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Restaurants get festive this holiday season with merchandiseRestaurants get festive this holiday season with merchandise

5 ways brands are getting into the holiday spirit

Holly Petre, Assistant Digital Editor

December 15, 2021

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From ugly sweaters to ugly cups to meat-themed Christmas tree skirts, brands are helping consumers get festive for the holidays.

Quick-service and fast-casual brands alike are having their merchandise stocked by Santa’s elves with gifts for the family this holiday season.

Panera, Popeyes, KFC, Arby’s and Chipotle have all gotten in the gift-giving spirit this year with merchandise that includes cilantro-scented soap, a meat blow-up lawn decoration, ugly sweaters, ugly cups and more.

And, of course, who could forget the Holiday Yule Log from Kentucky Fried Chicken? The classic is back again this year, this time with a special twist.

Click through the gallery to see what some of the world’s largest, and most popular chains, are doing for the holiday season and how customers can take home a part of the brand – for a price.

About the Author

Holly Petre

Assistant Digital Editor

Holly Petre is a digital editor for Nation’s Restaurant News as well as the host of NRN’s podcast, Extra Serving, and producer for Informa Restaurant and Food Group’s other three podcasts, One On One by Food Management, Off the Shelf with SN and In the Kitchen with Bret Thorn. Holly holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts with a concentration in Sculpture, fibers and Material Studies and Ceramics from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. A native New Yorker, Holly enjoys her place on staff as the resident pop-culture expert and millennial with a sassy attitude and great sense of style.

Holly Petre’s work on Nation’s Restaurant News and Restaurant Hospitality often covers marketing and trends, either aimed-at or examined-through the millennial mindset. Holly is responsible for introducing TikTok and Twitch to NRN and RH readers as well as explaining terms like “Karen” to staff and readers alike. She also spends her time on staff trying not to make every headline a pun.

Holly Petre hasn’t spoken at any events or on panels, but she is readily available with a killer shoe wardrobe and several witty quips.

 

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