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A friend of mine wants to take over an existing dine-in pizza restaurant. I obviously have no prior experience on this as we built our location from the ground up. I’m turning to you-- my fellow pizza makers for advice and answers to some of his questions -How can he have access to their books...

What’s your prediction for this year’s Halloween? Here are some comments we’re hearing from other pizza operators: 1.) A lot busier than last year due to pent up demand and cash-strapped parents wanting to do something special for their kids 2.) Slower than last year due to bad economy 3.)...

Hello pizzamakers. We’re trying to emphasize UPSELLING with our employees and need your advice. 1.) We’re currently selling about 30-35% of sides (items beside pizza) compare to the # of pizza. Besides pizza the only main entree we sell are calzones and paninis the rest are sides (wings...

Accidentally posted this on the wrong section…so hopefully I’ll get responses on here :)… Database mailing have been giving us great results but as of now we’re just sending the same ad pieces to all customers in our system that we have addresses for. We’d like to take this a step further and...

Database mailing have been giving us great results but as of now we’re just sending the same ad pieces to all customers in our system that we have addresses for. We’d like to take this a step further and be more strategic such as sending different offers to lazy customers and active customers...

A couple of our menu items require a marinara sauce dip. We now have to individually pour the sauce from a large can into individual 1 oz containers. This is obviously labor intensive. Do you guys know of a vendor or a place where can order individually packed 1 oz. marinara sauce (similar to...

hi again pizza makers… All of your replies on my last post truly ignited our focus on marketing. Thank you! We’re thinking of using a third party to do our Door Hanging as it will be on a consistent basis. Do you guys know of such companies that provide this kind of service? How much would it...

In this tough economy I’m curious to find out everyone’s foot traffic Mon-Thurs and Fri-Sun. We’re certainly seeing the numbers declining. We’ve only been open for a little over 6 months but our sales on the first three months were a lot stronger in the beginning than now. What do you guys think...

We’re seeking vendors who can give us a great deal on large quantities of 7" Personal Pizza Box, w/ our 4- color Logo on it. Do you guys have any recommendations? The design will not fill the entire box. We’re thinking of just a plain white box, w/ our 3" Circle logo in the middle. Thanks in...

We want to switch to the round 8" Tin Foil Containers w/ card boad lid for our personal size pizzas. This is 50% cheaper than the boxes. Does anyone have experience in doing this? Does it keep the pizzas warm and not soggy? We’re also delivering these personal pizzas on a 10-20 min drive from...