Echoing promotional tactics employed during the Great Recession from 2007-2009, a number of companies have brought back recession-focused deals and combos designed to entice cash-strapped Americans to their stores.

As CNBC reported last week, businesses from burger chains to coffee shops across from coast-to-coast have begun offering "recession specials," viewed by some as an indicator of an imminent economic downturn, and by others as a marketing scheme designed to capitalize on contemporary economic fears.

The latter have been aroused primarily by the trade policies of the current administration, with some—including Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell—warning that the tariffs imposed by President Donald Trump on almost all of America's trading partners could exacerbate underlying i

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