May Restaurant Marketing Ideas [2021]

Marketing ideas you can use for the month of May.

The Coronavirus and the need to social distance has impacted certain restaurants who had to close their dining rooms, but for those still open for carryout and delivery, you need more ideas of driving customers back to your business.

There are plenty of special food holidays and reasons to celebrate in the month of May and no reason you should let up on your marketing efforts.

First, you should continue to engage your followers on social media to generate more awareness that you are open for business and get more customers to order from your restaurant.

Every month we give you a list of ideas to work into your restaurant marketing campaigns.

Our list is quite long, so you will have plenty of ideas to fill up your marketing calendar and drive more customers to your restaurant, bar, bakery, coffee shop or ice cream parlor, even though your dining room may not be open for a few more weeks.

Mother’s Day is the most popular day of the year to dine out, but your restaurant marketing efforts don’t have to end there.

Savvy restaurant owners and managers know that there are many special days in May that can be used with promotional activities.

There’s also International Firefighters Day, International Nurses Day, School Principal’s Day, National Receptionists Day, and National Waiters and Waitresses Day.

And don’t forget Military Spouse Appreciation Day and Memorial Day.  May is also Military Appreciation Month.

So let’s get started…

Here’s your restaurant marketing calendar list for May:

1 – National Chocolate Parfait Day
1 – Mother Goose Day
1 – School Principals’ Day
1 – New Home Owners Day
1 – Lei Day
2 – National Truffle Day
2 – Baby Day
2 – Brothers And Sisters Day
3 – National Chocolate Custard Day
3 – National Two Different Colored Shoes Day
3 – Paranormal Day
3 – No Pants Day
4 – National Orange Juice Day
4 – National Candied Orange Peel Day
4 – International Firefighters Day
4 – Free Comic Book Day
4 – Join Hands Day
4 – Star Wars Day

5 – Cinco de Mayo
5 – Cartoonists Day
5 – World Laughter Day
6 – National Beverage Day
6 – International No Diet Day
6 – National Tourist Appreciation Day
6 – No Homework Day
7 – National Roast Leg of Lamb Day
7 – National Tourism Day
8 – National Coconut Cream Pie Day
8 – Third Shift Workers’ Day
8 – School Nurse Day
8 – No Socks Day
9 – National Moscato Day
10 – National Shrimp Day
10 – Stay Up All Night Day
10 – National Receptionists Day
10 – Military Spouse Appreciation Day
11 – National Eat What You Want Day
11 – Twilight Zone Day

12 – Mother’s Day
12 – National Nutty Fudge Day
12 – International Nurses Day
12 – Limerick Day
13 – National Apple Pie Day
13 – Frog Jumping Day
13 – Leprechaun Day
14 – National Buttermilk Biscuit Day
14 – Chicken Dance Day
15 – National Chocolate Chip Day
15 – Straw Hat Day
15 – International Day of Families
15 – Peace Officers Memorial Day
17 – National Cherry Cobbler Day
17 – National Walnut Day
17 – World Baking Day

17 – National Pizza Party Day
17 – Endangered Species Day
18 – World Whisky Day
18 – National Cheese Souffle Day
18 – Visit Your Relatives Day
18 – No Dirty Dishes Day
18 – Learn To Swim Day
19 – National Devil’s Food Cake Day
20 – National Quiche Lorraine Day
20 – Be A Millionaire Day
21 – National Strawberries & Cream Day
21 – National Waiters and Waitresses Day
22 – National Vanilla Pudding Day
22 – World Goth Day
23 – National Taffy Day
23 – World Turtle Day®
23 – Lucky Penny Day
24 – National Escargot Day
24 – Brother’s Day
24 – Tiara Day
25 – National Wine Day

25 – Towel Day
25 – Geek Pride Day
25 – National Tap Dance Day
26 – National Blueberry Cheesecake Day
26 – World Lindy Hop Day
26 – Indianapolis 500
27 – Memorial Day
28 – International Hamburger Day
28 – National Brisket Day
29 – Senior Health & Fitness Day
30 – National Mint Julep Day

With all the ideas on this list, you could simply change your events every year in May to keep your marketing fresh and new.

If you need more help generating some buzz for your restaurant marketing efforts, check out our restaurant marketing section and get some more inspiration and great advice to drive additional customers to your business.

If you don’t have the time or staff to handle the marketing needs yourself, why not hire Splattered Paint Marketing, a downriver marketing agency that can turn your marketing strategy on full blast.

Source:  The restaurant marketing promotion days for May were first published on RestaurantNews.