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Have you ever went to a retail place (paint store, auto parts, flooring, etc.) and wanted a deal. Or, wanted to switch a muffler for a muffler even though they have a no return policy? Have you ever painted you house and tried to get a deal because you were buying a lot of paint? When the normal...

I think you have to keep in mind that these are rules of thumb. There are exceptions. But, in every business there seems to be a key to unlock prosperity. Most people in our industry have found that this 8-12% fits that unlock code. Some have done it with 4%, some with 15%, but in general it is...

You are correct - the next part is that people are going to want to know what you are considering rent. I believe the 8-12 is for occupancy costs, which includes triple net portions of a lease - maintenance, property taxes, insurance, + rent costs.

Fort Wayne area.

We use the 1/2 steamtable pan for large catering or family size pastas or salads. It works well and it relatively inexpensive.

I’m afraid this thread is being hijacked, so I apologize for contributing to it, but… $2100 x 12 = $25200 / 1152 sq ft. = $21.875 per sq ft.21.875 per sq ft. We’re currently (including CAM) paying $26.85 per sq ft, much more than you. But, our rent including CAM is 10% of our sales. So, the...

Look, here’s the deal. Open on a weekday, Mon - Wed. Give yourself some time before your first weekend. There’s a pretty good chance that when you open the doors, nobody will come in. That’s okay. It’s frustrating as he*$, but okay. You’re operation probably isn’t going to be amazing at first...

A good accounting software will do the work for you. Accounting for a business on spreadsheets is going to be similar to using the old green ledger paper and balancing accounts manually. Nobody does that anymore, because it’s too time consuming, and accounting software like quickbooks only costs...

Anytime I have trouble finding employees, I take a serious look at what we are paying. We had a lot of trouble finding qualified drivers (I’m not talking about the typical banana boat drivers that smoke in the car), and we were paying 5.50 per hour. Every time I had to put a help wanted sign out...

Ours has an air gap pipe as well, but no vent to the outside. We clean ours once per quarter (no garbage disposal) and haven’t had any problems. Be sure your smell is coming from the grease trap. We had a similar smell in our restaurant and couldn’t figure it out. Turned out it was the wax...

Personally, I feel like accounting for the full value of the discount allows you to see a true picture of what’s going on. If you don’t like seeing the high discounts, maybe you shouldn’t run those coupons. If those coupons are working for you, keep running them but at least you’ll see on your...

I don’t know how you track inventory, but in regards to inventory tracking you would want to ring up the second pizza and discount it off. The true number that you are looking for in the books is the ‘Net Sales’ number. This would be gross sales - discounts - refunds, etc. Net sales is what...

bodegahwy: How much does the musak system cost? Equipment needs? Where can it be purchased? Thanks for your help.

2 Questions: Is there a minimum for bulk mailing? I was thinking 200. What is the discounted rate you can get on postcards? Regular mail? I’m trying to think of how long it would take me to pay off the bulk mail permit. Thanks.

Thanks Tom

Piper: Piper, especially if you are using pre-cooked toppings you can make the argument that you are merely re-heating rather than cooking. The difference…grease. If there’s no grease, essentially you baking a pizza is no difference than me going to my house and baking a frozen pizza, or take n...

I use active dry yeast, and I dry blend the yeast with salt and sugar and keep it in the walk in. I then put the entire spice mixture in the water for hydration. I’ve never had inconsistency problems, but apparently this isn’t a good idea. If I wanted to switch to Instant Dry Yeast, what...

I purchased a Hobart High Temperature Dishwasher, and then one of my employees asked me this question and I didn’t know the answer. We use melamine plates and plastic pepsi cups, will it melt these in the dishwasher at all, or will they be okay? Anybody have experience with this? Thanks.

You can buy it directly from Point of Success by calling their office. 1-800-752-3565 I’m sure if you talk to them, this post could be proof I suppose, the would honor the 15% off. Their good people. The benefit from buying from a vendor is that they’ll help you with hardware, set up...

Is it a hood with an exhaust fan, or just a vent to the outside?