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Daddio, I worked a Papa John’s that had this problem for two summers in a row. I got bored one day and made up a bunch of slices, handed them out to cars waiting in traffic with paperplates with the papa john’s logo and napkins with the papa john’s logo. I’m not handing out signs or...

Has anyone tried subscribing to the local newspaper and article clipping? So little Suzy won the local spelling bee–send her a coupon in the mail congratulating her. Mr. John Doe got promoted at work–send him a coupon in the mail congratulating him, tell him the office’s lunch is on the store...

Middleby Marshall js250, hobart 20quart mixer, stanley knight 110" makeline. I need minimum $3500 on the js250 to get me out of it’s lease. The makeline is a monster, has a small pin-sized hole in one of the compressor hoses (can be fixed with JB Weld), and does need recharged, but other than...

Have you ever thought about renting out the kitchen?? If you’re good at the bar, do the bar. Have someone rent the kitchen, buy the food and make the profits off the food, or a percentage there-of in lieu of rent. Just my two cents. Unfortunately, that’s all I have…two cents.

The ctx ovens are eiter 90 or 110 inches long–don’t remember which. They are thin (wide??) enough to fit easily through a 30 to 32 inch door. And again, I am not sure if they work. The guy who has them only said that the refrigration units needed some repairs. The ovens at least need cleaned...

I have two ctx-70 conveyor 50 amp 220 volt, 3 phase ovens available to me at no cost. They are absolutely no use to me, and I don’t know how much they are even worth. Does anybody know? Is it even worth me bothering? There is the possibility of scrapping them for metal… Does anybody just want...

My concern with placing flyers underneath the windshield wipers of cars is not so much legality as much as it is return on investment. Let’s say you visit a Wal-Mart shopping plaza and place 100 flyers. How many of these wally world customers live in your area? Parking lots are nice and easy...

This reminds of the tv commercial for some copy store place–can’t remember if it was Staples or Office Max. Anyway…the guy owned a barber shop and was doing really well until a big chain moved across the street advertising $7 haircuts. So the guy went to the copy store, bought a banner that...

Other places have done this before because it is a good idea. A spin on this: Sell bumper stickers and/or t-shirts. If you see someone running around town with one on, and you feel inspired, go up to them and give them a coupon for a free something–breadsticks, garlic bread.

This is true in general, but I live in a very weird place. Like I said, no one does the fresh dough. This alone would cut down on food cost. In fact, most everything comes from a local manufacturer of pizza products specifically designed for the high number of pizza shops in the area. They are...

Smaller markets are interesting. I keep waiting for someone to move into my area with at least a fresh dough. Everybody in the hometown uses a frozen dough crust or a parbake. But there are nine mom and pops on top of a Domino’s and a Papa John’s. The population sits at about 8000 people. About...

I’ve done delivery for way too long to be frustrated about it anymore, but the majority of places I’ve worked for have charged $1.50 to $3.00 for delivery. As a driver, I never saw the full $3.00–just a portion. A delivery fee of $2 or more, and I very rarely saw a tip. I always used to be of...

A wife, a 9 year old daughter, an 18 month old son, a crazy mother-in-law we just put into the nursing home…ahh, the personal life is a whole other story man. 😃

In the state of Ohio, driver reports are available online for free. If you go to the dmv in person, they cost $5. Don’t know about other states, but worth checking into.

A long time ago I used to do commercials for a local FOX affiliate in Nebraska. We had a lot of restaurants ask that we put video of their food up on the commercials. We never refused because they were paying customers, but the video always turned out bad. Basically, the food looked lackluster...

This is some of what I told them: Start offering napkins & paperplates with every delivery. They’d be the only store in the area doing that. Change up their dough. Every pizza place in the area either has a frozen dough shipped in or a par-bake. They have a frozen dough. They also have a...

I know you still have the cost of labor involved…but if you are all ready charging a delivery fee why should there be a minimum delivery amount?

I completely understand profit margins on fountain soda. But I refuse to deliver the stuff. I’ve done it before, and it can be a messy situation sometimes. The plan was to open in the hotel. Only do delivery and carry-out to start, then open the bar and offer lunch buffet. Once the bar opened...

That would be great if my oven was new. Got one? 😉 …actually it is a middleby marshall js250.

So, in this crazy process of trying to open my first shop, I ran a survey online. Coke or Pepsi? The overwhelming response has been Pepsi. If this place ever actually opens up, and I decide for whatever really absurd reason to open another one, I’ll run the same survey again. I’m looking to...