We’re SMALLER than that! Try 1494 people, counting elderly, babies, 37 dogs, and a visitor this week!
I only offer a minimal sit down dining room, cater to carryout, and deliveries. We keep our menu VERY simple using the same ingredients for a variety of items (pizzas, sandwiches, etc.). You can’t be everything to everybody, but you can serve a quality pizza for a fair price, with limited staff and make a profit in an operation like mine. You won’t get rich, but if you enjoy what you’re doing it will show. Keep the place spotlessly clean, decorate it up with “local” things of interest, and promote your community to EVERYONE! That means give away a few things, discount a few things to the schools, clubs, etc., and BE wherever anything is happening in your community. School’s about out, get a “cheap” little group to play inside your place or outside in the parking lot, sell a couple of slices of pizza and a can of soda for $2.50 and pack them in for a “Summer Kickoff” about Memorial Day weekend! Get your staff some nice looking t-shirts with your business logo on them and LOOK like the kind of place everyone wants to associate with! If I had 5,000 people I wouldn’t WANT to go home at night! You can do it in a town of 5,000 and make some serious money while having FUN!