Five habits of highly unprofitable pizzerias

Five habits of highly unprofitable pizzerias

Pizza Expo Exclusive by Michael Shepherd, owner of 600 Downtown in Bellafontaine, Ohio   Last year at the 2014 International Pizza Expo I gave a seminar on how to hit a 20 percent profit margin, which I will be doing again in 2015. I felt that it was important to...
Six Places in Your Restaurant to Look for Money Savers

Six Places in Your Restaurant to Look for Money Savers

Managing rising food and labor costs Inflation is at roughly seven percent, a rate not seen since 1982. This will hit you where it hurts, your prime costs. And then while you are down on the ground bleeding profits, inflation will kick you repeatedly through 2022,...
Restaurant Open Hours: What Days to Close, if at all?

Restaurant Open Hours: What Days to Close, if at all?

With a tight labor market, operators are looking at their open hours When we first opened in 2004, we wanted to add delivery as soon as we could. This was way before third-party delivery. When we finally were able to, we only had enough delivery drivers for the dinner...
Pizza Slice Sales That Work

Pizza Slice Sales That Work

Tips for sell more Pizza by the Slice It would be hard to picture an America without pizza by the slice being served at shopping malls, ballparks, stadiums, megastores and school cafeterias. It would be hard to imagine not going to our favorite neighborhood pizza...
Mike’s Monthly Tip: Speak Like a Human

Mike’s Monthly Tip: Speak Like a Human

Speak like a human. There’s a tendency when people write to conduct the written speech as if it’s a formal term paper they’re submitting to a college professor. This formality is an attempt at “professionalism,” or what they think would...
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