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    Streaming Advertising

    We use: https://restaurantgeofencing.com/pricing
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    Delivery Range/Area?

    I ordered a variety of sizes to test out from webstaurantstore.com
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    Delivery Range/Area?

    Google maps has (or at least it used to) a “drive time” feature. We set a flag for our store and drew the edges at 10 minutes at Friday dinner. Our looks like an amoeba! Hopefully not all deliveries are to the edge so our drivers should be able to take 3 runs an hour. We also try to add more...
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    New regulation on filing meals tax devided into cash sales and card sales

    Does you PoS have a report that shows the Net Accountable Sales somewhere? If you sold $100 in food for the day before collecting the $6.25 Meals tax, is there a report that states that $100.00 amount of sales no matter if is was cash or credit card as it calculates your Cash Over/Short for the...
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    Streaming Advertising

    Looked into Tubi and Pluto services. Both look to be accessible only through 3rd party advertising companies and seem to suggest a preference for national advertising. Roku TV however is set up almost exactly like Hulu TV. A $500 minimum spending agreement that can be spread out over whatever...
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    Streaming Advertising

    We’re in Bloomington, Indiana. The videos are created by the company we use for GeoFencing advertising and we reuse them for Youtube and Hulu ads.
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    Payroll Provider

    We use https://aliign.com/ but I’ve looked into ADP and Paychex before, they all do pretty much the same things. Aliign generates a file our bookkeeper imports into Quickbooks weekly with our different stores separated by a Class marker. If they didn’t have a Class marker, I would make each...
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    Considering Slices

    Our repair guy had a pizza cabinet sitting in his shop, let us borrow it to try it out. Oh yeah, this is the way to go.
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    Streaming Advertising

    Amazon TV has started running ads. Looked into their offerings and their minimum campaign investment is… $10k. So, NOT small business friendly.
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    Am I Wasting $$$?

    At 30% you are likely accepting Dash Pass. That makes your store an option for all the people that won’t pay (directly) for delivery and otherwise wouldn’t order from you. We self deliver, so we likely miss out on orders from Dash Pass members. My guess would be that has the largest impact for...
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    Streaming Advertising

    In Bloomington, Indiana.
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    Streaming Advertising

    I’ve been running an ad on Hulu streaming service for the past few months. Cost has worked out to under 3 cents per impression. So it’s more expensive than Google ads but less expensive than some Facebook campaigns I’ve run. I signed up at https://home.admanager.hulu.com/ , uploaded a 16:9...
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    Pizza Expo 2024

    The biggest value can come from taking a well-deserved vacation if you haven’t had one in a while! It’s nice to be able to look at and compare big ticket items in action like dough equipment or PoS systems. The seminars are worth checking out and I often can pick up some great ideas from other...
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    Considering Slices

    We used to sell Grab & Go slices at Lunchtime before the pandemic, but took that opportunity to stop - we priced them too low, had too much waste, and could not find staff to work lunch kitchen. Now we’re looking into restarting but wanting to set it up with as little effort needed by the staff...
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    Adding a Margarita Pizza

    If you use fresh, sliced tomatoes in your store, try those in place of tomato sauce. Sprinkle some coarse salt on after baking to intensify all those flavors.
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    How do you keep your cutters clean

    Bucket of sanitizing water with a towel soaking in it. Dip (can’t leave soaking) & wipe cutter frequently with the sani towel to keep it clean and sanitized. Change out cloudy sani water and cutters for proper washing after each meal service to avoid having it sit out for >4 hours in the “danger...
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    I'm out. I closed today

    We closed our full-service location on Thursday after we found a restaurant group wanting to take over the lease and purchase the setup/equipment. We’re back down to our 2 delco locations now. I’m disappointed we failed to make a go of it, but I’m oh so glad to get back to the relative...
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    Tips and Payroll

    You should be aware that the tax law is written in an incredibly favorable way for Restaurants to encourage tip declaration. A Tip Tax Credit can be claimed with Form 8846 when you are filing your Federal taxes. This returns all the FICA match an employer pays on tips above the minimum wage...
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    New Mover Program

    We use Moving Targets and have been for over 20 years I think now. Costs $1.80 or $1.90 per mailer. People who redeem the mailer are more likely to go on to order a 2nd time than those who try us cold: 50% of people who order for the first time without a mailer fail to order a 2nd time while a...
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