Honestly, an alarm system with monitoring is fairly inexpensive and gives you great piece of mind. A real must! Surveillance systems have a wide range in price. If you are not in your establishment every day, all day, find one that you can afford. They are both important to have!
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2009 December: Did You Know
74 percent of pizzerias have dining rooms. The pizza industry will top $38 billion in sales in 2010. International Pizza Wxpo 2010 is scheduled for March 2-4 at the Las Vegas Convention Center Tennessee has 1,184 pizzerias The Pizza Kitchen / Scalini
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2009 December: Marketing Matters
Recently, I had a phone conversation with Arjun Sen, formerly the vice president of marketing and operations services at Papa John’s Pizza. Prior to that, he was manager of marketing research at Pizza Hut. Today, he’s a consultant with a dizzying
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2009 December: Commentary
Well, another year has come and nearly gone. 2009 was an interesting one, to say the least. After American voters cried for change in our country’s leadership in 2008, America’s first black president took office this year. Since then, we’ve bee
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2009 December: Simple Ideas
Meatball Mangia Offer spaghetti and meatballs? If you’re not making a meatball sub or using your meatballs on pizza, you could be missing out on profi ts. Consider using French or Italian bread. Sliced lengthwise, add the meatballs, layer with mari
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2009 December: A Pizza My Mind
Big Dave’s always closed early on Christmas Eve (6 p.m.) so that my crew could get home and enjoy their family time. The key word here is family. Many families gather together on Christmas Eve. Since the following day will be filled with traditiona
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2009 December: Five Questions
Eric Koslowski, owner of Primanti Bros. in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, doesn’t seem to be taking the recession lying down. When opportunity knocked, he answered in a big way. Koslowski recently opened a 4,700-square-foot store by negotiating with the
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2009 November: Commentary
Eight years ago, I found myself despicably overweight. That’s right, this former high school and college athlete was fat! This was not familiar territory for me. Since I was a young child, I’ve been involved with sports. You know that kid in your
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2009 November: Did You Know? / Places That Rock
The International Pizza Expo show floor is the size of 4 1/2 football fields! America’s 50 largest pizza companies control nearly 39,000 of the industry’s 75,000 units. According to a recent Pizza Today.com poll, 30 percent of respondents
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2009 October: A Pizza My Mind
I’m a big believer in measuring how much time it takes to complete almost every task in the restaurant. If you determine how long a task takes, then you can measure it and often improve the elapsed time to accomplish the task. My POS system had a b