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I can understand you feeling let down but it is going to be important not to get your customer personally involved in your ‘competition war’ with your competitor. It will be unprofessional if she is involved in any animosity. She obviously likes your pizza but she is bound to have a bit of...

Re: Fridge magnets…we never use them in the UK. Should we Hi I think I need to change what I said previously. What I should have said is that I don’t know anybody who uses fridge magnets in my area. I am sure that pizza places uses fridge magnets somewhere in the UK but they are not used...

sorry, I can’t help…but I just wanted to add that this is something that I would be very interested in seeing too. I tried to find a site that might have sold these but the only one I could find was a checklist site for restaurants which wouldn’t apply to my pizza takeaway shop. Many thanks Bill

Hi Nick Congratulations. Your loyalty card is fantastic. I would definitely bear in mind Daves suggestion thought, regarding the hole punch and consider stamping them with a unique logo instead. Good luck and please keep us informed about how it does. Wishing you success. Bill

Re: Fridge magnets…we never use them in the UK. Should we Thanks Dave and Rockstar Liked the story Dave and got the point 🙂 Rockstar, thanks very much for posting those links which is a very ingenius and affordable option. Bill

Re: How can I compete with 5 other pizza places on same stre George Mills: Hi George Thanks for the comment. There is definitely a flip side to every argument, however, in reality, there are only so many customers to go round and our area population is not particularly huge. Bill

Re: Fridge magnets…we never use them in the UK. Should we Thanks for the reply and the very interesting figures. They were fascinating. Thank you too for taking the time to search for me regarding finding a fridge magnet supplier. I will do a more thorough research myself to see what else I...

We just use stock, generic boxes because they are cheap. I would love to have personalised boxes but the cost would be too huge. It is an ambition for me though… 🙂 Bill

Hi One of the things that I have noticed on this forum is that fridge magnets are being used as a promotional tool by a lot of pizza owners. I, nor does any pizza owner I know in the UK, use them. They are just never used. I am presuming that they work due to the popularity. However I rang a...

Re: How can I compete with 5 other pizza places on same stre Napoli Pizza: Thank you so much for such a great reply. It has really helped us to look very closely at our busines and how to improve it. Since finding this forum I have been able to do lots of research as you suggested and it...

Re: Does anybody put messages in the lid of their pizza boxe Dave Thanks again for another brilliant and very helpful post. I followed your advice and did some research both here and on Google (it certainly helps my research knowing the correct term) and my mind is racing now thinking of the...

Re: How can I compete with 5 other pizza places on same stre Dave Thank you so much for your detailed and comprehensive post. It has certainly given me food for thought (no pun intended LOL). We are trying to be objective about why somebody may not decide to come to us and go to our...

Hi there As I mentioned in an earlier post, I am a struggling pizza shop owner in the UK. Recently another pizza shop opened up from us just 2 doors away making a total of 5 in less than half a mile, all on the same street. We are really struggling. I would value any tips or suggestions you...

Re: Does anybody put messages in the lid of their pizza boxe Hi Many thanks for taking the time to reply. Wow, so not only is this not an ‘original’ idea thought up by my wife (LOL 😃 ) but it also has a name. Seriously, thank you so much for sharing that information with me and for letting...

Hi all I just discovered this forum. My name is Bill and I am a pizza shop owner in the UK. I am not sure if this is a crazy idea, but does anybody put any promotional messages or coupons etc on the lid of their pizza boxes? My wife suggested it but I am not sure. It will be quite...