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I think your analogy is a bit flawed. The local Boy Scout troop would love to have such a promotion if the rewards were achievable. 10,000 sandwiches to earn on

I think your analogy is a bit flawed. The local Boy Scout troop would love to have such a promotion if the rewards were achievable. 10,000 sandwiches to earn one free sandwich is obviously ludicrous but if it was more like "When the group buys 100 sandwiches, Subway will cater your next pack meeting", then the kids/parents would be all over that.

13rules 14y ago
This totally works — especially if the recipient is an organization or a cause. Grocery stores and other places do this where on certain nights they will donate a percentage of proceeds to a local school, etc. People are willing to trade a small reward for themselves for a larger reward that a group can achieve.
simcop2387 14y ago
Pizza Hutt used to do something similar with school programs back in the South East US. Kids that participated in a reading program got a free personal pizza. I forget all of the details since i was in 2nd or 3rd grade at the time, but along with bringing more people in for the free part, it also got a lot of people in just because they were supporting a program like that.
- jaredsohn 14y ago
  You're probably thinking of Book It (http://www.bookitprogram.com/faq/ http://www.bookitprogram.com/faq/). I don't think it is South East USA specific (we had it in the midwest and the website doesn't indicate that it doesn't apply nationally.)
  - simcop2387 14y ago
    That looks like it, I didn't realize it was still going on, or that it was that big across the nation.
    - bluedino 14y ago
      Pizza Hut was getting a lot of pressure to cancel that program, accused of bribing kids with food and pizza marketing.
- johnbellone 14y ago
  This was something I participated in New Jersey as well.
saraid216 14y ago
There's a local deli here in Seattle where you drop your business card in for a chance to get catered or something. (It's been a while since I've been there; too packed.) If all your coworkers drop in, likelihood kinda shoots up.

13rules 14y ago

This totally works — especially if the recipient is an organization or a cause. Grocery stores and other places do this where on certain nights they will donate a percentage of proceeds to a local school, etc. People are willing to trade a small reward for themselves for a larger reward that a group can achieve.

simcop2387 14y ago

Pizza Hutt used to do something similar with school programs back in the South East US. Kids that participated in a reading program got a free personal pizza. I forget all of the details since i was in 2nd or 3rd grade at the time, but along with bringing more people in for the free part, it also got a lot of people in just because they were supporting a program like that.

jaredsohn 14y ago
You're probably thinking of Book It (http://www.bookitprogram.com/faq/ http://www.bookitprogram.com/faq/). I don't think it is South East USA specific (we had it in the midwest and the website doesn't indicate that it doesn't apply nationally.)
- simcop2387 14y ago
  That looks like it, I didn't realize it was still going on, or that it was that big across the nation.
  - bluedino 14y ago
    Pizza Hut was getting a lot of pressure to cancel that program, accused of bribing kids with food and pizza marketing.
johnbellone 14y ago
This was something I participated in New Jersey as well.

saraid216 14y ago

There's a local deli here in Seattle where you drop your business card in for a chance to get catered or something. (It's been a while since I've been there; too packed.) If all your coworkers drop in, likelihood kinda shoots up.