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    Best way to increase online orders

    We have discussed this before as I just searched thru the archives. But I would like some more updated opinions. We are currently at 25-30% online orders and I would like to move them to the 50% range. 4 Years ago I added a few extra coupons to the menu promoting online ordering. It worked well...
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    experience with stone/granite conveyor oven

    The pizzas stick to the stone in the demo video of the Picard oven
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    Percentage of online orders

    Still holding steady at 25-30% Unchanged for 3 years now.
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    How Many Food Vendors Do You Use?

    We have only used 1 for 30 years now. I do an emergency Rest Depot run every now and again on the weekends though.
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    Labor costs over 50%

    Our minimum labor $ for 1 hour of “open” is around $50.
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    Labor costs over 50%

    We have reduced hours over the years also. Originally we copied dominos type hours by staying open till 1 am. I’ve notched it back little by little. Now we close at 10 and 11 on the weekends. Makes for happier employees also. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    Labor costs over 50%

    I used to get all bent out of shape about this till around 2010. I know a guy who lost his job in the recession and went on unemployment. He told me that the first thing he would when his check came in the mail was go down and pick up pizzas from us. So I figured at least the money is coming...
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    Labor costs over 50%

    Every now then I’ll search old post a come across something he posted. For a second I think its me.[emoji3] Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    Labor costs over 50%

    We have 4 locations. There are some others spread around the land. The is also a member here who’s handle is pizzapirate. He runs buccaneer Pizza about an hour away from us. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    Starting my Mailshark today.

    There really is no way to precisely track roi on something like this. The amount of variables is staggering. I have a lot of spreadsheets and graphs set up to track sales. After that I have to add in “feel”.
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    Starting my Mailshark today.

    They are doing my magnets for .36 print and mail. I’m doing 2500 a week for 10’weeks Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    Labor costs over 50%

    We also do a few unemployment claims each year for people who have never worked at our stores. In California you just pick a company, file an unemployment claim and collect the money.
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    Labor costs over 50%

    I have not protested an unemployment claim in 25 years. Its just a big waste of time. I have a couple going right now. One guy just wants to work part time so he collects unemployment for the rest of the hours. The other guy we had to pull off delivery because he got a major violation on his...
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    Starting my Mailshark today.

    To be honest I’m not sure how they make any money. Their prices seem low to me.
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    Labor costs over 50%

    We have varying levels of volume but they all run pretty much the same sales per labor hour over all. We have a store that does low 20K’s. They run $54 SPLH. They have a percentage of deliveries and a cumbersome delivery area. Their over all payroll percent is 33% 2 other locations do 5K to...
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    Starting my Mailshark today.

    This is our first marketing campaign in 13 years. We are doing the double fold over magnet. Mailing 1250 a week to 2 different stores for 10 weeks. Leaving 2 stores off completely for and double blind placebo. We’ll see how it goes. Great company to work with. Very responsive, great art work and...
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    Parmesan and crushed red pepper

    When I started in this business we didn’t even carry any of these products in the store. You got your pizza and the box it came in. That’s it!
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    Speedline Report Builder

    I saw they added this feature years ago but have never looked into it. I’ve seen them do one during a support call. Its not something I could do on my own what so ever.
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    Labor costs over 50%

    Try using the Sales per Labor Hour method. This is simple and easy to track way for you and your managers to keep an eye on labor cost. It will take a little leg work to set up but once you do you will wonder why you waited. You can search the archives here to find discussions on this but here...
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    How does everyone forecast for big events like the Super Bowl?

    We were able to pull off a 27% increase over last year. That’s after being down somewhat every Sunday for the season. Hopefully football is back to normal next year. I did enjoy the 30% drop in wing prices last fall. [emoji3] Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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