Ah, integrity, ethics. Far too many people today have either never heard of the words or simply do not feel they are important. Where is this coming from? In my day as a youth my parents reminded me constantly of the importance of integrity and ethics. It was ingrained in me and my siblings from...
Last add note–carbon credits. From what I have read he (Gore) has a piece of at least two other companies who are making big bucks from carbon credits and other related issues. Why does all of this have a familiar odor to it?
RE: Gore’s carbon credit company. He must be making a lot of hay out of this then given that I hear his house uses more energy than a large number of homes (cannot remember the number but it was big). Then there is the big jet he travels around in that burns a ton of fuel. Kinda like do as I say...
I did some calculations today and also figured we should be at 2.50 per delivery. We are at 2.00 now. then I called some of the pizza guys around us. Dominos is 1.99. An multi-unit indy went up to 2.00 from 1.50. One of the other guys (forgot which) went to 2.00.
Wa Dave, you said you might be looking at a whole new picture for the pizza business in your country. This may be crazy but I was thinking. What if you had regular routes going in the same direction at specific times each evening? if things get so bad for everybody and there is virtually no...
Wa Dave…first time I have seen such a sense of frustration in your posts. Today is my day to go visit other places and I was thinking about your description of your drivers several times while driving around. “Knuckle draggers?” So apt and so funny. You may be frustrated but you gave me a good...
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I’ll always remember the reply of a former employer and mentor who owned multiple Dairy Queen locations when I explained to him that I wasn’t ready to open a 2nd location because the 1st one still wasn’t operating up to my expectations.
“Not one of my 4 stores is operating the way I’d...
Some comments after reading other responses.
It is estimated that 85% of all partnerships in this county fail. this doesn’t mean that a partnership can’t work but it certainly means the odds are definitely not in your favor.
(Quote)"Just really think hard what it is you want to do all this...
There are many approaches to running multiple stores. The approach one chooses would depend, in part, on the skills of the operator, distance between the operations, the potential ability of the businesses to carry “administrative” overhead and a host of other factors. Perhaps the most important...
I was reading the comment about giving an employee 3 to 5 times for a theft warning. Reminds me of a time years ago at one of my restaurants. We caught a pregnant server stealing. When the manager called me I discovered that he was the only witness. At the labor board the employer is often the...
First thing that comes to my mind is your description of the money in the register in its unorganized state. Somebody (meaning management) has little respect for the money. If they have little respect for it what then can you expect from employees?
Secondly, if you are not part of management...
Well actually, I sold 210 strombolis, 130 whole pies, 19 salads, 83 subs, 28 breadsticks, and 32 stickysticks in addition to the 1,700 cuts. If you want to get technical.
Did somebody get sandbaged and trumped here? lol
Would love this volume.
We have a couple of concepts. One is pizza and the other is bagels. We have a couple of spiral mixers for bagels and they are terrific. The machine seems to work easier and we believe this results in fewer repairs. Have not used them for pizza dough but I would think the same principles apply...
Yep, I imagine most of us have had this happen. We have multiple stores so we get it more often. Usually we just take the box and “return to sender”. sometimes, and I wish it was all the time, we report to the home state AG. I think it is important to do this otherwise these guys just skate...
I am not so much against the surcharge as long as it is clear that there are good reasons for it. What disturbs me is the inconsistency. One or our suppliers charges between 9.50 and 11.50 per drop. Another supplier, providing the same type of merchandise, is charging 6.50 to 7.50 per drop. That...
Tough story and situation to be sure. I would assume prices are also moving so your margins are not an issue? Reminds of something someone told me many, many years ago. Never complain about to much business because there is nothing worse than sitting there waiting for desperately needed...
Debt really is a great motivator is it not? Been there and done that a few times. I think most of us work better under pressure when we know that we have to perform or else. The debt has to be repaid and mouths have to be fed. I know this has been said a million times but it is so true, that we...
May we assume you are getting a make up artist and an agent now? Will you still be posting on the Think Tank when you are a star? It is important to remember your roots. Good Luck! Should be a great opportunity. Great idea on feeding the center and drawing a crowd. A crowd should generate some...
