EVENTS & PROMOTIONS SEPTEMBER 2021

Industry Events

September 10-18

Denver Beer Week

Presented by Visit Denver, this week-long celebration features events at restaurants, taverns and brewpubs—including Great Divide Brewing Company—throughout the Mile High City. Check out the beer-and-food pairings, rare beer tappings, tap takeovers, meet-the-brewer gatherings and more.

Learn more at denver.org/denver-beer-week

September 12-14

FSTEC

Catch up on the latest foodservice technology at this event in Grapevine, Texas. Featured speakers include Jonathan Maze, editor-in-chief of Restaurant Business; Vincent Szwajkowski, chief marketing officer of Blaze Pizza; and Darien Bates, chief technology officer of &pizza. Learn more at fstec.com

September 19-20

Florida Restaurant and Lodging Show

Described as “a reinvented event serving a refocused foodservice industry,” this year’s show includes educational programming such as the Healthy Food Expo, the Independent Operator Summit and TechBytes, which highlights everything from ghost kitchens to AI and machine learning. Learn more at flrestaurantandlodgingshow.com

October 22-26

HostMilano International Hospitality Exposition

HostMilano returns as a live, in-person event in Milan. With more than 1,000 exhibitors from 40 countries already signed up and 800plus events for restaurant and foodservice operators, this one is a worldwide can’t-miss!

PROMOTE THIS!

September: National Mushroom Month

A 2021 survey by YouGov ranks mushrooms as the third most popular pizza topping. Celebrate this meaty, flavorful fungus all month long with specialty pizzas for vegetarians, vegans and ‘shroom aficionados.

September 5

National Cheese Pizza Day

Pay homage to one of your most important ingredients with a special deal highlighting a signature cheese blend or create a new cheese pizza just for this occasion. Promote it on social media and with text messages sent to your opt-in customers.

September 7

National Beer Lovers Day

Offer an all-day happy hour featuring your craft brews and beer buckets. Create a beer-and-pizza pairing menu that helps your customers choose the perfect brew for various pies, from meat lovers to Hawaiian.

LEARN AND EARN!

2 p.m. (CT), September 15

Marketing Masters: Pizza Crypto-Conference

Is cryptocurrency catching on in the pizza business? What changes can you make to begin accepting digital currency as a payment option? PMQ Publisher Steve Green talks to a panel of industry experts about how it works and how you can get started. Join us on Facebook Live!

2 p.m. (CT) October 5

PMQ Live Update: Lee Hunzinger

Thunderbird Pies started out as a virtual brand specializing in Detroitstyle pizzas and now has a brick-and-mortar location in Fort Worth, Texas. Lee Hunzinger of PILF Restaurant Group (which owns Thunderbird, Zoli’s Pizza and Cane Rosso) talks about how ghost kitchens can create ancillary revenue without changing your existing menu or concept. Join us on Facebook Live!