Recent content by tguag

Well guys, after 20+ plus years in the business and 7 years of owning my own place, I am out! The wife got a huge promotion and I sold my shop. We packed up, sold the house in the Chicago burbs and moved to Sacramento California! Talk about an adventure! Anyone in the tank in the area? we are...

they do make delicious stuff but they are also quite expensive.

there are great kids meals like this…bring the stretched out dough with sauce in it to the table and have the customer put the ingredients they want from ramekins. the kids and fam have a blast doing it themselves. everything is pre portioned and ready to go the customers just dump it on. them...

I print labels off of my home printer and bring them into the shop. You can get a good deal on bulk sheets of labels from Uline. The ink gets expensive tho. I know this isn’t what you are asking, it’s just how i do it 🙂

we use the kiosks at panera bread. we make impossibly altered sandwiches for ourselves and are alway up charged for the random ingredients we add. also, magicly we always get free fountain drinks for using the kiosks. go check em out.

I can see being obsessed with a lot of things…stamp collecting, exercising, model trains, tango…but Papa John’s pizza is just not one of them. But good on the guy for having a hobby, that’s more than I can say for myself.

this came up in another thread but I wanted to ask a few questions. a) what detergent do you use on white towels? B)what’s your process? I can’t seem to get ours spotless…when we had linen co they would come back each week like new towels. 3) what’s the trick for aprons? I put a load of them in...

@smiling with hope Walter, you have the right idea! cookie dough is easy to make and freezes well. I’m sure they are way better than anything from the distributors. I just don’t have the time…maybe one day when I have a smaller menu.

I can totally taste the chemicals in david’s cookies! Thanks for bringing this up. They are very artificial tasting. If your depot doesn’t stock them ask the guys in the office to look into it. They are usually open to new products. I have 2 in my area, one stocks them and one does not.

Riche’s are great! i get the 1.5oz at the depot they are cheaper (not by much) and way way better than David’s chocolate chunk. we sell and eat a ton of them.

congrats walter! keep doing things your way!

it’s amazing how it isn’t noticeable. try it!

two words…PANKO BREADCRUMBS. they suck up moisture and do not add anything taste or texture wise. just a sprinkling on the layer with the veggies does the trick. I didn’t believe it at first until I tried it.

the best part of owning your own business is that you get to set the rules. Case in point, I will not deliver slices. people ask all the time, no matter how big the order, we won’t do it. Our computers are not set up to deliver slices (they don’t print on the kitchen slips) and because of that I...

I grew up in it. my father came to america when he was 8 his first job was as a plasterer once he was old enough to hold a trowel. At about 16 he started making pizza for a family member who owned a pizzeria. Eventually, he, my grandfather, and uncle opened up their own place. If you ate at an...