Recent content by aks801

After contemplating this a bit, and reading the fine replies in this thread, here is what I’m thinking: “weird” other items like a taco basket or a BBQ sandwich are things that could be experimented with down the road, i.e. once the biz is running fairly smoothly and the kinks have been worked...

There’s a book (actually, now a series of books and online resources, I believe) called Guerilla Marketing. I recommend you buy a cheap used copy from eBay. It has tons of ideas and methods, most of which involve maximizing limited marketing resources. Best of success to you.

Fairly likely that the shooter was some sort of addict, meth probably. Those people are messed, desperate, and bad news. What an incredibly sad story. Let’s pray for his family.

In my store if you do not weigh, you are fired on the spot. I only had to do that once to get the point across and that was 3 years ago. The staff still tell the new comers that they will be fired on the spot for not weighing. Amen.

Re: Question about POS & Stealing in a Sit-Down Restaura You can’t control who can deduct items from tickets? Troubling.

My goodness, I am impressed! Mr. Mills, happy birthday to you, sir. I’ve only read a few of your posts, but you seem very involved and very active. Perhaps it is some latent age bias I have that made me think you were younger! I am in the early, early stage of thinking of opening my own place...

Good thoughts, Royster, thanks. I am surely not driven by ego, and agree that if you can consistently deliver just a little bit more than the customer expected you should be in good shape. My comment was more approach-oriented, like “try us and see”, that kind of thing. Your thoughts re. small...

steveo922: I hear you, Steve-o! Seems like if you’re going to open a pizza joint, then you should feel confident enough in your product to proclaim it the best then set out to prove it!

What other menu items are generally considered necessary to help one get and then stay profitable? Format would be: moderate+ price-point (i.e. not trying to be the cheapest place in town); possibly no delivery (that may be unrealistic); neighborhood location but close to large office complexes...