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Have you heard of Big Dave Ostrander’s Customer Appreciation Night? We’ve done it the last three years, havent this year yet. It’s not for the faint of heart, since you are literally giving away the food. He has a strategy worked out, I’m sure you can find it on his website. Tom R

I noticed one place a couple towns away is charging 30 cents for boxes. On top of a $25.95 15 inch combo, and minimun $3 delivery charge, I don’t know how they pull it off. I think because a lot of their business is from tourists. We, on the other hand are located in a small town off the beaten...

We use precooked frozen. We have hot, bbq, and boneless. we thaw each order as needed in the microwave for 5 min. per dozen. Then in the deck oven for a couple minutes, flip over, then cook for a couple more. I know the microwave sounds kinda cheesy, but the few minutes in the oven gives them a...

Re: My shop got robbed the other night Don’t beat yourself up about not having the security cameras set up yet, I’m sure you’re taking care of that right away. a grocery store my wife worked at had an alarm system that was installed but not activated yet, burgular got away with a coupel grand...

We have the same set-up you do, short hose, soda sludge build-up. hot water on a regular basis for sure helps. I like the bleach idea., only one thing to add is that when you do have to clean it, a gun cleaning kit comes in handy if you can’t find a pipe cleaner. Tom

Thanks guys for the info. I’ll give Conklin a call. We’ve used company owned cars delivery cars from the start, it always seemed to be the way to go… Tom

Howdy all! I’ts been a while since I’ve posted, but I thought I would see if anyone could help: We’ve had Progressive for a few years, and as long as we kept drivers over 25yrs old, the premium wasn’t too bad. Had a hard time keeping good adult drivers, so we lowered the bar for age, and we have...

The cop shop is right around the corner, we take a couple pies down there once in a while. We ussually send the screw-up orders there. We actually gave them a pizza that some punks crank called for. The idiot kids forgot that we had caller I.D. Yeah, I took the pizza to the cop shop, gave them...

We’re closed Tuesdays. Tried to open 7 days once, when we thought we had enough people, but it only lasted a few months. I don’t see us trying it again. It’s so much easier for us to get away for a few days, we just plan our “mini vacations” on Sunday thru Tuesday. Tom R

Oh yeah! He was a riot on SNL. Actually, I hear him on the Bob and Tom radio show once in a while. The guys real name is Don Novello. Tom R

We ussually do about 1 1/2 time the normal volume. Tom R

Someone brought that up a while ago. Check the archives. Tom R

Awsome gimmick! My wife did the same thing a couple weeks ago at the paper mill. 12 pizzas a week early. She peddled them for $5, but it didn’t occur to her to call the radio station. The funny thing is, she tried to GIVE the pizzas to the secretary at the paper mill to put in the break rooms...

Roma didn’t have any? We are getting ready to roll out T&B and Roma is supplying us with the baking trays. Tom R

Re: pizza box taste/ Flar Pak How do they stack? It looks like you would squish the pizzas by stacking. Tom

Yes, The Papa Murphys and Figaros in our area do take food stamps. That’s a huge incentive in our area. They account for a huge share of the market around here. I remember 3 years ago Papa Murphys was up for sale, $250k, in a dinky leased building. It sold pretty quickly, so if that’s any...

I dunno, All week has been pretty busy for us. Last week was our spring break, but this week is definitely busier. Tom

Obviously, cell phone are extremely valuable while delivering, but adding a couple of them to my family plan for $10 apiece per month is a lot easier to control than letting drivers pack their own phone, and cheaper than paying for a car wreck. Example: 21 yr old delivery girl was constantly on...

We use stackable pans. No lids required. You should find them on that pizzatools website. Tom R

SaraH, Here’s one rule that we can’t seem to enforce: " No personal calls while on deliveries". We provide a cell phone in the delivery car for when it’s needed, and tell them that their cell phones are prohibited in the car, but we constantly bust them driving down the road yacking with their...