and similar fees 550000

    Launch event/ press conference 60000Posters 4500

    Radio adverts 25000

    Advertising 50000

    Collar advertising 7500

    Photo shoots 10000

    Expenses such as transport, telephone 4000

    Additional costs 30000

    Contingency 10000

    OVERAL BUDGET 1001000

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    EVALUATION AND MONITORING

    Communications products should be evaluated on their inputs, outputs, out-

    takes, and outcomes. This can be measured by using Twitter Wonk, Google

    Analytics, IceRockets, Omniture and so on. All information required should

    be collected and further developed. Monitoring should focus on media,

    competitor and public monitoring. Progress towards the objectives can be

    monitored through Key Performance Indicators (KPIs). All measuring of

    objectives should be coordinated with the organisations business goals.

    Inputso background information and research/o brief and planned activity: cost/time/material/ pre-testing

    Outputs (message, exposure and audience reach)o Media coverage: opportunities to see; key messages; positive vs

    negative comment; thematic breakdown of stories, press

    clippings, distribution, placement, expression

    o Social media coverage, qualitative and quantitative metricso Cyberspace analysis: tracking, clicks, reviews...o Website and newsletter subscribers and visitso Event attendanceo Customer panel/focus groups

    Out-takes (favourably received, understanding, recall/retention,attention/ attitude and behaviour levels)

    o Response to advertising in magazines, press and radioo Signups to social media accounts and newslettero Website hits; e-newslettero Social sharingo Requests for information via hotline and otherso Number of competition entrances

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    Use of test groups and control groups with segmented and targetedaudience, through before/after surveys over a certain time span

    Outcomes (change in awareness, opinion, behaviour)

    o Growth/ increase in visitor numbers by survey or visitor auditso Public pollso Feedback from focus groupso Preference monitoring questionnaireo Visitor satisfaction: annual research survey and tracking

    audience development

    o Engagement level stakeholders: feedback questionnaire, one onone sessions or open feedback fore

    TIMELINE

    The campaign will last over a period of six months in which various tactics

    will take place at the designated times. On the next page is the time table that

    is to be used as a guide as when and which activity will take place.

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    Pre-launch awareness:

    You Tube/ Facebook

    competition X

    Publication/ Twitter

    competition X

    Posters/billboards X X X X X X

    Leaflets/brochures X X X X X X X X X

    Advertisement/ Coupon X X X X X

    Launch event:

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    speech/ Q/A

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    Promotion material/

    Incentives

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    Downloadable application X X X X X X

    Event/ jury competition

    judging

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    Collar advertising X

    Roaming reporter X

    Follow up activities:

    Website/ blog X

    Guest bloggers X X X X X

    Newsletter X X X X X X

    Social networking/ Pin

    Interest/ Instagram

    X X X X X X

    Photo booth/ Foursquare X X X X X X

    Trade fair X X

    How to-cooking class X X

    Hotline X X X X X X

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    APPENDIX

    This appendix contains a poster, a coupon advert, a photo shoot/ booth

    example, a radio advert script and a press release. These are examples of the

    tactics that will be used in order to achieve the set strategy.Poster:

    Coupon:

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    Photo shoot:

    Radio Advert Script: The scene takes place outside of an office. A woman and

    her college have just finished work. The advert lasts for 60 seconds.

    A: Ive had such a hard day at work! Im starving!

    B: Yeah, me too. And Ive not had time to prepare a proper meal whole week,

    and you know how important it is for me to life healthy and environmentally

    aware!

    A: Well, I know a new place, where they prepare vegan and vegetarian meals

    with locally produced ingredients! Its supposed to be a real tasteful

    experience!

    Narrator: Thats right! Come dine in harmony with nature at CarterRestaurants, wherethe menu shows the carbon footprint! You can dine in an

    ethical and luxurious fashion, where the elegant surroundings, the cosy

    atmosphere and the high quality foods will make you feel healthy mentally as

    well as physically. Delicious vegan and vegetarian dishes prepared with local

    ingredients will be available at your immediate request. Check out our

    website at www.carterrestaurants.uk or dial 097976174

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    Subject header: Launch of Carter Restaurants

    28 March, 2012 Sophie Bonnewijn Carter-1

    LAUNCH EVENT OF THE FIRST SIX CARTER RESTAURANTS

    Plans have been unveiled for the launch of the first six Carter Restaurant in

    the United kingdom. The restaurants will combine vegan and vegetarian

    dining with traditional English dishes.

    Over the past few years, vegan and vegetarian restaurants have become in

    high demand. Some top athletes and celebrities are vegetarians and/or

    practice veganism.

    The hottest trend in healthy living, is now healthy dining. Following this

    fashion, Carter Restaurants provides not only delicious and healthy meals

    such as veggie stir-fry or hummus, they also provide a tranquil, luxuriousdining experience. Furthermore, all ingredients used in the Carter Restaurants

    come from local producers.

    David McHall, Head Chef at the London Carter Restaurant, says: We, the

    staff at Carter Restaurants, are delighted to be creating and serving

    everything related to vegan and vegetarian cuisine, which, we hope, will

    encourage local people as well as foreign visitors to truly feel in harmony

    with nature and with themselves. We have first-hand experience at how

    stressful everyday life can be, and we hope to lighten the load a bit by serving

    delicious, exquisite meals, which will leave you feeling nourished, healthy,

    and happy.

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    The original and exquisite menus available at Carter Restaurants will be

    prepared by world class chefs, who are not only familiar with traditional

    English and colonial dishes, but who have also mastered the art of working

    with ingredients such as tofu, tempeh, and seitan. The menus will even

    feature the carbon footprint of all the products.

    "You have to experience it for yourself," says Stella Reservus, managing

    director at Carter Restaurants. " We are thrilled by the feedback we have been

    receiving from our health conscious customers, and we expect more of the

    same in the future."

    With a passion for everything related to vegan cuisine and dining, is rapidly

    becoming the place to go. The concept is undoubtedly a highlight in our

    nations culinary history, continues Stella Reservus, and we hope that

    audiences will join us at Carter restaurants to experience it for themselves .

    For further information about Carter Restaurants visit

    www.carterrestaurants.uk, become a fan of the brand on facebook or follow

    @Carterrestaurants on Twitter.

    Ends

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    A professional photograph of the London chef in action at the Carter

    Restaurant is present.

    MEDIA CONTACTS: Sophie Bonnewijn, Apollo Relations 01524-782086 or

    [email protected]

    http://www.carterrestaurants.uk/http://www.carterrestaurants.uk/http://www.carterrestaurants.uk/
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    Notes to Editors

    Carter restaurants is an environmentally aware chain of restaurants, which

    cooperates with local business produce. It is also a flagship chain at the

    British Vegan Fair in 2013, where the brand aims to demonstrate the criticalimportance of eco-friendly, healthy dining. For more information visit:

    www.veganfair.co.uk

    CONCLUSION

    In this marcomms plan, integrated tools have been used such as Public

    Relations, Direct mail, Personal Selling, Advertising, and Sales Promotions to

    create a 6-months campaign that aims to create buzz, awareness and brand

    loyalty amongst its targeted audiences. It uses key concepts and analysis such

    PEST and SWOT reviews, the principles of DRIP and SMART, a GANTT

    chart, and the business and marketing communications objectives are

    combined, which resulted in a simple but efficient strategy. The tactics which

    were used, were chosen to make the Carter restaurants chain get a

    competitive advantage, as well as to receive goodwill, which is essential to

    create relationships with customers. Transparency was a key issues

    throughout the campaign, as this concept (as well as trust) are essential

    requirements which, in time, can lead to brand loyalty.

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    Tench, R. Yeomans, L. (2009). Exploring Public Relations. 2nd Ed. Essex:

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    Wilcox, D. Cameron, G. Reber, B. et al. (2011). Think Public Relations. Boston:

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