Restaurant Marketing Ideas for January

Restaurant Marketing Ideas for January

For restaurant owners and operators, there’s no better way to start off the New Year than with a tasty selection of restaurant marketing ideas.  It’s the right time of year to explore your creative side as January is International Creativity Month and International New Year’s Resolution Month for Business.

Whether a restaurant owner or guest, be sure to show your appreciation this month by celebrating and honoring Be Kind to Food Servers Month and National Thank You Month.

January is also Hot Tea Month, Oatmeal Month, International Brain Teaser Month, Shape Up US Month and National Blood Donor Month.

For beverage marketing, warm your guests up with something special on Hot Buttered Rum Day, Hot Toddy Day, Irish Coffee Day and National Bloody Mary Day.

January kicks off with National Buffet Day and Buffet Month.  Special food days for menu marketing include days celebrating Apricots, Beans, Bittersweet Chocolate, Blonde Brownies, Blueberry Pancakes, Buttercrunch, Cheese, Chocolate Cake, Chocolate Covered Cherries, Corn Chips, Creampuffs, Croissants, English Toffee, Hot and Spicy Foods, Marzipan, Milk, Pastrami, Peach Melba, Peanut Brittle, Peanut Butter, Pie, Popcorn, Rhubarb, Shortbread, Spaghetti, Strawberry Ice Cream, Tempura and Whip Cream.

For social media and offline marketing, the following days offer up fun and unique opportunities:  Backward Day, Compliment Day, Cuddle Up Day, Ditch New Years Resolutions Day, Dress Up Your Pet Day, Fruitcake Toss Day, Fun at Work Day, Global Belly Laugh Day, Hugging Day, Inspire Your Heart with Art Day, International Sweatpants Day, Make Your Dream Come True Day, Measure Your Feet Day, National Hat Day, National Kazoo Day, National Science Fiction Day, Opposite Day, Puzzle Day, Rubber Duckie Day, Talk Like a Grizzled Prospector Day, Trivia Day and Winnie the Pooh Day.

Here’s your restaurant marketing calendar for January:

National Soup Month
National Oatmeal Month
National Hot Tea Month
National Slow Cooking Month
Be Kind To Food Servers Month
Weight Loss Awareness Month
National Thank You Month
National Blood Donor Month
International Brain Teaser Month
International Creativity Month

1 – New Year’s Day
1 – Bloody Mary Day
1 – Commitment Day
2 – Buffet Day
2 – National Buffet Week
2 – National Creampuff Day
2 – National Science Fiction Day
2 – Motivation and Inspiration Day
3 – National Chocolate Covered Cherry Day
3 – National Fruitcake Toss Day
3 – Drinking Straw Day
4 – National Spaghetti Day
4 – Pop Music Chart Day
4 – World Hypnotism Day
4 – National Trivia Day
5 – National Whipped Cream Day
5 – National Bird Day
6 – National Shortbread Day
6 – National Bean Day
6 – Cuddle Up Day
6 – Apple Tree Day
7 – National Tempura Day
8 – National English Toffee Day
8 – Argyle Day
9 – National Apricot Day
10 – National Bittersweet Chocolate Day
10 – Peculiar People Day
11 – National Hot Toddy Day
11 – National Milk Day
12 – National Marzipan Day
12 – Clean Off Your Desk Day
12 – National Pharmacist Day
13 – National Peach Melba Day
13 – National Rubber Duckie Day
13 – Poetry At Work Day
13 – Make Your Dream Come True Day
14 – National Hot Pastrami Day
14 – Dress Up Your Pet Day
15 – National Strawberry Ice Cream Day
15 – National Hat Day
16 – International Hot And Spicy Food Day
16 – National Fig Newton Day
16 – Appreciate A Dragon Day
16 – National Nothing Day
17 – National Hot Buttered Rum Day
17 – Kid Inventors’ Day
17 – Ditch New Years Resolutions Day
18 – National Slow Cooking Month
18 – Winnie The Pooh Day
19 – National Popcorn Day
19 – Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
20 – National Cheese Lovers Day
20 – National Buttercrunch Day
20 – Disc Jockey Day
20 – Penguin Awareness Day
21 – National Granola Bar Day
21 – National Hug Day
21 – Squirrel Appreciation Day
21 – International Sweatpants Day
22 – National Blonde Brownie Day
22 – Women’s Healthy Weight Day
22 – Celebration Of Life Day
23 – National Pie Day
23 – National Rhubarb Day
23 – Handwriting Day
23 – Measure Your Feet Day
24 – National Peanut Butter Day
24 – Global Belly Laugh Day
24 – Beer Can Appreciation Day
24 – Talk Like a Grizzled Prospector Day
25 – National Irish Coffee Day
25 – Opposite Day
26 – National Peanut Brittle Day
26 – Spouse’s Day
27 – National Chocolate Cake Day
27 – Punch The Clock Day
28 – National Blueberry Pancake Day
28 – National Kazoo Day
29 – National Corn Chip Day
29 – Curmudgeons Day
29 – International Puzzle Day
30 – National Croissant Day
30 – Fun at Work Day
31 – Wheat Bread Month
31 – Backward Day
31 – Inspire Your Heart with Art Day

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