Looking for outrageous marketing themes for July to keep your customers engaged and buying? You’ve come to the right place. Below are a list of food and drink National Days to give your marketing a sparkling flare!

I like July 31st – National Cotton Candy Day. It just so happens its during the local County Fair in my area! I have lots of happy childhood memories attached to Cotton Candy.

Rent a cotton candy machine for your business and invite your customers to come in with their families for free cotton candy. You can create an event on Facebook, tweet about it and set up a Foursquare promotion related to National Cotton Candy Day. And if you hurry you can even drop a cotton candy themed postcard in the mail to your customer list. Invite your guests to post photos of their cotton candy fun on your Facebook wall.

National Junk Food Day on July 21st sounds like lots of fun! Get your customers talking about their favorite Junk Food and have them post photos on your Facebook Wall.

Want a tropical theme for your marketing promotion? National Pina Colada Day on July 10th should work just fine. If you are a non-food service business you can have non alcoholic Pina Coladas available for customers to enjoy/

If you want to get fancy and deal with a luxury market send your best clients caviar on July 18th National Caviar Day.

1st Week:

July 1 – National Gingersnap Day
July 1 – National Creative Ice Cream Flavor Day – Have a contest and have people submit recipes.
July 2 – National Anisette Day – Its an Anise flavored liqueur.
July 3 – National Chocolate Wafer Day
July 3 – National Eat Beans Day [Make sure you use this for an out door event! LOL]

2nd Week:

July 4 – National Barbecue Day
July 4 – National Barbecued Spareribs Day
July 4 – National Caesar Salad Day
July 5 – National Apple Turnover Day
July 6 – National Fried Chicken Day – My Grandma fried the best chicken!
July 7 – National Strawberry Sundae Day
July 7 – National Macaroni Day
July 8 – National Milk Chocolate with Almonds Day
July 9 – National Sugar Cookie Day
July 9 – National Don’t Put all your Eggs in One Omelet Day
July 10 – National Pina Colada Day – Have a tropical theme with special offer on Pina Coladas!

3rd Week:

July 11 – National Blueberry Muffin Day -  Bakeries, coffee shops and even diners can use this day.
July 12 – National Pecan Pie Day
July 13 – National French Fries Day [Oh, there goes my diet! Love fries!]
July 13 – National Bean ‘n Franks Day
July 14 – National Grand Marnier Day
July 14 – National Pick Blueberries Day
July 15 – National Tapioca Pudding Day
July 16 – National Corn Fritters Day
July 17 – National Peach Ice Cream Day

4th Week:

July 18 – National Caviar Day – Luxury market! Send out jars to your top clients.
July 19 - National Daiquiri Day – Have non-alcoholic ones in your store for customers on a hot day.
July 19 – National Ice Cream Day
July 20 – National Lollipop Day – Hand out to your customers children when they stop by.
July 20 – National Fortune Cookie Day – Have ones with motivational quotes and use in mailers.
July 21 – National Crème Brulee Day
July 21 – National Junk Food Day – Why am I thinking competitive eating contest?
July 22 – National Penuche Fudge Day [Made from brown sugar]
July 23 – National Vanilla Ice Cream Day
July 24 – National Tequila Day – Bars, Nightclubs and Mexican restaurants can do a themed promo.

5th Week:

July 25 – National Hot Fudge Sundae Day
July 26 – National Bagelfest – Bakeries pay attention!
July 26 – National Coffee Milkshake Day – Coffee shops can use this for a special promo.
July 27 – National Crème Brulee Day
July 27 – National Scotch Day – Bars, Pubs and Nightclubs can use this for a promotion.
July 28 – National Milk Chocolate Day
July 28 – National Hamburger Day
July 29 – National Lasagna Day
July 30 – National Cheesecake Day
July 31 – National Raspberry Cake Day
July 31 – National Cotton Candy Day  – Rent a machine for your business and invite customers for a treat.
July 31 - National Jump for Jelly Beans Day – Send out mailers with jelly beans packages attached.

For those of you looking for non food related marketing themes for July I’ll be posting a list soon. Let me know which days you use for a promotion and the response you get.