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    received offer on #2 store

    Congrats! One less headache before your busy season 😃
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    Almost a year in-looking for the next level

    I thought that 10% was a bit much. This will be my first time mailing so as i said before i am rather clueless to the whole game. Word of mouth has been the only advo we have done. I also have a tv spot starting monday so i am interested to see what happens with that. Just gotta a text from my...
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    Almost a year in-looking for the next level

    Thanks for the replies…guess i’ll continue to lurk around.
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    Almost a year in-looking for the next level

    Hello all. I have posted a few times on here, and have read just about every topic ever posted. I am a dine in(60 seat)/carryout only, Mon-Sat 11-9, 10 on Fri-Sat, closed Sundays. Nov 26 is my 1 year aniversary. I am looking for that next level. The Lord has blessed me so far. Im doing steady...
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    Corporate Pizza Machine: negative light? (long)

    As a franchise owner, i understand were you are comming from. I own a Fox’s. I am the first in my area and i still get people calling me Mr. Fox thinking i’m an indipendant. Most have no clue that i am a franchise. Everyone tells me im the best pizza in town and they are tired of the 5$ stuff...
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    Originial Chicken BBQ

    We do the same as yours Patriot except we use yellow onions and add bell peppers to it. Untill we came out with our GC alfredo, the wife and i would take a large BBQ GC home with us every Saturday night.
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    EV Olive Oil vs. Blended oil?

    We just spray our trays with a little pam…we also wash our trays everynight anyway so no oil build up.
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    Hormel Pepperoni thickness

    Anyone else notice the thickness of hormel pepperoni lately? It seems to me they are slicing it a little thinner than normal. I know a 25# box is still 25#'s but it just seems like im getting alot of thinner pieces lately. It seems every hanfull i need to unfold at least half of em to put 'em on...
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    Billboards....are they worth it?

    Thanks for the input. I want one in the main drag of my town. Im in the “new” growing area. Almost 5 months in and im still getting new customers that were told they had to eat here after being given directions from my regulars. Now my problem is staff!!! Atl east summer is comming and there...
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    Sales up...Tax Time?

    My last two weeks have been records, each week breaking the previous, only been open about 5 months. Is this tax refund related? Im thinking so but this is all new to me. Im praying it’s still from building my customer base. Still haven’t advertised, waiting on my new menu with slight price...
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    walk in cooler help

    Does your cooler have defrost elements running through the coils on the unit inside your cooler? If yes then your defrost timer or elements may be bad. If no, and you have never had this problem before, it may just be low on freon.
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    Anybody else here dead?

    Thank the Lord he gave me a great week last week, second highest week since i opened. Crazy good lunch today, when i left the store at 5 both phones ringing and people comming in, have a prepaid cattering job(good one) for Thursday. I just pray that it keeps up. But who knows, my brother could...
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    Square pizzas & pans?

    We actually do this. Roller pin like a surfboard then dock it out. We make about 50 a week. 36oz of dough on a 12x24 screen
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    Cheaper than PJ's

    Delivery fee is 2.00…just logged in on their web site. Man i thought i was close to them on prices when i opened in Nov. They must have went up. im 2 to 3 dollars cheaper on them on all their pie’s!!! We got our highest selling day yesterday and am praying for another record tonight, need to...
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    Billboards....are they worth it?

    Just want to let people know im here. Looks like 685 a month for the sign. I don’t want to call a salesperson yet till i get some real perspective from real owners.
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