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 Week. Special food days for menu marketing include days celebrating Apricots, Beans, Bittersweet Chocolate, Blonde Brownies, Blueberry Pancakes, Buttercrunch, Cheese, Chocolate Cake, Chocolate Covered Cherries, Cornchips, 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:

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Hot Tea Month

National Thank You Month

Be Kind to Food Servers Month

International Brain Teaser Month

International Creativity Month

International New Year’s Resolution Month for Business

Oatmeal Month

Shape Up US Month

National Blood Donor Month

National Soup Month

1 – New Year’s Day

1 – Bloody Mary Day

2 – Buffet Day and start of Buffet Week

2 – National Creampuff Day

2 – National Science Fiction Day

3 – Drinking Straw Day

3 – Chocolate Covered Cherry Day

4 – Spaghetti Day

4 – Pop Music Chart Day

4 – Trivia Day

5 – National Whip Cream Day

5 – National Bird Day

6 – Cuddle Up Day

6 – Bean Day

6 – Shortbread Day

7 – Tempura Day

8 – National English Toffee Day

9 – Apricot Day

10 – Bittersweet Chocolate Day

11 – Hot Toddy Day

11 – National Milk Day

12 – Fruitcake Toss Day

12 – Marzipan Day

13 – Peach Melba Day

13 – Clean Off Your Desk Day

13 – Make Your Dream Come True Day

13 – Rubber Duckie Day

14 – Hot Pastrami Day

14 – Dress Up Your Pet Day

15 – Strawberry Ice Cream Day

15 – National Hat Day

16 – Fig Newton Day

16 – Nothing Day

16 – International Hot and Spicy Food Day

17 – Ditch New Years Resolutions Day

17 – Hot Buttered Rum Day

18 – Winnie the Pooh Day

18 – Slow Cooking Month begins

19 – Popcorn Day

20 – Cheese Lover’s Day

20 – Martin Luther King, Jr. Day

20 – Disc Jockey Day

20 – National Buttercrunch Day

20 – Penguin Awareness Day

21 – Granola Bar Day

21 – Squirrel Appreciation Day

21 – Hugging Day

21 – International Sweatpants Day

22 – National Blonde Brownie Day

23 – National Pie Day

23 – Rhubarb Day

23 – Handwriting Day

23 – Measure Your Feet Day

24 – Global Belly Laugh Day

24 – National Peanut Butter Day

24 – Compliment Day

24 – Talk Like a Grizzled Prospector Day

25 – Irish Coffee Day

25 – Opposite Day

26 – Spouse’s Day

26 – National Peanut Brittle Day

27 – Chocolate Cake Day

27 – Punch the Clock Day

28 – Blueberry Pancake Day

28 – Fun at Work Day

28 – National Kazoo Day

29 – National Cornchip Day

29 – Puzzle Day

30 – Croissant Day

31 – Bread Month begins

31 – Backward Day

31 – Inspire Your Heart with Art Day

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