I Heart The Holidays: Nation’s Favorite, Fastest-Growing Mac & Cheese Restaurant Brand Celebrates With Discounts And Special Offers

Mac & Cheese restaurant brand is offering discounts and special promotions for the holiday season, including kids eat free on Black Friday.

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I Heart The Holidays: Nation’s Favorite, Fastest-Growing Mac & Cheese Restaurant Brand Celebrates With Discounts And Special Offers

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I Heart Mac & Cheese is offering discounts and special promotions for the holiday season, including kids eat free on Black Friday and free Mac Bites with catering purchases. The brand is a fast-casual concept specializing in customizable macaroni and cheese bowls and grilled cheese sandwiches.

  • FREE 15-piece order of Mac Bites with any catering purchase, picked up Saturday, November 23, through Saturday, November 30

  • Kids eat FREE on Black Friday, November 29

  • $5 in BONUS Cards with every $25 Gift Card purchase from Friday, November 15 until Sunday, January 5; and

  • $10 in BONUS Cards with every $25 Gift Card purchase on “Pre-Black Friday,” November 22, and Black Friday, November 29.

“We are excited to welcome the holiday season by offering our customers their favorite comfort food as well as exciting promotions throughout the stressful holiday shopping season,” said Steve Giordanella, CEO and Chairman of I Heart Mac & Cheese. “With the recent rollout of our vegan options, our menu is ready to cater to every age, lifestyle, and craving, to provide a fast and affordable option for those trying to avoid packing on extra holiday pounds.”

Well-known for build-your-own macaroni and cheese bowls and grilled cheese sandwiches, I Heart Mac & Cheese offers versatile in-store and group catering menus. These feature healthy lifestyle choices such as broccoli, cauliflower, quinoa, plant-based proteins, dairy-free alternatives and gluten-free pasta, as well as more traditional components.

I Heart Mac & Cheese also recently debuted its signature “Mac Bites” or baked, bite-size mac-and-cheese snacks perfect for little hands or those on the go. Guests can enjoy a variety of flavors like Classic, Pepperoni and Buffalo Chicken.

“We think the Mac Bites will be a great addition to this holiday’s catering orders. The bite-size portion makes a perfect easy-to-eat appetizer for holiday celebrations and social gatherings with friends and family,” added Giordanella.

I Heart Mac & Cheese is a fast-casual concept specializing in customizable, made-to-order macaroni and cheese bowls and grilled cheese sandwiches. Also, on the menu are lifestyle choices with quinoa, broccoli or cauliflower bowls, as well as gluten-free pasta. In 2019, the brand unveiled a new vegan menu featuring plant-based options through an official partnership that was launched with Beyond Meat®.

The menu combines award-winning recipes resulting in a grown-up approach to this classic childhood dish. Guests in search of an easy-to-eat treat can enjoy the brand’s newest menu item, Mac Bites, that are baked, bite-size portions perfect to eat while you are on the go in flavors like Classic, Pepperoni, Lobster and Buffalo Chicken. The first location opened in 2016 in Fort Lauderdale.

Florida locations include Pembroke Pines, Jupiter and Boca Raton. Additional locations are slated to open in Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, New York and Texas. In 2017, the company launched its franchising program nationwide and has franchisee locations in Florida in Coral Springs, Davie, and Tallahassee and in New York in Patchogue and Bayside.

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This story was originally published in Franchising.com on November 14, 2019. Burnaze summarizes and links to the original reporting.

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