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Less than a year ago the owner opened a second pizza shop and I’ve been running it since. Unfortunately, it isn’t turning a profit or even breaking even for him and now he is pretty much out of capital. From our estimates we are off by about $130 a day on breaking even. So I guess he is losing...

Simply put, is there such a thing? I’ve heard myths about it before.

Sorry if this topic gets beaten to death but I’m curious about how delivery insurance is required by law yet many pizza places that offer delivery skip on the insurance. Here is an article. It’s a bit dated, from 2004. According to insurance brokers, nearly every insurance policy for personal...

Do any of you pizza operators participate in 401Ks, IRAs or SEP IRAs? What are your plans for retiring? Sell the business? Hold onto the business and continue to collect a monthly income from it while it is run by a GM? I’ve been interested in starting to save for retirement, even though it...

This isn’t your usual credit card thread. No, I am interested in how many credit cards some of you different pizza operators have. And if you are willing to share, your credit score? Oh, and how important is a credit score if you want to open a business? Cash is king sometimes. But don’t...

I was wondering if any of you have Satellite or Cable service in your restaurants. I have heard that these companies like to charge business’s more. Even up to 200-300 dollars a month. We have a small place. We have room for dine in but don’t do a lot. No beer or anything. Just looking into...

My interviews are rather weak IMO. Do any of you have any tips on giving good interviews? One thing I have learned is to always interview at least two people. Guess that should have seemed obvious but in the past I have usually only bothered to bring in one person and 90% of the time just hire...

I am in the process of tracking the orders of houses that we have delivered too on an excel spreadsheet. We don’t have POS yet. What is the best way to get these customers to order again or order more often? Mailing out magnets? Magnets with calenders? Special coupon offers for returning...

Anyone use sandwich boards on the sidewalk for advertising? Thinking about getting one and putting it out by the street. Found a website where I could make one for $150. Double sided sign that is 36"x 24". Was thinking of having it say, “BIG PIZZA SLICES -->” and using a picture of a pizza slice...

Do any of you owners do any bartering for services. And if so, how often? I have noticed that the owner of the store I manage has traded services a few time now over the last couple of months.

We have three new employees at our shop. It seems that 2 out of the 3 are definite keepers and I hope they can stick around for a while. The third? Well I almost actually laughed out loud when she told me she was taking a break three hours into her shift on Friday night. I asked her who told her...

Hello all. I have enjoyed browsing this forum for the last couple of days. Lots of good info has been offered up. I got into the pizza business when I was 18 fresh out of high school as a delivery driver. Six and half years later I have a college degree in Biology and and am the store manager...