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We are looking for the buffet equipment, some reach in coolers, bar draft equipment, coke fountain, ect. We also need booths, tables & chairs. Main thing I am looking for is great finish out ideas.

We are in the market for everything at the moment. We are in a college town & I am trying to pull off the cool factor without spending an arm & a leg. Has anyone uses stained concrete in a store? Does anyone have good sources for restaurant furniture or Used equipment auctions?

We are looking into expanding our delco operation into the available space next door to our current store & I am looking for some opinions & advice from other vets. I am specifically looking for advice on finsih-out of the flooring, walls & such. We are on a tight budget & I am trying to get...

I am with the majority of the guys on here as far as the value you get out of the paid for grocery store ads. However, I think it might be a pretty effective tool to partner up with 3-4 other complimentary businesses in town to create your own custom paper. You could benefit from the buying...

bodegahwy: I could not agree more, I am just looking for additional ways to catch more undesirables in the hiring process rather than once they are in the store. Any tricks, techniques or things I can do to facilitate that process is a win for me.

brad randall: Brad thanks for the link. I really like the quantitative way to compare candidates. How did you modify the version I see online?

In a recent trade magazine, I was reading an article about the hiring practices of a large franchise who hired with the motto “Hire hard manage easy.” While I believe the turnover in our store is better than the industry standard, I would like it to be lower. We all know that training new...

I will be going! It will be my first expo… Any tips?

Jenifer Thanks that was a good article. Is your newsletter just for speedline customers?

Alright Veterans I need some advice… We have now been open a year & things are going well. With our anniversary we are taking the milestone to review our current service providers to make sure we are still getting the best possible service & prices. My question is specifically about Merchant...

Run away as fast as you can. They will take you to the cleaners on rates & if you are already cash poor the last thing you need to do is have another payment. Think outside the box & start guerrilla advertising. You can drive sales with things other than expensive ad buys & mailers.

How many employees do you all have on your payroll? I am in the process of trying to find someone to do my payroll & the numbers I am getting from ADP, Paychex & Local guys is a bit higher than $1000-2000 a year. One of the areas we are going to get hit hard is the W-2’s at the end of the year...

Mobile food operations have become a big deal in our part of the world & I was wondering if any of the operators here on PMQ had any experience with Pizza trucks/trailers. We are open pretty late & I think we could do some decent additional business by opening up a slice operation out of a...

We bought an 8 camera Lorex system. It has done everything I wanted. Remote access, Day & Night vision, & was relatively affordable. The entire system ran about $1,000. We installed it ourselves and it was pretty much plug & play. It helps out greatly when I am not in the store. I can not...

For those of you who are like me and have always said you will get around to email marketing I am here to say make today the day you start. Via our online ordering, we have built an email list & until today had done nothing with it. Today we sent out an email using constant contact offering up...

This is a good reason to have cameras in the store. If you had cameras you could have pulled up the video from the time you & your brother were gone to see if he voided the transaction & pocketed the cash.

We have got to be missing some days… Any other thoughts?

That is a great idea. Did you bribe the crew at all? I could really see it picking up more steam with some small prize attached to it.

I am slowly putting together an ops’ guide for our shop (if someone has one they would be willing to share I would appreciate it.) I wanted to put together a list of “Pizza Holidays” that the manager would put on the calendar every year to make sure he/she schedules correctly & does not get...

Patriot'sPizza: Patriot- Could you share how you make the sub rolls in the oven?