Recent content by pizzajoey

I am new to this forum but I have spent the last 2 weeks reading all of the posts from the last few years. There is a lot of good and useful info on this board. Concerning the preliminary work on opening my shop, I have educated myself and found out about a lot of things that I didn’t...

I have a pretty decent job with a huge amount of flexibility and great benefits. I’ve just started the process for opening our pizza delivery/pick-up business and it will be several months before we open. I know that there are a lot of factors involved and every city is different. My question...

I’m in the early stages of opening my pizza joint. Are there any restrictions to offering a super-size pizza? I was hoping to advertise that we have the largest pizza in the bay area. I believe there is one other store that offers a 26" pizza though. Other than the oven size, what are some of...

delivery and carryout only. hours, 11:00 am until 8:00 pm weekdays, until midnight on weekends.

I know that there are many variables, but I’ve got to forecast projections for my business plan. My biggest question is: is it reasonable to sell 50 pizzas per day (on average)? I know that weekends should be a lot more, but is it more reasonable to think about selling 20 pizzas per day or 50...

Hello all, I’m a newbie here, I live in San Jose, CA and i’m looking to fulfill my dream of owning/operating a pizza shop. I am doing all of the prep work right now, buying used equipment, looking at properties, etc. I am finalizing my business plan and I want to know what a reasonable sales...