Saturday, February 11, 2012

“Would you like a proposal with your order?”

If you’ve always wanted to be proposed to over a greasy pizza and breadsticks, you’re in luck!

From now until Valentine’s Day, Pizza Hut is offering the Tie the Knot with the $10 Dinner Box promotion on their website for the bargain price of $10,010 plus tax.

This package promotes the new product, a dinner box, which includes a pizza, breadsticks and cinnamon sticks. As if stuffing all of those calorific foods into one box wasn’t enough, Pizza Hut wanted to go a step further.

 “Our customers want the best of everything, from their food to memorable life experiences,” said Kurt Kane, Pizza Hut CMO, in a statement. “So we decided to make one of those experiences – the marriage proposal – second-to none and offer it at PizzaHut.com right alongside the new $10 Dinner Box.”

The package includes a ruby engagement ring, limo service, flowers, fireworks, a videographer, a photographer, and, of course, the $10 dinner box. If that sounds like a deal to you, grab one because there are only ten available.

While they will no doubt sell some of these packages, the desperate attempt by Pizza Hut to cash in on the Valentine’s Day spending spree hasn’t impressed or fooled many. Here’s what some people had to say on Twitter:

@BuzzFeed Pizza Hut Is Now Ushering In The End Of Civilization With A "Proposal Package" 

 @rabbitwhite Wait, is this Pizza Hut Proposal Package real? And if so, should you hide the ring in the unlimited Salad Bar?

 @pat_murphy Pizza Hut $10k proposal package w/ $10 dinner I had to double check this wasn't an article from @theonion

They say all publicity is good publicity, but it may not apply in this case. 

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