The restaurant chain Denny’s created a marketing buzz on Superbowl Sunday with a 30 second commerical advertising a free Grand Slam Breaskfast for anyone that wanted one this past Tuesday from 6am to 2 pm. An estimated 2 million Americans reported took advantage of the offer on Tuesday – not a bad day for the approximately 1500 Denny’s restaurants that only sell about 12.5 million Grand Slam breakfasts per year.
If you are unfamiliar with a Grand Slam meal – it consists of two eggs, two pancakes, two sausage links and two pieces of bacon, adding up to a whopping 795 calories including 450 calories from fat!
Thats over 75% of your daily average recommended fat intake, 150% of your daily recommended cholesterol intake and almost 100% of the daily sodium consuption at just over 2200 mg- so at least 2 million Americans got their fat, cholesterol and salt intake out of the way early on Tuesday.
Add that to the typical Superbowl overindulgance and I think we all need to add a couple of extra workouts this week.