Denny's slammed by breakfast giveaway - some patrons still in pajamas

[Liberal_in_LA]

Denny's slammed by breakfast giveaway

Restaurant chain gives away signature Grand Slam breakfast for eight hours
Patrons line up outside eateries, jam into booths with strangers
Denny's announced promotion during Super Bowl commercial
Meal of pancakes, eggs, bacon, sausage reportedly packs 770 calories

Jim Kavanagh
CNN

(CNN) -- Denny's restaurants across North America were jammed Tuesday with patrons hungry to take advantage of the restaurant chain's Grand Slam breakfast giveaway.

Patrons line up early Tuesday outside a Denny's restaurant in Salt Lake City, Utah.

http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/02/03/dennys.grand.slam/index.html

Denny's announced in a commercial Sunday during the Super Bowl that it would give away its signature breakfast from 6 a.m. until 2 p.m. local time Tuesday at all its restaurants in the U.S., Canada and Puerto Rico.

Media outlets reported customers lined up outside the doors of many of Denny's 1,500 locations.

Some patrons were still wearing their pajamas and slippers, and strangers were crowding together into booths, CNN affiliate KSL-TV in Salt Lake City, Utah, reported.

"You couldn't beat it. I mean it was a beautiful, beautiful breakfast. It was fit for a queen or a king," diner Annah Shoffner told CNN affiliate WNCN-TV in Raleigh, North Carolina.

"To do this is amazing and not something you hear of every day, especially in today's economy -- that we're getting something free," Debbie Brugger of Essex Junction, Vermont, anticipating a hearty breakfast at a Denny's in Burlington, told CNN affiliate WCAX-TV. Watch a Denny's restaurant jammed with customers »

A college student who identified himself as DeShawn told CNN affiliate KFSN-TV in Fresno, California, that he came out for the free breakfast "to do better in class -- brain food, you know?"

[tekisui]

1. I hope everyone tipped!

[BrklynLiberal]

2. In their pjs and slippers????

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[Tangerine LaBamba]

3. There's something so wrong with this......

I can't articulate it, but I just get all wiggy reading about this "giveaway."

[monmouth]

4. I heard locally people tipped well and let's face it, this is great advertisement

for Denny's. They've had PR probs in the past, this is a great boost and hopefully a lot of hungry people got in on it.

[PfcHammer]

5. Gross. Should've given to the homeless shelters & food banks

[provis99]

6. I assume poor people could get the food, too

Actually homeless people should be more likely to get the free Denny's, since they have all the time in the world to wait in line.

[GentryDixon]

7. The Denny's near where I live had about 30 people

standing outside when I went by today. I just hope the homeless got a chance to have a warm meal.