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Im in Coastal Maine. I would welcome the visit!

Hello, We often get caught up in our own business, and lose track of others ideas. I would love to shadow and observe another business to see where I can improve, and to provide some new ideas. Would anyone in the New england area let come come and observe then this summer/fall? It has been a...

To piggyback my previous post, does anyone lease or rent to buy ovens? How has it worked? How long is the lease? Thanks!

Hello, I have an older oven without a faceplate. I believe it is a vulcan and it is 42000 btu, single deck that holds 6 16" pizzas at a time. It has two burners under the stones and a damper on the side. I has no top heating. During peak times I have issues with bottom overcooking. I am curious...

Hello, My staff is dedicated and does a good job. For the most part they are very friendly with each other and involved in each others life. I have always hired based upon personality. It has resulted in a nice friendly atmosphere in our store. My questions is this: what do you do to reward...

We have a deck oven and cook on screens. When it is busy and the door opens more, the oven tries to compensate and heat it back up to temp. The flame is directly below the stone deck, and therefore making the stone too hot. The bottom will brown too quickly leaving the top not quite done. On a...

I would love to hear more on this. My bioler will not last another heating season. I would definately consider spending the money on something like this.

Hello, As many of you know I started delivery this week. I have kept track of my employees tips so far. How do these need to be reported? Do I report them, does the driver? Thanks!

I have a “blues” music theme in my place with blues handbills and posters on the walls. Some of the sandwiches are named after blues musicians. We play the XM blues station all day. I think it’s around $30/month for the business subscription.

Thanks for the well wishes. I am feeling a tad better, just tired. I am hoping that being a younger guy that I will be able to fight this off in a day or two, at least that is how it has worked out in the past. So far today we had our best Saturday lunch in a few months. I am curious as to how...

Well friends…it happened. I have been working so hard over the last few weeks to spur business and get delivery going, that I have run myself down and now have some horrible body flu. I have to go in to work today to oversee because I have a few who are not familiar with delivery. I plan on...

I feel your pain. It looks like you have tried everything. I am sure that many people will chime in here and give suggestions. I do know that I have a plan for emergencies. If biz was really bad, and nothing was working I had always planned to do this: Market and advertise the hell out of FREE...

PS-Kris, How long did it take for you to go from 70 deliveries/wk to 350/wk?

Thanks Kris, Yes we are boxtopping that we deliver with a few coupons on it. I think the biggest “bang” so far is just saying “is that for pick up or delivery”. I think that really gets people in the mindset. I am doubtfult hat I will ever attain your 350 deliveries per week, but if i could...

I raised my prices monday, and have had a record week. To be fair, I also launched a marketing effort starting at the same time. Maybe you could attempt the same? I have had nobody even ask about the price increase, although Im sure some are not happy. I have a typed letter to my customers...

Well today was another good one. We sent 12 or 13 deliveries, and the drivers made around 12/hr. It was decent from the delivery end. I was expecting a bit more, but people are still shocked that anyone delivers in the area. i have a feeling that the elivery aspect will drastically improve in...

We are ready. Thanks for the heads up. Thursdays have been good days for us. Normally sales have been 750-850. I would love to see a 1000+. I will fill you in tonight!

Hello, In my market, I have 5k people within a 4 mile radius, and serve around 10k total. Last week I did 4200 in sales, and this week will probably be around 5500. If you plan on opening for lunch and dinner, and not being there open-close every day, you will need employees. I can’t imagine...

Well today the deliveries were exactly the same as Tuesday. We had a few more of them that were not current customers, so that was a plus. The article came out today and was on the front page. Our cartopper also came. Overall business was on par with Tuesday, and almost double of a normal Wed...

I have 2 drivers ready for friday night, with myself as the 3rd if needed. My wife will be running the kitchen with staff.