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Q: With so many new restaurants opening around me and the economy being what it is, I’m getting scared watching sales drop. What can I do to keep my name…
News March 112009 August: Check Please!
The job candidate you just interviewed is a hard worker who shows up on time and knows how to deal with customers. At least that’s what the eager applicant told…
News March 112009 August: A Pizza My Mind
Independent operators get a failing grade on a huge issue: They do not have readable financial statements. For the moment, I won’t even consider the problem of getting information too…
News March 11Dough Doctor: How does gluten affect dough?
Gluten is the one thing that holds our dough together. Without it, the dough would be a pasty mix of ingredients, lacking the capability of being shaped, hand-tossed or slapped.…
News March 112009 August: Carpet Care
Ask Rebecca Black why she loves carpet, and she can sum it up in one word: noise. Black is vice president of operations and franchise support for Alhambra, California-based Shakey’s…
News March 11Laundry: Hang to Dry
For some pizza restaurant operators — such as those who use front and center items like table linens or who have extremely high-volume locations — whether or not to do…
News March 112009 August: Commentary
Congratulations to Lou Siecinski and Mark Gold, owners of Pizza Shuttle, Inc. in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. We’ve named Pizza Shuttle our 2009 Independent Pizzeria of the Year based on their quarter-century…
News March 11Old School Sicilian Pizza
What makes a Sicilian pizza a Sicilian pizza? In two words: shape and thickness. A true Sicilian pizza is rectangular. A true Sicilian pizza has a crust that is almost…
News March 112009 August: Did You Know? / Places That Rock
According to the Associated Press, Pizza Hut expects to sell $ 1 billion worth of pasta annually in coming years Domino’s sells 1 million sandwiches a week. Ike Sewell and…
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