Circulation Profile | Advertising Rates | Mechanical Requirements
Sample Editorial Features | Printable Media Kit & Advertising Contract

Who are we and why should you advertise?

Wisconsin Restaurateur (WR) is a high-quality, bi-monthly business magazine serving foodservice professionals throughout Wisconsin. The format is upbeat and progressive. With an exclusive focus on the foodservice industry, WR offers an excellent mix of industry news and foodservice features. WR points out trends headed our way and gets the word out on those that start here. We watch the problems restaurateurs are having in other parts of the country and make our readers aware of potential challenges.

Published by the best
Wisconsin Restaurateur is published by the Wisconsin Restaurant Association... one of the largest state restaurant associations in the United States, representing over 6,000 facilities.

Longevity
Wisconsin Restaurateur has been published as long as the Association has been around -- since 1933!

Circulation
An audience of approximately 3,000 professionals receives our magazine for the news and views on Wisconsin's foodservice industry. An ad in our annual January/February "Expo Issue" will put you in front of every licensed foodservice professional in Wisconsin. This special issue has a circulation of 16,000!

A targeted audience
Wisconsin Restaurateur is the only publication in Wisconsin with an exclusive focus on the foodservice industry... and it reaches an estimated 80% of Wisconsin's buying power in that market. With 10,000 readers, placing an ad in WR really does give you a direct link to prospective buyers and increased business.

Wisconsin Restaurateur and your marketing plan

Wisconsin Restaurateur is not just an opportunity to advertise in a publication directed to your buyers. We offer you a partnership that helps your company reach its objectives and grow business in Wisconsin.

WRBN (Wisconsin Restaurant Business News)
WRBN is a series of news briefs that highlight the people and companies in Wisconsin's foodservice industry. WRBN provides the latest information on appointments, honors, promotions and retirements. This section is free to you as an advertiser.

Special Features
Each issue has a different editorial theme. As an advertiser, we welcome your ideas and success stories. You can be a valuable contributor to these editorial features.

Circulation Profile

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2008 Advertising Rates and Data

Four Color

Black and White

Premium Space Rates

• All premium space rates are priced "per issue."
• All premium space positions are non-cancellable

Insert Rates

Insert spaces are available in each issue. Due to the variety of insert options available, advertisers should contact the WRA to confirm specific rates.

Special Placement

Please add 15% to space rate.

Design Service

WRA staff is available to help advertisers design ads. The advertiser must provide a thorough mock layout and any logos, images, etc. There is a $50.00 minimum charge for any ad design work. Major changes to existing ads may also be subject to additional charges.

Billing Policy

Agency commission of 15% of gross billing is allowed only to recognized advertising agencies provided the account is paid net 30 days.

The publisher reserves the right to hold the advertiser and/or its advertising agency jointly and severally liable for such monies as are payable to the publisher.

Non-Payment Penalty

Advertiser and/or advertising agency assumes liability for 100% of contract price. Liability continues to accrue for any ads pulled under contract.

If payment on a specific issue is not made within 60 days of the invoice date, the remaining ads under contract will be pulled until full payment is received for ads run and ads pulled. Once full payment is received, ads will be reinstated in the next issue under contract. At no time may contract terms be extended.

Cancellation Policy

Cancellation of advertising space reservations will not be accepted after the advertising space closing date for a given issue. Premium space reservations are non-cancelable.

One-time advertisers must advertise in the issue indicated on their contract. Three-time advertisers are allowed to change the schedule of their ads, provided they indicate their intentions to the WRA before upcoming advertising space closing dates and all three ads must be placed within a one year period (from the time the initial ad is placed). Six-time advertisers must place their ads in six consecutive issues.

When copy or ad changes are not received at the WRA by the date all ads are due and reasonable attempts have been made by WRA staff to contact the advertiser, the last ad that was placed will be repeated (provided it is not dated in any way).

Contract/Insertion Order Policy

The publisher (WRA) will allow no ads to be placed for print without a signed Wisconsin Restaurateur advertising contract and/or an advertising agency insertion order.

All advertisers (including any advertising agency or a client thereof) are required to complete and submit to the WRA a signed Wisconsin Restaurateur advertising contract in order to receive multi-issue discounted rates... there are no exceptions. Agency insertion orders do not qualify the advertiser for multi-issue discounted rates unless they are accompanied by a signed Wisconsin Restaurateur advertising contract.

All printed rates are subject to change before a signed contract and/or insertion order is received by publisher.

2008 Advertising Deadlines

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Mechanical Requirements

Printing & Binding

WR is printed on a web offset press and saddle stitched.

Print Specifications

WR is printed using CTP (Computer To Plate) technology. Because we utilize this technology, new advertising materials must be received in digital form in order to comply with our workflow.

Submission: All digital media must be compressed into either a Mac-compatible self-extracting archive file (such as a ".sea," ".sit," or ".hqx") or within a ".zip" file (PC). Submission via e-mail should not exceed 5MB per transmission. Files exceeding 5MB should be saved to a disc or burned onto a CD-R and sent via ground-transport or converted into a PDF file and sent via e-mail. Larger files may also be sent to our web server via a FTP (File Transfer Protocol) program.

Ads submitted via ZIP disk or CD should be accompanied by a color laser proof. WRA cannot be held responsible for any design discrepancies when no printed proof is provided (including any files submitted via e-mail or FTP).

Designer Tools

Wisconsin Restaurateur Master InDesign File - Download Here To make the printing and design process easier, we now use InDesign CS2. The new Master File can be used to ensure that full or half page ads with or without bleeds conform to proper dimensions. To use it, you need the InDesign CS version 3.0.1 April 2005 Update Patch installed or InDesign CS2. When the ad is complete, you can package the ad, collecting all images and fonts used, then stuff or zip it and upload it here. Or you can export a PDF using the PDF Optimization Instructions below and upload that.

PDF Optimization Instructions - This PDF contains instructions for generating PDFs in InDesign for use in Wisconsin Restaurateur. Using this process, designers can produce press-ready full page ads. NOTE: The Wisconsin Restaurateur Master file above already has the correct print settings as specified in this PDF.

PDF Guidelines - This PDF contains the correct optimization settings and page size for a full page ad with bleeds for any program you may use.

You may still download the old Quark 4 Master file here if you don't have InDesign. Quark files must be submitted as PDFs only. We don't recommend this option due to incompatibilities between the two programs, but realize that Quark is still being used by various design houses.

FTP Upload Information
Rather than emailing files to WRA, you may wish instead to upload your finished ads to our FTP server. You may upload using your web browser by clicking here.

Please send an email to rpettersen@wirestaurant.org after uploading to let us know files are there.

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Sample Editorial Features

Wisconsin Restaurateur does not pre-print an editorial calendar to cover upcoming topics in future issues. Click here to view an editorial calendar showing topics covered in 2007. The list of topics covered in 2007 should be used only as a sample.

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Printable Media Kit

For a printable Adobe Acrobat PDF version of the Wisconsin Restaurateur media kit including an advertising contract, please click below. Please download and mail or fax the contract back to:

Ryan Pettersen
Wisconsin Restaurateur
Wisconsin Restaurant Association
2801 Fish Hatchery Road
Madison, WI 53713

Fax: 608.270.9960

Download printable Wisconsin Restaurateur media kit and advertising contract.

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