Recent content by Uncle_Doug

I would figure whatever portion will fit into your food cost goals. Chicken will of course be on the higher end of food costs topping wise. If your portion isn’t quite what you wish it could be, you need a more finely diced chicken topping so it will still get good coverage. One thing I’ve...

Seems logical to me. Although it would seem nice to be able to offer a product like a “Brick oven crisp” pizza without the pesky hassle of actually having a Brick Oven. How would you get out of looking like you are falsely representing your product? Perhaps claim that “Brick oven” describes the...

Re: Whats the easiest, less costly to close up shop for good steveo922: What makes you say this? If I’ve followed these boards correctly, they always say that the pizza marketplace is just shy of $20 per household per month. At 75k people, that would be approx 30,000 households. 30,000 x 20 =...

Re: How to change long running special? Help desperately nee Oddly enough, she seems to have a problem with making enough pizzas to meet the demand rather than the food costs? If it isn’t breaking the bank in food costs, why not do everything possible to keep as many pizzas rolling out of...

Sorry, I don’t have an answer, in fact, just more questions 🙂 This is aimed at other Think Tankers: How do have any idea what your initial volume will be? Is it a somewhat predictable result of marketing and visibility? How many posters here have opened a new business (not re-open an existing...

Rockstar pizza: I’m not clear as to whether all of your drivers are driving your company provided vehicle, or just some? For those driving your company provided vehicle, plus you paying over minimum wage, they have nothing to complain about. If you also have drivers on the road in their own...

atlpizza: If you are looking to run a delco (I don’t know that you are or aren’t), what they are selling to you as attractive can actually be detrimental to your business. Will drivers be able to quickly make it in and out of the parking lot with deliveries? Will they be wading through crowds...

Im not sure, Ive followed your threads for a while and for some reason I remember you saying something to the effect of “I hope your delivery radius is only 0.75 miles if you are paying 90 cents”, since the round trip would be 1.5 miles. Maybe I hallucinated it 🙂

That is an uncommonly generous pay structure for a Papa Johns, pjgirl. Although its been done to death in recent threads, let me help illustrate to you the picture at PJs: Most Papa Johns drivers were lucky to be making in the $5-6/hour range. Then the minimum wage increase hit (Federal min...

I’m no expert, but it sounds like you have created a dough with a shelf-life of 2-4 hours. Nothing wrong with that, many places that make their own dough the same day have the same issues. You just have to make a smaller batch for lunch, then another one before the dinner rush. That is how the...

I would love to hear any updates on the gore-tex pizza bag experiment. 🙂

Could someone clarify how much these things cost? Just guessing by hints, 30 cents per pizza. But I imagine they vary by size, and also by the volume you purchase. 30 cents a pop for 12"? 14"? 16"? Do they slow down the box folding process?

What do you all have for a minimum delivery purchase? When I worked at PH, it was $8.00. The place I work for currently is $6.00 I believe, which has you running out minuscule one appetizer orders. IMO, I wouldn’t deliver anything less than at least $10.00. Do you think this would kill lunch...

The chain restaurants typically use a dishwater/vegetable oil mix for their deep pans. 😉

What about energy drinks? Do any of you guys offer them? They run a hefty price premium, but I know from experience they are ADDICTIVE. That is important, especially with delivery, people just can’t seem to help themselves when they find something they like - they have to have it! The...