Recent content by pizzaguy2555

I base my policy on my food cost. I usually let the crew make something small if they work a 5hrs shift, example a salad, breadsticks, or sub. On the week-ends, we usually make a crew pie. As long as the food cost stays at a respectable rate, I have no problem with rewarding my crew with a...

I run a total store labor of 28.5-30%

In the past, I have mailed out letters. Come up with a nice letter explaining the benefits that you can offer (especially large order discounts) and include a menu. I always include my business card so they can contact me directly. Seems to work most of the time for me. Send it to the attention...

Coupon Clipping I used to work for a pizza shop that tracked their coupons by applying the discounts when the pizza was delivered. Then at the end of the shift when the driver was checked out for the orders, the discounts were applied. Example… Customer states they have a coupon for $2 off a...

I have ceramic tile in my shop and it is the worst. If you don’t have non-slip shoes on, you could be at risk for injury. Need to make sure that all water or fluid spills are taken care of asap. A good idea would be to get some rubber matting to put around the sinks and places where there could...

I used to work for them several yrs back. Well, I actually worked for a Franchise of Marco’s Pizza, they had 7 stores and I was hired in to open a new store. Over all worked for them for 5yrs and worked my way up to DM over 5 of the stores. They sold back to Corp so I moved on… Their set-up is...

I clean my ovens myself… Usually go in an hour early on a monday morning and clean one. I tear mine all down including conveyor and put the fingers and belt in a 45g trash can. Fill it up with water and 1 gallon of degreaser. Let it soak for about 3hrs and it comes out nice and shiny! Another...

If you do end up freezing your cheese, make sure it is totally thawed before using it. These days, with cheese prices, that last thing you want to do is waste cheese!

Not to familiar with blodgett deck oven, I use conveyors… But a few years ago I had a problem when the oven would run for 30 minutes or so and then shut down…My problem was linked to the cooling fans on the back side of the oven. They were clogged, cleaned them and everything was fine…

Generally we are slow on the 4th… We are open, but not a big business day, unless it rains…Going to be a little strange this year as it falls on a Weds… Most of the area’s around us are either having their activities on the 1st or the 7th… Could be 2 slow week-ends in a row?

Just for insight, I pay between $0.93 - $0.97 for 20oz Pepsi products.

Anything that sounds off the wall to me, I always have the ordered called back. If the voice sounds younger and it is a big order, I always ask if there is a parent I can talk to or call it back. Just last week, I had a child call an order over $40 worth of food in the middle of the day. After I...

Money Talks… Give him/her the facts one last time stating that this list needs to be done every single days. No exceptions. Explain to him/her that you are going to do a weekly review. If after a set time frame, things turn around, maybe offer a little raise. If things still are not getting...