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Did you read the portion of the bill that requires schools to offer meals for supper too?? This is not really a question of hurting small business as much as it is a slow deterioration of personal choice and freedoms. Personally, I prefer to have the family supper time every those psa’s that...

Anybody know of a POS that makes suggestive sales tips to the CSR based on customer order history?

We ran this promo: Every time someone from the hotel ordered, we dropped a biz card off at the front desk. After they collected so many cards, they got a free medium 1 top. I always thought that was a good start, but could have went farther. 3 cards = order of breadsticks 5 cards = medium 1...

Well, I have always gotten great advice here and that is why I posted all of this. And as always, the think tank has once again helped focus my thinking and business ideas. We’re not planning on even to start scouting for a location until January of 2012, so we have plenty of time to re-vision...

A good 3 to 4 30 second spots can be shot in high def for about $2000. In post production you can then add your special tags and menu information as you wish (if you have the software–which if you deal with a quality videographer, can provide you with a format that can be reworked endlessly in...

Just curious… Why do you want one? I’ve been forced to use them in the past & as a first point of contention, they are an expensive piece of plastic. Secondly, durring a rush, they are very inconvienent to use. The cheese clumps in the contraption, forcing you to take time out to clean and...

The current competition hours vary widely. Papa John’s opens at 10:30am, closes at 1am through the weekdays and 2am weekends throughout the academic year. Summertime, their hours change to midnight. Domino’s closes at 1am every night. Pizza Hut doesn’t open until 6pm, closes at 1, 2 on weekends...

George, Why do you think that is? I remember the Soup Nazi Seinfeld episode which is actually based off a real soup place in NYC. The place I was going to open was located in a hotel. I got a great deal on the lease, & two weeks before opening, the bank foreclosed on the property, kicked me...

To differentiate myself: No one is doing fresh dough daily. The area actually has a huge agriculture base outside of town. There’s even a local cheesery that is devoted to chev, and I am really surprised the current indie does not offer a pizza with this delicate cheese. So I’ll have an...

Well, my pizza is good, but it is still just pizza. 😉 I’m trying to learn from my mistakes here. This last venture I invested a lot of money into a lot of big equipment, and things did not work out. I was thinking this time around start off really, really small and expand from there. The town...

I’m looking into a location for my pizza shop (since the whole debacle with the hotel, if you remeber) and I think I’ve found an area to start searching for lease space. Base population is 30,000 It’s a university town with a high number of hotels and factories There are currently 6 pizza...

Food Cost Pro.

So they are probably familiar with Schleeter’s Auction. The name of the pizza place I was consulting for that went out of biz…Sandy Beach Pizza. As for the lake, besides the smell, it has killed so far 6 dogs and has put 3 people into the hospital. They have a plan for some kind of chemical...

Uhm, yes. 🙂 My wife is from St. Marys, and though we live here, I have to say I proudly hail from New Knoxville. Actually, St. Marys has some really good points–the lake for one, even noting its current condition, the theater, Kids Drama Klub, the coffee shop…summerfest (my daughter was in the...

Video is still a great idea though, and working with the super market to place coupons in grocery bags an excellent idea as well. Just out of curoisity, did they say how much the production for the video would cost? Were you allowed to keep the video after it was finished, play it in other...

Since I live in this area, I don’t know how I feel about being called a “bottom feeder.” However, you have hit the nail on the head.

Ann, An excel spreadsheet works great for this. You have to figure out how much of whatever you use per pizza. How many ounces of dough do you use for a 14" pizza, sauce? Cheese? How much does the box cost? The pizza saver, if you use one? Do you include parm or red pepper packets with your...

Royster, Seriously thinking about running. If you remember prior posts, I was located in a hotel that went into foreclosure shortly before I was to open. The lease is in limbo, and currently not paying any rent there, nor do I have to until 6 months after I open, but opening there seems to be...

So the guys I was consulting in the over saturated market…closed their doors. Big surprise there, considering they never listened to anything I had to say. Anyhow, the shop is open-empty. No rent. Only pay utilities. But it is a dump too. There is a captive audience every Friday night (you...

We did cards that listed 5 different student specials. We ran midnight madness from 12am to 2am on Fridays–12 inch pizza, carry-out only, $4, had to show your student id. Dorm wars never worked well for us, except ended up costing us money in the long run. Get yourself a sidewalk stencil and...