NEW BUSINESS AT DUKE MARKETING

CHEF-K Culinary Health Education For Kids and Sammy’s Woodfired Pizza Hire Duke Marketing

San Rafael, Calif. – May 2008 – Duke Marketing®, an Integrated Marketing Communications firm, announced today it has won new business from Alameda, CA based, CHEF-K, Culinary Health Education For Kids and Sammy’s Woodfired Pizza of San Diego, CA.

Duke Marketing was hired by Chef-K founder, Laurie Zerga, to provide a strategic marketing plan for her new business.  The organization develops, trains, and licenses culinary health education programs for organizations to offer to kids aged five through eighteen. These programs are developed to heighten awareness of the connection between diet and health issues such as the increase in childhood obesity and type 2 diabetes. Chef-K programs combine nutrition, the science of food safety, cooking instruction, and table etiquette and are offered as train the trainer packages that include five-day training sessions for instructors, all the teaching materials needed, and a limited license to offer the program.

Ladeki Restaurants, owner of Sammy’s Woodfired Pizza with 14 restaurants has hired Duke Marketing to provide public relations and marketing consulting.  “We want to take our marketing and PR to the next level and Duke Marketing has a great feel for what we need,” said Tom Penn, of the Ladeki Restaurant Group.  “We are positive Duke Marketing can help us reach our goals and give momentum to our growth plans.”

“We are thrilled to have new clients Chef-K and Sammy’s Woodfired Pizza,” stated Linda Duke, CEO and Principal of Duke Marketing.  “They are terrific brands and are looking forward to enhancing their image though public relations and marketing efforts.”

Duke Marketing specializes in providing integrated marketing communications to multi-unit and franchise organizations.  Some notable clients include: Rubio’s Restaurants, the publicly-held 180+ unit concept from Carlsbad, CA, Boudin SF and Go Roma restaurants, part of Forklift Brands from San Francisco, CA, and MOOYAH Burgers & Fries from Dallas, TX.

Duke Marketing provides a full range of services, including: thought-leadership, local store marketing, public relations, consumer promotions and cause marketing, franchise communications, market-by-market planning, creative development and media buying.

About Duke Marketing®
Duke Marketing is a privately held, California-based Integrated Marketing Communications company, experts in providing Integrated Marketing Communications by applying classic disciplines and leading-edge techniques of advertising, public relations, research, creative and direct marketing to both traditional and multi-location companies.   Duke Marketing combines a full range of services, on-target strategies, fresh ideas and creative concepts to offer complete solutions.

For more information, contact Duke Marketing at 415-492-4534 or view the Company’s web site www.dukemarketing.com.

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