{"id":5399,"date":"2012-07-28T12:00:55","date_gmt":"2012-07-28T16:00:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.Centives.net\/S\/?p=5399"},"modified":"2013-01-05T06:51:57","modified_gmt":"2013-01-05T11:51:57","slug":"the-doggie-menu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.Centives.net\/S\/2012\/the-doggie-menu\/","title":{"rendered":"The Doggie Menu"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.Centives.net\/S\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/072712_2350_TheDoggieMe1.jpg\" width=\"639\" height=\"426\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;ve all heard of places which have dogs on the menu. Alina Dizik reported on the rise of restaurants that have menus designed specifically for dogs:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<div>Dogs dine along with their owners and get a special menu for themselves. Some of the items include:<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>Bowser beer (nonalcoholic)<\/li>\n<li>Frozen raw bone sprinkled with dill<\/li>\n<li>Freshly baked dog biscuits made by the pastry chef<\/li>\n<li>Lamb stir fry<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>One place offers all of its human-menu items in doggie version. While the food is the same the price is lower for dogs because they require less preparation and don&#8217;t include side dishes.<\/li>\n<li>Chefs must be careful when designing the doggie entrees. There are foods such as onions, chocolate and dairy products that are unsafe for dogs.<\/li>\n<li>Some restaurant owners even consult with vets to ensure their menu will appeal to dogs.<\/li>\n<li>There are economic benefits to doing this. Not only does the dog-menu introduce a new revenue source, customers with dogs generally stay longer and order more food and drinks. There is also greater brand loyalty from these patrons.<\/li>\n<li>Dog-owners are regulated to the patio \u2013 a typically underutilized space. Those who dislike dogs can avoid them by eating inside.<\/li>\n<li>One restaurant had to build a separate entrance for dogs because regulations prevented dogs from walking through the human entrance.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The entire article is fascinating and sprinkled with wonderful insights. If you click on the link <a href=\"http:\/\/online.wsj.com\/article_email\/SB10000872396390443295404577547541968447650-lMyQjAxMTAyMDIwNTAyODU3Wj.html?mod=wsj_valetleft_email\">here<\/a> you&#8217;ll find out how the restaurants deal with dogs that have to use the bathroom, how much these items may cost, what percentage of revenue doggie items make, some other dog-only menu items, how many dogs typically visit such establishments, why owners are concerned that their pets are getting old food, why certain pet owners hate the idea of a dog-only menu, and what restaurant owners and customers have to say.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/online.wsj.com\/article_email\/SB10000872396390443295404577547541968447650-lMyQjAxMTAyMDIwNTAyODU3Wj.html?mod=wsj_valetleft_email\">The Wall Street Journal<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Via: <a href=\"http:\/\/marginalrevolution.com\/marginalrevolution\/2012\/07\/assorted-links-491.html\">Marginal Revolution<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We&#8217;ve all heard of places which have dogs on the menu. Alina Dizik reported on the rise of restaurants that have menus designed specifically for dogs: Dogs dine along with their owners and get a special menu for themselves. Some of the items include: Bowser beer (nonalcoholic) Frozen raw bone sprinkled with dill Freshly baked [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5398,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,41],"tags":[43],"class_list":["post-5399","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-daily-bulletin","category-signature","tag-pet-perks"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"http:\/\/www.Centives.net\/S\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/072712_2350_TheDoggieMe1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.Centives.net\/S\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5399","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.Centives.net\/S\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.Centives.net\/S\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.Centives.net\/S\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.Centives.net\/S\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5399"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"http:\/\/www.Centives.net\/S\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5399\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7596,"href":"http:\/\/www.Centives.net\/S\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5399\/revisions\/7596"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.Centives.net\/S\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5398"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.Centives.net\/S\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5399"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.Centives.net\/S\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5399"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.Centives.net\/S\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5399"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}