Don’s Drive In – Unconscious Brand Lessons of My Youth
If you want to learn how to build a juggernaut of a brand through inspiring action, you could do a lot worse than to learn from the example of the late Don Roth, founder and proprietor of the sadly also late Don’s Drive In at the border of Livingston and Short Hills, New Jersey.
My grandmother lived for many years just a couple of blocks from Don’s, so I had the delicious experience of imbibing the phenomenon from a very impressionable age.
Some will say Don’s was just a restaurant. Hah! Don’s was a mega-brand in the area. Though Don and his namesake have been gone for years, so great is the demand for his food that several other food services in the area claim to sell “Don’s” burgers and other items.
I could tell you more, but you’ll learn so much from this article about the heart, soul, and work-ethic of a true brand-building genius. Enjoy!