Letting customers choose how much to pay spreads awareness, goodwill

Carl Sobocinski got really creative when thinking of marketing ideas in 2008, at the height of the recession. His Table 301 restaurant group in Greenville, S.C., was facing the same sales slide most upscale restaurants were at the time, and he was actually considering trimming shifts to control cost.....

By STEVE COOMES

SPONSOREDUpdated 5:18 PM • 08/08/12

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