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I may have the opportunity to purchase an existing store that has a non-operating salad bar. The buffet itself works but a piece of the glass is missing. Im told it is about a $500 fix( so i assume it is more like 750-1000). Ive been doing pizza for 15 years but have never done buffet. It is a...

I am thinking about addind twitter to our options of advertising. If anyone uses this how does it work. My idea was to ask easy questions about our food and our town and give away food as a prize. When doing this on twitter are thie winners the first to respond via twitter or the first to call...

is there a formula for the amount i can get from a landlord. i am a decent negotiator so obviously i will work for the best number i can get but what should my jumping off point be. a percent of yearly rent? percent of buildout costs? or just a flat rate? sorry if this sound naive but have not...

just curious what the forum thinks about the 30% rule on food cost. is that just for food or an all inclusive cogs(paper,food,bev,etc).

just a quick background… i have been a managing partner for many years now and i now may have the oppurtunity to buy out the owner. my question is how much cash should i have in the bank. i do not mean purchase price but more of how much cash should i have on hand when i open. most of what i...

i along with my business partner just finished our budget for 2010 and while we were finishing we were talking about next years advertising. It started as a joke then became a somewhat serious idea. we sell a big clover pizza through march and were thinking about hiring some little people to be...

I am involved in a loosley ran franchise and was wondering about starting to make our own dough. right now we have a local bakery who makes all the dough for the franchise. we may be allowed to start making our own dough( in discussions with the franchise president now). What my question is how...

im thinking of adding a multi-grain dough to my menu. anybody out there doing this. any suggestions? thanks in advance.

Hey guys looking for some more help please. One of my two stores is a del/co and im looking to add fountain drinks and get rid of the 20 ozs. Coke has said they will not put one in for us. What I was curious about was if any of you bought your own machines. What were the headaches, certainly...

just thought i’d let you guys know about a catering job we just got. we were contacted by a bride who wanted us to “cater” her wedding. Actually what we will be doing is handing out 75 small pizzas to her guests when they leave the reception. We’ve never done this before and it just got me...

Hey guys just a quick question. I am currently running with rapidfire in one of my locations and diamond touch in the other. I was thinking about getting a new system for both stores. I was just trying to get some feedback on what everyone else is using. I’m generally happy with both but was...

anybody out there doing a salad with fruit. I was thinking about adding a mixed green salad with red onion, oranges, pecans, gorgonzola, croutons and raspberry dressing. still in the idea phase but hoping for some good ideas and insight from the experts.

just curious what is working best for you guys. are you just straight couponing( $2 off a large pie) or are you bundeling(lg pie, order of breadsticks and 2 liter for X dollars) we had almost always bundeled but curious if this economy would perfer to see $2 off coupons

anybody out there sell any of there sauces or dressings at local grocery stores. thinking about maybe looking in to this. we already sell plenty of our house dressings to go in 16oz styrofoam cups but was thinking about reatail. honestly not sure how to even start such a process. any info would...

just curious how many of you owners have partners. Im most interested in those that have taken on partners with little or no restaurant experience. Im wondering about split responsibilities, if they stay in the store. any thoughts would be appreciated. thanks

I need some cash!!! I have worked in the business since i was 15. now 13 years later im tired of making other people money. I started washing dishes and now have moved up to gm of a shop doing about 1.5 in sales. Need help moving into ownership. I have gm’ed for absentee owners so i have...