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A simple concept can work. Little Caesar’s has done very well basing their business on hot and ready large cheese and pepperoni pizzas. In and Out Burger only has 5 or 6 menu items. I have gone down the path of offering wings, sandwiches, and pastas but in the past year I contracted my menu to...

Great video!!! I hate aprons too. My kitchen before I moved was open and I will never ever have another open kitchen. We keep a very clean store, scored a 98 out of 100, on our last health inspection, but having the kitchen closed keeps me clam. I do not have to worry if someone is offended if I...

Fire the kid and cut your loses. I had a similar thing happen to me a couple of weeks ago. I had a kid working for me that I had loaned money, worked around his school schedule, and he stole $30. The most disappointing thing about it all was that I trusted the kid, and did not want to believe...

A couple of ideas: A banner promoting school/pizza night where the parents pick up their kids. Have one of your employees or yourself go to the school the day of the event and dress in costume and hold a sign promoting your event. The schools I have pizza nights with allow me to do both of...

I have been a Mail Shark customer for almost a year and have been very pleased with the design work and customer service. The mailings do not always hit exactly when I like, but they have always gone out. I must however say when I used a local mail house my postcards hit when I wanted (Wed. -...

I am getting a POS system and I am concerned about the training period. I realize in the beginning the order taking will be slower than usually. I am looking for a system that will answer the phones, tell our specials and ask for our customers patience while we are learning. Any advise on a...

TexasRookie: No, I did not bribe the crew at all. I am extremely lucky to have a great crew that wants to be busy. I am happier when it is busy and they do not have to clean base boards.

Tuesday is our slowest night and one of my drivers (TJ) was complaining about the lack of deliveries, so I told him text your friends and tell them to order. We decided to text the following - Call Pizza Duo at ###-#### and say TJ is the mac daddy and you can buy 1 large and get 1 free, tonight...

Anyone have any experience with the Broaster Company (broaster.com). I am considering adding broaster chicken and a few additional products. I would appreciate any experience good or bad with broaster’s products, as well as equipment and ingredient prices offered by broaster.

I got this method from a fellow think tanker about a year ago and it has worked quite well. Fill a shallow half pan with water and pasta and run it through the conveyor twice, you may have to play with it a little, you want the pasta to be al dente. Then drain the pasta and shock with an ice...

I understand being mad about having an employee lie to you, but she gave a messed up pizza to a friend and you fired her, wow talk about overreacting. Personally, my employees while working are always welcome to take home a free large 1-topping pizza at the end of their shift. I give away about...

I have baked pastas, and I cook the pastas in my conveyor oven. Fill an aluminum half pan with water and pasta, run through the oven twice or until al dente, and then shock with ice water and portion in small aluminum rounds. When an order is placed for pasta we top with sauce and cheese and run...

I run a lunch buffet that has done very well. I think the key to my success is that I decided from the start to go all out. I purchased an 18 foot salad bar and top of the line warmers which allow me to have 12 large pizzas (14") out during my rush period. We will make almost any pizza a...

I have been very pleased with corporateavedesign.com. Teshia, the designer, will design a flyer, full color front and back for $89 and make sure that it fits the template for the printing company of your choice.

I purchased a XLT 3240 double stack six months ago and have been pleased with the overall performance. The noise is less than middleby marshalls PS200s they replaced. I also heard horror stories on this board about the gas usage and heat the XLTs produced at the end of the oven. I have not...

I have signed up for Mail Sharks weekly mailing program. The service has been outstanding. My salesperson, Josh, gave me his personal cell phone, answered my e-mails on the weekends, and made sure I was 100% satisfied with my design. My first mailout will go out next week (feb.15 - 19), and I...

Cold weather killed my dine-in business. We are down 20% from last year.

Paul: This sounds like a great idea. Can you tell me where you are getting magnets? Please keep us informed if you find a reasonable price on the printing.

I am getting 5000 door hangers with stick-it delivered to me Oct. 21. I will send you a sample if you pm with your address. The sales staff and designer responded quickly to my e-mails and actually designed and shipped my door hangers when promised. I will be using them again if my door hang is...

Little Caesars Pizza: 4.5 oz. sauce 6 oz. cheese - yes 6 oz. 30 pep. box - 0.35 dough - 0.3 sauce - 0.35 cheese - 0.60 pep. - 0.4 grand total = $2 give or take 20 cents food cost approximately 36% at 5.55 Average sales for LC in my area 1500 per night assuming they run 24% labor (which is...