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I’m basically repeating my earlier post… They’re really trying to tell you that if you give them 200k, in one year, even if you do nothing since this apparently what the current owner does, you’ll make 80% of your investment back. So in 1.25 years, you’ll have made 100% of your investment...

Getting close to 2 years since I posted on this thread! Man have things changed. I’m glad to say I work a relatively normal schedule now. About 50 or so on site hours a week vs the 75+ I was doing earlier on. My wife helped get everything on track and is now back to work in the accounting...

What was their reasoning for not allowing you to sit inside the store and view the amount of people that came in and out throughout the day? If they don’t want you in on their trade secrets, couldn’t they just restrict you to certain areas where you can at least view the cash flow for the day so...

wa dave: Similar on both fronts here. And we do deliver. It seems pretty standard for daily sales to go (busiest to slowest) Friday-Saturday-Sunday or Thursday-Wednesday-Tuesdsay-Monday

I did my best to treat the issue myself. There were a few changes I made that helped the issue but I was never able to get completely rid of it. I wasn’t happy to have to get a prescription, but if I wanted a full blown solution it seems like this was my only option. I did immediate showers...

qcfmike: I’m not a big fan of going to the doctors, so I had been trying some dietary changes as well as a few other things to try and remedy the situation. The problem was pretty minor at first, but just recently got to the point where I needed to see the doctor. Fortunately that’s when the...

314: Yep, that’s all there is to it. Simply put, time is money. Payroll, bookkeeping etc. is a DIY project for many, myself include, but lots of people choose to hire an accountant to handle that. There’s only so much time in the day to dedicate to business. MS eliminates most of the time...

Betamethasone Dipropionate Cream USP, 0.05% http://www.prestoimages.net/store/rd648/648_pd1987227_1.jpg This was the perscription drug I was given when I finally went to the doctor for the first time in 5 years (I’ve had the hand problem for about 1 year). I apply the cream twice daily. I...

January’s are slow for the obvious reasons. New Year’s Resolutions = a few weeks of trying to eat healthy Holiday Spending = a few weeks of cooking at home I’ve been direct mailing my new menus, about 1500 a week for the past 8 weeks. It’s been working pretty well. Plenty of new customers who...

I agree with being open 7 days vs 6 days. This post is more about 6 vs 7 then the logistics of changing from 6 to 7 or any personnel issues you may face. Over the past 2 years, Monday has constituted 9.8% of my sales. Tuesday is 10.3% of my sales. Each of those days I’m pretty close to break...

royster13: I can see why you’d think this, but even with being a bit of a hike, I don’t think it hinders other deliveries to the point where we may lose customers because of a longer wait time. We do our best to keep the average time around 30-45 minutes. We don’t do a ton of deliveries so I...

Maybe the population isn’t as dense here. I have about 20,000 single family homes in a 4 mile radius. We do however take some deliveries as far as 7-8 miles away. It’s almost always east and west however, not north and south. I wonder what would happen if we hit some areas we haven’t targeted...

Here’s another question. How far out do you guys attempt to hit with the mailers? At this point, I have a good idea of where most of my customers are coming from. They live off of the main road I’m on, and about 5 miles out each direction. Even though there are some people that live closer to...

Some good suggestions here. What about days to try and hit them? Is it better to hit them earlier in the week on the slower days where we want to increase, or later in the week when we’re already busy, but it’s on days where they have a better chance of using them?

I have about 20,000 homes that I want to hit with my new menus. Is there a certain strategy I should take with staggering the mailings, or should I just blast mail them now all at once? Some factors to consider: A new shop opened up down the road about a month ago. They did a direct mailer to...

Where do you guys suggesting getting 10" pizza trays? I called a few equipment places around here and all they have is new, running around $3.50-$4.00 each.

I’m looking for a cheap type of plate that can handle a slice as big as 1/8th of an 18" pizza. I don’t mind using paper plates when someone comes in for a slice, but it just seems so “not classy” to be bringing paper plates to a table before you bring them out an entire pizza. What do you guys use?

Okay, so for instance, I just had 25,000 menus printed. Do I begin the direct mailers now or should I wait a bit to see how things progress with their opening? It seems that the response is to go ahead with “business as usual”. I just feel that if I don’t assess the situation of a new...

My biggest issue of this entire ordeal is the uncertainty of how things will play out? Should I expect to lose 5% in sales? 10%? 20%? More? Will it hit me hard the first week and get better or will I not feel it at the beginning and then it’ll get worse? With domino’s, it hit hard...

We do have a new menu item set to debut once the new menus are printed. We’re adding something called “Super Hero’s”. It’s modeled after this successful shop that’s about 20-30 minutes away called Munchies 420. They were on that show “Man vs Food” with Adam Richman. The sandwiches are basically...