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    Utility bills... what are you paying?

    ours is gas $240 with conveyor water heater and furnace electric $380 with 8 refridgeration and freezer units
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    Mistakes and cancelled orders...idea for thought

    I also will drop them off at the local bars for free. Like Daddio we hardly have mistakes and I don’t always goto to same bar we have 3 so I mix it up and low n behold the next night we will always get a couple orders from people that were at the bar and thought that was the greatest thing. Also...
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    Increased Credit Card Sales

    Gbomb should not be any problem for customer as most banks are not charging them they are charging us different rates for debit vs credit. I had the same issue when I got mine people kept getting upset I finally just got a letter from the local banks that stated there is no difference to the...
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    Increased Credit Card Sales

    Mine has been up 38% for this year over last. One of the main reasons for mine I think though is we are a small town (pop 4000±) and the main factory is closing and been laying people off each month since december.
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    Anyone Do Carry Out Only?

    A very well run shop in my home town does just carryout no delivery/dine in! They do very well and have been there for about 20 years had 2 of the big 3 chains move in (both of those delivered) and now just have the one biggy left in a gas station. The lines on friday are out the door just like...
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    Anyone Do Carry Out Only?

    I assume you are talking about not doing delivery? I don’t deliver. We do have a dining room for about 30. I have checked into delivery every year but can not bring myself to pay 5000-8000 for insurance for delivery! My competitor in town delivers and we are only about $200 off his record nights...
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    Parmesan cheese shakers

    We keep ours in fridge the whole time we bring them out if customer asks for them! If you goto a shop that leaves them sit on the table the whole day (and especially overnight) open the lid and I am sure you will get the most discusting pile on the lid and probably some mold and even rust on the...
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    Easter Anyone?

    My shop has been here for 3 years. I have been closed on all of the easter holidays. I have put caller id on for each of the easters and over 3 years have missed a total of 13 calls. We are in a small town and it just is to much of big family dinners after church. In comparison on a average...
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    Tried something new today... thought I'd share

    I had done this about a year ago and got great results! I use it for new items or when sales have dropped on a high profit item to get it back in high rotation. Also works to throw in some pics of customers eating the food or like we put our youth sponsored ball team on rotation during season
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    Anyone using frozen pizza shells?

    I use a pre sheeted dough. My customers think it is great! They swear it is made in house. from what I have found working for both LC and dom. and my own The good: don’t have to worry about if someone else mixes the dough in house and gets a ratio off Gets great consistancy since most are done...
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    So why is it so dead after time changes?

    SAME HERE OHIO! We actually had our worst monday since opening! Really weird we alsohad our biggest weekend since opening. And no events going on in the are to puil people away. I checked the other locals and they were dead to?!?!?!
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    Grad student seeking info from pizzeria operators

    Just filled it out would be interested in the results also!
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    Your input for an article on Pizza Boxes

    I was using generic boxes but switched to custom boxes 1 1/2 ago. They have our logo on them and the customers really like the design. It also helps out alot when they get pizzas for a function in town or for a church/youth group that the name of the shop(in colors of shop menu print), phone...
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    half orders

    1/2 cheese 1/2 pep is cheese plus 1/2 topping charge here my competitor does it 1/2 cheese 1/2 pep is cheese plus 1 topping
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    WHO MAKES THE SWEET PIZZA SUITS

    here is a link to my webpage with a photo of the suit. http://www.bigredspizza.com/photo.html
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    WHO MAKES THE SWEET PIZZA SUITS

    If you google mascot uniforms or mascot costumes and also chearleading outfits you will find them they sell for around 500-2000 depending on what style adn size looking for. We were going to buy one last year but was way to much so we made our own cost $175 made of foam and cloth was a big hit...
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    Frozen Pizza

    I actually use a frozen dough for my shop. It has been great for me not having to deal with all the issues of making in house and recieve better consistancy than I did when was a a “big box” shop. I use Rich’s you would probably need the par baked dough as it can go straight from freezer to...
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    Competitors Coupons

    Yea you could put restrictions apply if your worried about something like the $5 deal. In my area though we use the same suppliers and price ranges so our costs so I didnt have to worry about that
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    Anyone have a Kickin chicken pizza

    Well we have tried to do a “hot” sauced chicken pizza to go with our BBQ one but the thing keeps coming out so spicy that you can only eat a couple of pieces. We tried t use hot sauce as the base though but I like the thought of za4life with the ranch base I will have to give it a try this week...
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    Competitors Coupons

    I have been accepting competitions coupons for about a year now We are a small town of about 3000 and 3 shops. 1 is a full service rest and bar though. The other shop spent a furtune in advertising(full print attack box toppers,mailed out menus with coupons) and would mail coupons out every 3rd...
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