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Youngstown Vindicator:

Area Denny’s restaurants have extra eggs and servers on hand today as they prepare to give away free meals to all customers.
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The restaurant chain used the biggest marketing stage in the world — a Super Bowl ad — to invite everyone to a free Grand Slam breakfast from 6 a.m. to 2 p.m. today.

“We’re expecting lines out the door the whole time,” said Penny McCormick, assistant manager at the Denny’s in Boardman.
So many people are expected that she doesn’t think everyone will get seated by 2 p.m. In that case, each restaurant will issue up to 500 rain checks.

Jeff Richards of Austintown, who owns the local Denny’s restaurants, said more than 1,000 customers are expected at each restaurant in those eight hours. Each restaurant seats about 150.

Lois Colasante, manager of the Austintown Denny’s, said the phone rang constantly Monday from people asking if what they heard on the commercial was true.

Yes, it is true. Everyone can receive the original Grand Slam — two eggs, two pancakes, two sausages and two strips of bacon. It’s a $5.99 value. No carryouts are allowed.

The callers seemed excited when the details were described, Colasante said.

“We’re expecting to get killed. It’s going to be great,” she said.

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