[[/list][/list]Welcome to the PMQ FAQ List. I want to first begin by giving a huge thanks to Jon Phelps, Training Consultant with Action Training Systems, Inc. (http://www.action-training.com) for taking the time to research the thousands of threads in the Think Tank and creating this FAQ list. He did this in his own time and I want to personally thank him for doing such a wonderful job.


So, without saying anymore...enjoy an easier way to use the Think Tank
BEVERAGE

• Beer: Bottles vs Kegs
• Tap Beer Selection
• Coke & Pepsi Pricing
• Coke & Pepsi BIB 5 Gallon Pricing
• Soda: Fountain vs. Cans/Bottles
• Soda Placement Perks
• Adding Wine

BLACK BOOK

• Black Book I
• Black Book II
• Black Book Letter - Mailing Dates
• Pre-Printed Envelopes
• Black Book Postcards
• Black Book Letter Postage Options
• Black Book: Worth the Price I?
• Black Book: Worth the Price II?

BUYING AN EXISTING PIZZERIA

• Valuing a business
• Buying a Pizzeria Checklist
• Bank Loan
• Buying a Pizzeria I
• Buying a Pizzeria II
• Buying a Pizzeria III
• Buying a Pizzeria IV
• Buying a Pizzeria V
• Buying a Pizzeria VI
• Buying a Pizzeria VII
• Buying a Pizzeria VIII
• Buying a Pizzeria IX
• Taking Over a Pizzeria I
• Taking Over a Pizzeria II
• Seller Financing Option
• Determing Value of Pizzeria
• Turning a Store Around
• Purchased Pizzeria, Need Help
• Should we take over this store?

OPENING A PIZZERIA

• Opening a Franchise
• Del/CO or Full Service
• Del/CO vs. Full Service
• Opening Shop Advice
• Financing Options
• Required Licenses
• Pizzeria Start Up Cost
• Open New or Buy Existing
• Store Location Advice
• Soft Opening I
• Soft Opening II
• New Hires
• Start up Sales Projections
• Pre-Opening Tips
• Start-Up Check List I
• Start-up Check List II
• Store Opening Check List
• Small Market Stores
• Preparing For Opening Day

SELLING A PIZZERIA

• Determining Value of Store I
• Determining Value of Store II

BUSINESS PLANS

• Business Plan Development
• Business Plan: Sales Projections I
• Business Plan: Sales Projections II
• Build Out Projections

CHICKEN

• Fried Chicken
• Chicken Product Discussion

DELIVERY

• Surviving Without Delivery
• Cost of Delivery
• Delivery Charge I
• Delivery Charge II
• Delivery Charge III
• Delivery in Bad Weather
• Starting Delivery I
• Starting Delivery II
• Starting Delivery III
• Starting Delivery IV
• Starting Delivery V
• Starting Delivery VI
• Delivery Benchmarks
• Delivery Times
• Delivery Distance
• Delivery Minimums
• Delivery Hours
• Electric Delivery Vehicle
• Scooter Delivery
• Delivery Time Guarantee
• Heated Delivery Bags
• Opening Without Delivery

DELIVERY DRIVERS

• Contract Drivers I
• Contract Drivers II
• Driver Pay Scale I
• Driver Pay Scale II
• Driver Compensation
• Dealing With Bad Driver
• Fixing Driver Screw-ups
• Recruiting Drivers
• Driver Minimum Age
• Keeping Good Drivers

DELIVERY INSURANCE

• Delivery Insurance I
• Delivery Insurance II
• Delivery Insurance III
• Delivery Insurance IV
• Delivery Insurance V
• Delivery Insurance VI
• Liability Insurance
• Delivery Liability

DOOR HANGERS

• What is a Door hanger
• Is Door Hanging Same as begging for Business
• Door Hanger Print Companies
• door Hanger Return Rates
• Door Hanger Promotion tips
• Door hanging Ideas
• Door Hanging hours Per Week
• cheap Door Hangers
• Cheap door Hangers II
• door Hangers vs. Postcards
• Door Hanging vehicle

DOUGH - GENERAL TIPS

• Improving Dough Flavor
• ADY vs. IDY Ratios
• Bad Yeast
• Importance of Fermentation
• Importance of Dough Temps
• Cheap Dough Trays
• Dough Balls per Tray
• Dough Troubleshooting Guide
• Adding Milk to Dough
• Dough Mixing Times
• Wheat Dough

DOUGH TECHNIQUES

• Hand Tossing vs. Sheeter
• Dough Making Videos
• Domino€™s Dough Technique
• Dough Sheeters
• Surface Calculator

DOUGH RECEIPES/COST

• NY Style Dough
• Thin Crust Dough
• Gluten Free Dough
• Emergency Dough
• Cost of Dough I
• Cost of Dough II
• Buying vs. Making Dough
• Salt Ratio for Dough
• Whole Wheat Dough

EMPLOYEE - GENERAL

• Staffing as Percentage of Sales
• Employee Drug Testing
• Shift Scheduling Programs
• Employee Scheduling Software
• Employee Internet Usage
• Employee Phone Policy
• Employee Tip Jar
• Employee Performance Evaluation Form

EMPLOYEE - ISSUES

• Cash Register Overages/Shortages
• Cash Shortages
• Employee Theft I
• Employee Theft II

EMPLOYEE - MOTIVATION

• Motivation vs. Nit Picking
• New Hire Training/Motivation
• New Hire Interview Tips
• Employee Scholarships

EQUIPMENT SUPPLY COMPANIES

• Best Place for New/Used Equipment
• Central Restaurant Supply

MIXERS

• Doyon Mixers
• Reconmended Mixer Sizes
• Commercial Mixer Brands
• Shredding Cheese with Mixer
• Sprial vs. Planetary Mixer
• Titling Mixers
• VCM Mixer Pros/Cons

EQUIPMENT - GENERAL

• Dishwasher in Pizzeria
• Walk-In Flooring

FLOOR PLANS/LAYOUTS

• Floor Plan Help - 1300sqft
• Floor Plan Tips/Ideas
• Build Out Expense
• 34x65 Floor Plan
• 20x60 Floor Plan Help

MARKETING EVENTS
BIRTHDAY PARTIES

• Birthday Party Policy
• Pizza Making Birthday Party

FUNDRAISERS

• Fundraising Tips I
• Fundraising Tips II

SCHOOL NIGHTS

• Fundraisers for Charity/Schools
• School Night Contribution
• School Nights by j_r0kk Part I
• School Nights by j_r0kk Part II
• School Night Fundraisers

CUSTOMER APPRECIATION EVENT

• Customer Appreciation Day

PARADES

• Parade Ideas
• Christmas Parade Ideas

SPORT TEAM SPONSORSHIP

• Little League Sponsorship

HOLIDAYS

• Day After Christmas
• Thanksgiving

SUPER BOWL

• Super Bowl Specials
• Super Bowl Specials & Hours
• Super Bowl Sunday Results

MARKETING & ADVERTISING
PRINT COMPANIES

• Print Company by J_r0kk

BOT TOPPERS

• Box Topper Discounts
• Box Topper Glue Options
• Box Topper Ideas Keep It Simple
• Post-It Notes as Box Toppers

MARKETING AGAINST COMPETITION

• Franshise Moving Next Door, What to Do?
• Pizza Company moving next door what do I do?
• Papa John€™s coming to Town
• Competitor Copying Me What to Do
• Coporate Spying

COUPONS

• Coupon ROI
• Coupon Promotion Idea
• Favorite Coupons

CROSS MARKETING

• Cross Marketing with Blood Center
• Business Referral Program
• What Companies to Cross Market With

DIRECT MAIL MARKETING

• Low Cost Direct Mail Program
• Direct Mailing Cost
• Postcard Direct Mailer
• Where to purchase postcards
• Direct Mail Print Shops
• Direct Mail Companies

GENERAL MARKETING TIPS / IDEAS

• Bounce-back Certificate Idea
• Best Weeks for Advertising
• Best Week to Mail Menus
• Air-Freshener Advertising
• Discounting To Increase Sales
• Driving Sales Growth Through Advertising
• Dropping Prices to Increase Volume
• Email Blast Marketing
• Increasing Word of Mouth Advertising
• Fax Marketing
• Fax Marketing II
• Developing Corporate Accounts
• Developing School Accounts
• Developing School Contracts
• Pizza Bonds
• Grocery Store Receipt Ads
• Marketing Your Phone Number
• How Long to Stick with Ad Campaign
• Why Advertise Weekly
• Creating Monthly/Season Specials
• Clip Art for Postcards
• Calculating Market Share
• Marketing Idea - Employee Contest
• Marketing Retention Numbers
• Marketing to Customer Outside Delivery Area
• Mistake Postcards
• Press Release How To
• Why Marketing is Better Than Product Quality
• Why Marketing is Better Than Quality Part II
• Using Flags to Increase Sales
• Employee Up-Sell Contest
• Opportunity in Everything (Great Read)
• $3.99 Pizza Promotion
• Yellow Book Marketing

HOTEL MARKETING

• Hotel Marketing I
• Hotel Marketing II
• Hotel Marketing III
• [urlhttp://thinktank.pmq.com/viewtopic.php?t=2153]Hotel Stands I[/url]
• Hotel Stands II
• Hotel Stands III

INCREASING LUNCH/DINNER SALES

• Improving Lunch Sales I
• Improving Lunch Sales II
• Improving Lunch Sales III
• Improving Lunch Sales IV
• Improving Lunch Sales V
• Building Lunch Sales
• Business Lunch Program
• Advertising to Increase Carry Out
• How to Increase Daily Sales

JUST OPENED/UNDER 12 MONTHS

• Open 2 Months, Need Help
• Open a Month, Looking to Grow Sales
• Open 7 Weeks, Need Help
• Open a Month, Need Help
• Open 2 Months, Need Marketing Ideas
• Open 6 Weeks, Ready to Start Marketing
• Marketing After Soft Opening

MAGNETS

• Magnet Vendors
• Refrigerator Magnet Suppliers

MARKETING TO INCREASE SALES

• Marketing Plan Ideas
• Major Screw-Up Equals Major Publicity
• Marketing Plan List
• Yearly Marketing Calendar
• Online Ordering

NEW MOVERS

• Using Moving Targets
• Moving Targets
• Apartment Marketing - New Tenants
• New Movers Gift Certificates
• New Movers Marketing Through Real Estate Agents Part I
• New Movers Marketing Through Real Estate Agents Part II

VAL-PAK

• Val-Pak I
• Val-Pak II
• Val-Pak III
• Val-Pak IV

MENU

• Faxable Menu Order Form
• Pricing Menu Items Correctly
• Menu Print Companies
• 11x17 Tri-Fold Menu Printing
• Menu Printing 101
• Menu Pricing for Specialty Pizzas
• using Coupons on Menu

GENERAL QUESTIONS

• Credit Card Transaction Companies
• Credit Card Minimums
• Credit Card Processing
• Credit Card Merchant Fees
• Credit Card Merchant Fees II
• Credit Card Auto-Gratuity Charges
• S-Corp vs. LLC
• S-Corp vs LLC II
• In Store Security Systems
• Handling Complaints
• Handling Complaints II
• Food and Labor Percentage Formula
• Food Cost on Spreedsheet
• Food CostPro vs Spreedsheet
• Food Cost Old School
• Opening 2nd Location Advice
• Determing Hours of Operation
• Hours of Operations
• Hours of Operations II
• Hours of Operations III
• Pizza Sizes
• How Much Cheese per Pizza Size
• Reconmended Freezer Space
• Determing Net Profit
• Labor Yield Formula
• Labor Yield Formula II
• Should You Include Manager Salary in Labor Cost?
• Make Line Scale
• Portion Control Cups
• Dealing with Employee Food Mistakes
• Collecting Bounced Checks
• Collecting Bounced Checks II
• Surface Calculator
• Portion Control with Scales
• Dough Ball Weights

POS SYSTEMS

• Point of Success vs. Diamond Touch
• Speedline or Firefly
• Point of Success Programming Advice
• POS- Low Budget Options
• Point of Success - Programming ½ Toppings
• Point of Success - Programming Driver Banks
• Point of Success - Programming Driver Banks II
• POS for small shops
• POSPizza Software
• POS with Credit/Debit Intergration
• POS Required for Start-Ups
• POS First Purchase
• POS Systems & Expense
• POS Touch Screen Reconmendations
• POS - Industry's Most Trusted

SAUCES

• Alfredo Sauce Recipes
• Sauce- Fresh or Pre-made?
• Stanislaus Full Red Pizza sauce
• Sauce-Average cost per gallon
• Sauce Starter Recipe
• Stanislaus/Escalon comparison link
• Straight from the can sauce
• Watery Sauce Solutions

TELEPHONE SYSTEMS

• Phone Systems I
• Phone Systems II
• Phone Systems III

WINGS

• Best Selling Wing Flavors
• Chicken Wing Suppliers
• Chicken Wing Suppliers II
• Wings- Food Cost
• Fresh Wings- Storage Time
• Par-Baking Wings
• Wing Hot Sauce Ideas
• Deep Frying Wings
• Wings-Cooking Options