Describe Your Operation...

Pizza Shop Talk The Think Tank
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not sure if this has been done in the past - couldn’t find anything like it in the archive section. but if you pros wouldn’t mind, i know it would be a great for me…

EXAMPLE…

Oven type: baker’s pride y-602 (double deck)
Oven age: approximately 6 years old
Purchased new or used: new

Mixer type: hobart hl600 60 qt
Mixer age: approximately 10 years old
Purchased new or used: used

Pizza prep table: true tpp-93", true tpp-60"
Prep table(s) age: 8 years
Purchased new or used?: used

Other cooking equipment: deep fryer, griddle

Pizza Sizes Offerred: 10", 12", 16"
Number of seats: 70
Hours of operation: noon-10pm
Days closed: none

Beer & wine license?: yes
Percentage beer & wine sales to total sales: 10%

Do you offer an extensive menu other than pizza?: somewhat
Percentage of these food sales to total food sales: 20%

Delivery?: no
if yes, percentage of delivery sales to total sales: 15%

Take out?: yes
if yes, percentage of take out sales to total sales: 15%

Number of kitchen staff per shift: 3 cooks/prep, 1 dishwasher
Number of service staff per shift: 2 wait, 1 bus

Do you cater?: no
if yes, is it a significant amount of your business? no

Do you offer pizza by the slice?: yes
if yes, do you display it in a warmer in the public area?: yes

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Not sure I qualify as a “pro”, but have bee operating my store for over 9 years, and doing pizza for 14 years.

Oven type: Lincoln X-2 on top of Middleby 570
Oven age: lincoln-1year old/ middleby 7 years old
Purchased new or used: lincoln new/middleby used

Mixer type: hobart v-1401 140 qt
Mixer age: approximately 10 years old
Purchased new or used: used

Pizza prep table: randell 8ft with custom fabricated grates
Prep table(s) age: New
Purchased new or used?: New

Other cooking equipment: none

Pizza Sizes Offerred: 12", 16", 18"
Number of seats: 0
Hours of operation: 11AM-4AM
Days closed: none

Beer & wine license?: no
Percentage beer & wine sales to total sales: 0%

Do you offer an extensive menu other than pizza?: somewhat
Percentage of these food sales to total food sales: 20%

Delivery?: yes
if yes, percentage of delivery sales to total sales: 85%

Take out?: yes
if yes, percentage of take out sales to total sales: 15%

Number of kitchen staff per shift: 3-6cooks/phone personel +1 shift manager

Do you cater?: no
if yes, is it a significant amount of your business? no

Do you offer pizza by the slice?: no
if yes, do you display it in a warmer in the public area?: no

3

Oven type: baker’s pride y-602 (double deck)
Oven age: approximately 15 years old
Purchased new or used: new

Mixer type: hobart VCM 20 QT
Mixer age: approximately 15 years old
Purchased new or used: NEW

Pizza prep table: DELFIELD 9FT PIZZAS, true 60" SUBS
Prep table(s) age: 15/5 years
Purchased new or used?: NEW/used

Other cooking equipment: MICROWAVE, WARMER, CONVECTION OVEN/PROOFER FOR SUB ROLLS

Pizza Sizes Offerred: 10", 12", 14",16",20"
Number of seats: 36
Hours of operation: 10-10 SUN-THURS 10-11 FRI-SAT
Days closed: none

Beer & wine license?: NO
Percentage beer & wine sales to total sales: N/A

Do you offer an extensive menu other than pizza?: somewhat
Percentage of these food sales to total food sales: 30%

Delivery?: YES
if yes, percentage of delivery sales to total sales: 75%

Take out?: yes
if yes, percentage of take out sales to total sales: 20%

Number of kitchen staff per shift: 1 MANAGER ALLWAYS + 1 INSIDER SUN-WED, 2 INSIDERS ON THURS, 3 ON FRI-SAT.
Number of service staff per shift: 0

Do you cater?: YES
if yes, is it a significant amount of your business? NO

Do you offer pizza by the slice?: NO
if yes, do you display it in a warmer in the public area?: N/A

4

I know this is personal, but never hurts to ask. Any of you guys care to list your annual sales? It helps those of us who can’t convince our lovely wives to let us open our own places… get a feel for what is and isn’t possible.

5

this will be my first million dollar year, hoping for close to 1.1.

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Oven type: EFLOW 3262(have an extra one for sale & a MM JS250
Oven age: approximately 10 yrs
Purchased new or used: used

Mixer type: hobart d300
Mixer age: approximately ?
Purchased new or used: used

Pizza prep table: randell 72"
Prep table(s) age: ?
Purchased new or used?: used

Other cooking equipment: none

Pizza Sizes Offerred: 12", 14"
Number of seats: 50
Hours of operation: 4-10pm
Days closed: Sunday

Beer & wine license?: no
Do you offer an extensive menu other than pizza?: somewhat
Percentage of these food sales to total food sales: 20%

Delivery?: yes
if yes, percentage of delivery sales to total sales: 40%

Take out?: yes
if yes, percentage of take out sales to total sales: 15%

Number of kitchen staff per shift: 1-2 pizza makers, 1 del/dishwasher
Number of service staff per shift: 2 wait

Do you cater?: yes
if yes, is it a significant amount of your business? no

Do you offer pizza by the slice?: no