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An update on the Pizza & Robots Journey! It’s been a busy week, and I feel like I’ve spent more time at the three restaurants than at home. I’ve added some new tech to test, to try to break, to write about, and to share the results. The first is MarginEdge. I’ve been dutifully uploading every receipt using their app, so it’s too early to know if it will work or not. I’ve been using Finaloop for the AI accounting, but it’s not great. The second will likely be Opus Training, an on-the-job training app that will build skills quickly, using what every employee will have - their smartphone. I’m evaluating their proposal, but so far, it looks like it will get our staff up to snuff quickly. We’ll also have our recipes there so our pizza cooks can duplicate our exact recipes. Crowdfunding Update: I’m testing some new subscription programs for the Philly location, which has been a little slower to raise funds for our opening in a few weeks. I’m curious to see if this as a potential Black Friday deal would work. The product is a Buy One, Gift One rev share subscription for Philly. It’s 4 cents for one subscription and 2 cents for the second one, and you can either gift or keep the subscriptions. That’s the revenue share on each pizza we make from the day we open Philly and bake our first pie for 12 months. Each recipient will also receive a Black Card from Branch (current subscribers will get one soon, too) that will have your funds on them weekly to save or cash out. Cost is $499. In Philly, all of our equipment is purchased and placed in our new unit (K12) on West Girard Avenue. Bryan Brock, PHR is getting his Serve Safe Manager certification this weekend, and then we can submit it to the health department. This is a location we are super excited about due to its density and the previous pizzeria that was there and disappeared from the scene. For Oceanside, we are still waiting on health department approval. Maybe this week, since last week was a no-show on their part. For Ramona, construction continues. We have committed to buying the RotoFlex Oven Co. oven, which will give us a 300-pie-per-hour capacity. The health department is coming next week to provide us with our new health certificate on our limited equipment setup, and then we’ll immediately file a new permit for the big oven. I’ve moved most of the equipment over from old Mamma Ramona’s, and we’ve made our last rent payment for the space. We save $8K a month on rent and utilities in the new space, not including the anticipated rent increase they had coming in January. I'm also waiting on the delivery of new equipment from Toast for the POS setup. Thank you for your continued support of Pizza & Robots! Shawn P. Walchef Christopher Heffernan Matt Shapiro Jake Orfinger Daniel DeMatteo Clayton Wood Soroush Sefidkar #subscriptioneconomy #pizzeria

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Weekly dinner shop for £13.20 👀 Have you shopped this way yet? Over 30 of you tried Gousto when I last posted and took advantage of the ridiculous £13.20 for 5 meals (for 2 people) - You simply have to try it, even if it's for a week. No catch - Free delivery included on a day of your choice. Below's what my sister has picked this week for her first box. Takes literally 2 minutes and that's your 5 dinners done for next week. I have literally 20+ Tips and tricks when shopping that I use every month (especially Christmas), I shall begin sharing these next week as part of a weekly series including. 1. Free pair of the best boxers ever. 2. Never shop without a coupon code auto applied 3. My phone bill is paid for me - (you'll like this one) 4. One website where the cheapest ever price is a click away for 99% of what you buy. Enjoy your dinners ⏬ https://lnkd.in/eKPWc9Jj

Why Domino's is Allocating $500,000 in Snow Plowing Grants?  On December 4, Domino's revealed its initiative to grant $500,000 for snow plowing services, ensuring that customers can access the pizza chain even during harsh winter conditions. To apply for a grant, consumers can submit their zip codes, and the chain will distribute $25,000 to 20 cities throughout the season. The ongoing "Plowing for Pizza" program has already been implemented in Erie, Pennsylvania; Marquette, Michigan; and Manhattan, Montana. Aside from the financial support, the awarded cities will also receive winter accessories such as hats and scarves, along with branded merchandise. Additionally, each city will be gifted $200 in Domino's gift cards - This campaign builds on previous marketing initiatives, including Apple CarPlay integration, the Pinpoint Delivery system, and various "Emergency Pizza" offerings. It serves as a spiritual successor to the 2018 "Paving for Pizza" campaign, where Domino's repaired roads in multiple municipalities to ensure the safe transportation of pizzas. #socialmedia #marketing #partnerships #advertisments #collaboration #social #socialmedianews

Time To Level Up - Wot? Still got time to get those things done that you haven't got done and finish the year strong! You can join me and register. It's a virtual event "Level Up Let's Get It Done" on 22nd November 4pm GMT so go ahead bring your tea and biscuits too! Plus I got a free gift when you register check it out here https://lnkd.in/eRHhvx7U #business #businessowners #productivityimprovement

The Kansas restaurant industry is buzzing about a social media post shared on a private Facebook group then shared and re-shared across social media accounts in both Wichita and Kansas City, generating hundreds of passionate comments. …Starting on Jan. 1, the company would be implementing a "tip refund" for credit card processing fees. Essentially, wait staff will have the fees the restaurant pays on credit card tips — 2.5% for Visa, Discover and Mastercard and 3.25% for American Express — deducted from their tips. So if a customer paid a $100 bill at Twin Peaks and the server got a $20 tip, she would be required to pay the restaurant back the 50 cents the restaurant paid the credit card company on the amount of the tip. Jennifer Ray owner of The Monarch at 579 W. Douglas in Wichita, has been public about her disdain for credit card fees, which during 2023 totaled $100,000 for her business. Those fees just keep rising, too. She wrote a letter to the editor that appeared in The Wichita Eagle in July where she argued that credit card swipe fees were out of control. Over the past decade, she said in the letter, credit and debit card swipe fees have more than doubled, and at her restaurant, only 9% of customers use cash. Swipe fees, she said, are among her highest costs besides food and labor. Read More: https://lnkd.in/gjtRp6Eh About Moneda® Moneda is a cloud-based, cyber resilient and open banking platform solving the swipe fee problem costing America's Small Businesses $160B annually Moneda's private and encrypted pay by bank solutions eliminates merchant fees and chargebacks resulting in Zero Fees for Small Businesses Moneda's built with cyber security and privacy first, applying a zero-trust approach to protect America's Small Businesses that cannot afford additional IT services or personnel Buy Veteran, Save a Veteran: When you buy from local small businesses on Moneda, we give a portion of all sales to our End Veteran Homelessness Promise Join Moneda: https://monedaapp.com/ #linkedin #smallbusiness Merchants Payments Coalition U.S. Small Business Administration #innovation

Top 5 Goodies to bring Gatekeepers when doing Business Development: 1 - Crumbl Cookies 2 - Starbucks 3 - Dunkin' 4 - Gift cards - Food / Gas 5 - Pens, post-its, stationery, etc: Do you have any surefire ways to get an on-site meeting out of a walk-in? Maybe an alternative ranking of goodies, perhaps? #businessdevelopment #sales #goodies #BD #gatekeeper #gatekeepers

What is the question that you could have every member of your team asking? 🤔 ‘Do you want fries with that?’ is one quote Mcdonalds' implemented that increased their sales by an average of 15%- 40% consistently every year! They looked for a simple question that anyone could ask without any sales training. So what questions could you implement? With the run-up to Christmas coming to a close, it could be… 🌟‘Do you need any last minute gifts we could help you with?’ 🌟‘Do you need any gift vouchers?’ 🌟’Would you like me to show you any of our unique last minute gifts today?’ Rather than looking at it as sales, turn it into a genuine offer to help! Many clients will be stuck on what to get their friends, family members or even Secret Santa, and you just became their perfect solution🎁❤️

Have you started your holiday shopping yet?  Whether you’re a planner or a procrastinator the same message applies: Don’t forget to shop local!  The Idaho department of Commerce is running it’s #supportlocalgems campaign.  #boise #commerce #idaho #gemcounty #holidayshopping #shoplocal #shopsmall #smallbusiness #supportlocal

The shopping is done? The food is prepared? Everyone is happy? And your stress free? We have answers for all those questions! Stop by and have a Wandering Bear Cold Brew Martini, grab a gift card, order take out for the family, and just take a deep breath! Aaahhhh Done! True Food Kitchen #stressmanagement #stressfreeliving