Recent content by Rico_s

Paul, I beleave that you have a good point. On the other hand, most of the indys are mom and pop operations. There are only so many hours in a day to spread the work load out. Too many hats to put on and to take off. Also the size of the market area can make a hugh difference. Unless you have a...

I have really enjoyed reading all of your posts. I see three things in these posts that repeat them selfs over and over again. Price, location, and taste in that order. The reason I say to discount the locations is that each shop is in a good location except for one, and that is a PH...

Scott, the post above this on is right on the money. It is true that your smokers will dislike such a drastic move but taking a break every hour to have a smoke is really costing you money. I had to do the same thing when I had my shop. When the city started a no smoking ban in all eating...

I know that I did answer that question on the first week that I opened but not on the phone. A dusty farmer walked in the shop and asked if the pizza was good in his New Jersey accent. I told him yes so he ordered. The first thing he did was taste only the crust. A few moments later he said "you...

roller, all of the eateries in this area are all in high traffic locations with other shopping. Location is really not an issue in this case.

Let me make a couple of commets to the posts of others. I agree that marketing is a large part of any business success. I also agree that one of the reasons for people going to the large chains is that they can get the same or close to the same quality from place to place. Here in this market...

Thanks for the explanations but this town does not follow the norm. It seems that there are two places that even the dogs stay away from. But they are always busy. One is new the other is an old time tradition. No advertising in the media for these folks, No givaways, no flyers, no nothing. Yet...

It is been a little over a year now that I had to close my shop due to health reasons. In that time, the quality of the major chains product has fallen, one other independent has closed his doors and a new small local chain has opened. So, now our small town, 12000 people, has three yes, 3 Pizza...