Red Robin Ad Angers Vegetarians with Joke at Plant Eaters Expense (VIDEO)
A Red Robin commercial is drawing the ire of herbivores around the country after a new commercial pokes fun at the non-meat eating crowd.
The recent commercial promoting the restaurant chain's veggie burger has received numerous negative reactions over it joke about vegetarians.
"We even have a garden burger just in case your teenage daughter is going through a phase," says the actress in the commercial, which begins by promoting Red Robin's 24 different burger options.
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The ad, however, will not be on the air much longer according to Kevin Caulfield, Red Robin's senior director of communications
"We created a number of ads and we have a rotation schedule that is intended to keep the campaign fresh. This particular ad is planned to be out of rotation and no longer on the air very soon," Caulfield told HuffPo.
Despite that add not resonating with some viewers the restaurant chain could try something else, like getting a sports star that already likes Red Robin.
49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick received a food offer from Red Robin. The chain restaurant, which is reportedly one of Kaepernick's favorites, had offered the football star free food for life if he won the Super Bowl.
According to a recent New York Daily News article, Karpernick loves Red Robin, meaning he would be agreat spokesperson for the chain.
The publication explained that when offered to go to any place he wanted for dinner, by a financial advisor, he chose Red Robin.
That ad starts, "Dear Colin, we've seen your name being thrown around the news quite a lot lately, and everyone at red Robin is ecstatic that you're a fan of our craveable burgers and our restaurant is a "favorite haunt of [yours]."
