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BUSINESS, Page 59Business NotesADVERTISINGOnly Kidding, Lunch Ladies!
Anyone who ever slid a tray down a school cafeteria line
remembers them well: the lunch ladies. They may be warmhearted,
but their food is not always so hot. The Roy Rogers hamburger
chain thought it would be a good idea to conjure up that memory
with commercials featuring lunch ladies who dish up dismal
casseroles to the tune of See You in September. The ads remind
students to take advantage of their free time to snack on the
company's fast food.
The campaign was highly effective, but the chain dropped the
commercials last week because it offended a particular group:
lunch ladies. The American School Food Service Association
complained that the ads were unkind to cafeteria workers. Roy
Rogers first ran the ads in 1988 but encountered the same
reaction and shelved them. The campaign was revived this year
under the company's new owner, Hardee's, but lunch ladies have
grown no more willing to be taken lightly.