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    We made the switch to NY Style pizza 5 months ago!

    Sorry, but I’m with RaymiR: POS systems are just a new toy that salesmen have convinced lots of people that they can’t live without - they have their advantages, but they have an at least equal number of DISadvantages. That’s my professional opinion - personally, I despise being asked if I want...
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    POS Marketing question. How do you get names?

    When I get text msg ads, I add that biz to my “Places I will never go to again” List.
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    Employee Rest,Meal & Smoke Breaks

    To my mind, there is NO SUCH THING AS A SMOKE BREAK. There are breaks, but what you do on them is your business. As you mentioned, Why should a smoker get breaks, (paid or unpaid), that a non-smoker does not get? If you have an addiction that keeps you from doing your job - I don’t care if it is...
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    Roto flex pizza oven

    It that a rhetorical question, George? The answer, of course, is when I say so. Meaning that “perfection” is defined by each owner/operator.
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    How much

    16oz but that’s on a 15 inch pizza
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    How to rebuild a staff

    I totally understand your desire not to be a “bad person” by perhaps unfairly terminating people. What you do to keep your own concience clear is to: First, spell out exactly what you expect, second, make sure one and only one person is responsible for a given responsibility, and thirdly, spell...
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    store hours

    If you regularly get orders right up to closing, maybe you should be open another hour, officially. We are open until 10 or 11:00, but sneak out fifteen minutes early on a regular basis - but getting an order in the last hour is extremely rare. We would close earlier, but “closing stuff” would...
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    Volume

    There are a thousand variables, but a good answer would be: enough that you are willing to continue doing it.
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    The Pizza You Make and Sell

    Put me in the best Pizza possible line. If there was anything, (and I mean ANYTHING) that (in my opinion) would make my Pizza better, I’d do it!! Make the best Pizza you can, and charge what you have to…and pray you find enough people that agree with you. Most people don’t realize the difference...
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    Is your garbage can clean?

    I fixed the “stuff under the trash bag” problem - I cut the bottom out of the garbage can! (Not always practical, of course)
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    Need Your Opinions/Advice

    If you don’t want to fire him without real proof, do this: Don’t say anything, don’t act different, nothing - be fat, dumb and happy. But watch very closely for this, or anything else happening - if he did it once, he’ll do it again.
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    Had a visit from the Sheriff tonight

    Most of the legal objections to the baby-on-the-back scenario are groundless. (OSHA can’t say sht about the child of an owner - she/he is not an employee - and Child Protective Services can’t do sht, as it is not overtly endangered). But it is still horribly unprofessional, and there are health...
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    Marketing: The Answer

    We do absolutely NO advertizing - but we are more than happy to give away free large pizza gift certificates to any organization wanting them for raffles and auctions.
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    Marketing: The Answer

    We do absolutely NO advertizing - but we are more than happy to give away free large pizza gift certificates to any organization wanting them for raffles and auctions.
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    just my view on pricing

    Do it on Mondays (assuming that is your slowest day). You can expand it to Tuesdays, and maybe Wednesdays, if you like how it does on Mondays. It shouldn’t adversely impact your weekends if you restrict it to those days.
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    Carousel Pizza Oven -New to me.

    I used to have one of those giant carousel ovens. Advantages: cooks like a deck oven, but pizzas are always front and center to take out/put in. Usually have “air doors”, making inspection of pizzas easy, especially since they are “front and center”. Very large capacity, too. Disadvantages: If...
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    Anyone On Here Open Only 6 Days Per Week?

    We went from 7 to 6 for about ten years. Monday and Tuesday were “not worth it” slow, so we closed on Mondays. Result was Tuesdays doubled - A win/win result. No effect on other days. (We were forced to start opening on Mondays at 4:00 about 5 years ago - got too darn busy on all days to justify...
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    Would you want your kids to follow in your steps?

    Why not? My biz is successful due to my work, as opposed to someone else biz is successful due to my work. I control the work environment I exist in, I choose my own hours and dress the way I wish. I think that everyone that is answering NO to this question is suffering from the “grass is...
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    How do you charge for half toppings?

    Most expensive half
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    Those that do dine-in.... dine-in only?

    We do dine in/carry out only. (we have tried delivery in the distant past).If there is any way possible to avoid delivery, do so. If it is not your main focus, it is a lot of work and hassle for not much return.
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