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How many hours are you planning on working a week? BTW, I’m not trying to be a wise-ass in asking that. I don’t know if he still does, but I believe Pizzamancer used to work as a consultant. He posts here often enough so you could check with him on that.

Lucky dog! Have fun. If you want to follow up on Pizza Garden’s suggestion you can get to Kosamui by local boats (from where you’ll be), which is a fun little adventure. Great little place . . . or at least it was 15 years ago. Anyway, enjoy your time off.

Too funny! I read this post Saturday morning (Tokyo time) and the first customers that came into my shop (an American and a Canadian) were talking about it as they were waiting for their very traditional pepperoni pizza.

Pizzamancer: Not forever but six days a week for the past two years baking every pie myself, so I think it safe to say that I know my Marsal oven. Just here and there with a BP before that. That said, I think the models that they’re looking at are pretty similar.

sidneyt23: Both good. Marsal will tell you that you don’t have to rotate the pies but you still do to get a perfectly cooked pizza. I was leaning towards the BP but was able to get the Marsal cheaper so went that route and haven’t been disappointed.

Decidion: Are you sure you didn’t go to the Middleby Marshall site instead of the Marsal site? I don’t think Marsal even makes conveyor ovens.

I like Marsals the best. Never worked with Peerless, but I think Marsals are better than Baker’s Pride, though I don’t think you’d go wrong with the latter. Definitely agree with Royce on the refurbished/re-equipped route. I’d say the same about mixers. Good luck!

As a customer I would always choose a sandwich that uses BH meat even if it cost more. But that’s just my personal preference. I think they have great coldcuts. I don’t know about their cheese.

Dishonest people are dishonest people and yet you are inclined to trust them? As the old saying goes: caveat emptor.

EXCELLENT! And it applies to every aspect of life.

Actually, he asked about the true cost of delivering the pizza, not just the cost of the pizza.

It was like that in the late '80’s and early 90’s – the last time I lived in NYC. But about a year ago I was reading in the NY Times about places that are really taking off in certain sections of the city (Manhatten is all that was mentioned) doing 99 cent slices. One guy did it as a promotion...

Good on you, Dave. May 2012 be even better (and may your wife continue on the road to a full recovery!). Happy New Year!

Set up a website. Paying a server costs next to nothing (or can be free, though I would recommend paying a few dollars a month to ensure faster download times, etc.) so it is cheaper by far than newspaper advertising (and likely to reach a lot more people). I don’t know if you’re proficient at...

How valuable is someone to you if they’re bashing your shop? They might not be commenting on your product, but having been in business only a few weeks I don’t think the maxim any publicity is good publicity applies. That said, it sounds more like the gripes that workers in this field might have...

I’ve looked into using Adwords but haven’t done so yet as within a month of launching my website I find our store listed on the first page of Google search results. Bear in mind, I’m in Tokyo selling NY style pizza, so don’t have a lot of competition along those lines. However, I would suggest...

Any suggestions on a web hosting company to use for our website? I’d rather pay the small fee each month than go the free route. I’m in Tokyo and the Japanese servers are ridiculous in price compared to what I would pay using a US one. I’ve been procrastinating doing this since we opened in June...

Ferrero, I have mainly taken information from this forum and have had little to add, but I have to say that what has been said about working in a place before you venture into this should really be taken to heart. You might not want to be basing your business model on what is around you, but at...

Best of holidays to you and yours as well. Thanks for the time you put in here. I think I can speak for many in saying it is greatly appreciated.

Thanks Patriot and Tom. I appreciate it.