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I’d also be interested in seeing the metrics used in measuring this. Please keep us posted.

I’m sorry, but I think it’s a silly idea. It is not marketing and good will is only measured when a business is sold and is a tangible price addition. Good publicity and good will are not the same. You’re not even getting good publicity. If you gave away an equivalent amount of food or money or...

I suppose the best answer is “it depends.” It depends on where you are and how you run your business. You can always increase the pay of someone who is more of an asset than others to the business. There is no rule that you have pay everyone the same. I pay about $10/hour, but there is no...

Hi Freddy… Q1 - Yes, it can be done. It depends on the caliber/experience of the manager you have when you’re not there. Pizza may not seem like rocket science, but you had better be in good shape, have some first-class organizational skills and forethought to handle the peak times that you’re...

Sounds like a business opportunity for someone to make a pan with a rotating thin blade attached to the inside center bottom of the pan, that traverses along the pan bottom and up the side and out, horizontally from the pan, a few inches. You simply grab the edge of the blade (with towel since...

Put me down in the camp that thinks this is a bad idea. I avoid doing business with companies that have systems like you’re contemplating using. I don’t see anything wrong with using a clean, friendly and unobtrusive system during peak times to let the customer know that you’re busy, but will...

I’m glad you didn’t scold me… :lol: My wife thought that I’d lost my mind, but it turned out that our customers weren’t analyze the local pizza market as a hobby. They just wanted some hot, tasty pizza because they were hungry. There’s a lesson in that somewhere. I can understand how people...

This is interesting to me because I did something very radical a few months ago. I stopped putting diameters of my sizes on my advertising. I simple put how many people our Small, Medium and Large sizes would feed and pictures that had some references for the customer to have an “idea” of the...

One tack you can take is to do nothing for a while. Let the offer expire and take your time on developing your next offer. Do something different. If you constantly run a special, it’s not a special and it becomes your normal pricing. You have then lost the urgency on any future specials, and...

Yes, 00 flour is a high-gluten flour and normally used for pizza. Yes, always use weight, not volume measurements. So, 3% oil would be 150 grams. 5kg=5,000g. 5,000g x .03 (3%)=150 g. Water is the standard for weights, so 1 ml water weighs 1 gram. IDY is Instant Dry Yeast and is labeled that on...

Hi Nick, I’m in Japan. Let me see if I can find you something cheap. How tall are you? I assume any color is OK…

He may have eaten it, but that doesn’t mean he was able to digest it… :lol:

Thanks! That’s just the kind of info I was looking for.

If anyone has the time, I would appreciate some simple information on the effect each standard dough ingredient has on final dough texture, flavor, color or cooking. For example: More water will… Less water will… More sugar will… Less sugar will… More salt will… Less salt will… More oil will…...

Ultimately, your GM and you are responsible for the environment at your restaurant, including allowing cash to be “hidden” in the shop. You should terminate yourselves for incompetence.

My marketing is specifically tailored to highlight that we use locally-grown produce whenever possible. I also prefer to manage my own recipe. I find that our customers like that, but your area and culture may be different.

Have you ever noticed that when people reach old age, and they know that their time is near, they have regrets. They regret squandering their time on the wrong things. They regret not pursuing their youthful dreams. They regret not learning to play the violin, learning how to fly a plane...

Since I’m in Japan, you wouldn’t believe the strange combinations I could tell you about…

I think it looks very clear and convenient for the customer. Nicely done and good photos.

Re: Please review my new Mailers that are going out next wee The title of the topic is “Please review my new Mailers…” That is what I did and I wasn’t being, snarky. The question about area codes was sincere. The point about 99.99% of people not needing to be told to turn over a flyer to see...