We use a Pizzarella and it works great, NO heat, NO oil just flour and it does 12". It's much less cost than this one he uses. I see he has to still stretch the dough out for the machine. With the Pizzarella just place the dough ball in the center and pull lever down for approx 3-5 sec and done!! It's around 11k but so far so good.

@Smartpizzamarketing

3 ай бұрын

Good to know! Will have to check them out

Never has issues with my (Gozney) oven and recovery time. Know loads of people that use same oven for business and getting Napoletan style pizza. So its all in good planning and practice.

The overhead at this shop is unreal, I know a pizza place where the owner makes all the dough, all the toppings, and every single pizza all day, he is a pizza machine. It's operated by 3 people and they pump out 160 pizza for lunch and close at 4 PM. :D

@Smartpizzamarketing

3 ай бұрын

What’s the name of the place? I’d like to check it out.

@Peetzza

3 ай бұрын

@@Smartpizzamarketing Alabama Pizza Company. 135 W Grand Ave Rainbow City, AL 35906. Andre is the pizza machine.

@BlackJesus8463

Ай бұрын

$400,000 seemed like a lot for what it is.

@JS-zb1vv

Ай бұрын

Honestly 400k for equipment and buildout isn’t bad .

Love this! Great success story!👍

Awesome video. Owner seems like a great guy. With that being said in this chipotle/subway pizza category I think it’s hard to beat place like blaze pizza. Ive been to several of these types with my family because its easy to share 2-3 pies. The speed/price/taste, blaze is my top in this category. Even in super touristy areas blaze was still affordable compared to others. I remember we went to a pieology down near Kissimmee, Florida and I think for a kids, but it was almost $13! But at blaze it was less than $8. I feel when you get over a certain price point then you might as well go to an actual legit pizza joint of your choice.

@jacobkummer2067

2 ай бұрын

For them, a 12 inch Margherita is $13. At a Blaze right down the road, its 11 inches for same price. So they are same price as Blaze and something different.

I reckon the nice brick oven should be a centrepiece of the store and not at the back to show the customers what they are really paying for in their pizzas.

@Smartpizzamarketing

3 ай бұрын

The video doesn't really show how prominet it is. It's right where the customer pays and picks up.

Giving 30-35k for a "dough stretch" machine instead of investing in training your people does not make sense. Guess we in Europe think a bit differently.....

Pizza stretching is not that hard, 7 to 8 seconds is what someone with a bit of experience can also do, in even less time most of the cases! What happens if the machine breaks down?!

@banditdane2710

3 ай бұрын

😂😂😂 pizza guys want 30 $ an hour or more .. get sick and can quit

MOD pizza out of Seattle started this business model for pizza. Now they're everywhere

As an aspiring pizzeria owner I really appreciate these videos. What seems hard to find is honest discussion about profit, especially with independent owner/operators.

@Smartpizzamarketing

3 ай бұрын

It’s hard. Profit is really based on how good an operator you are. I would say 10-15% is average yet it def varies based on a lot of factors

@MarketingStrategies28

3 ай бұрын

​​@@SmartpizzamarketingI think you should set a pizza shop up that runs with 1 or 2 staff. Then franchise it. I'm doing it in Australia. I can also set it up with 1 staff.

@tinjarir

3 ай бұрын

@@MarketingStrategies28 Let's hear more about this concept! @Smartpizzamarketing A video or two about a one-person operation? That'd be great.

@tinjarir

3 ай бұрын

@@Smartpizzamarketing You got any videos in which you discuss how to plan in detail an operation to aim for a specific/minimum profit for the owner-operator? For example, if an owner is aiming to net $80,000, then how to plan the operation to gross $800,000? Thanks.

@MarketingStrategies28

3 ай бұрын

@@tinjarir It's all marketing on insta & fb. Want more do paid advertising.

It seems pretty similar to Blaze's Pizza

It's like an artisan version of a MOD Pizza. Pretty cool though!!

Why do they keep comparing it to chipotle, when its clearly a MOD pizza knock off

Hmmm not sure how I feel about the OPERAPRIMA machine. The role of a pizzaiolo is a dying art which is why it became UNESCO protected. I think it’s important to continue passing down the skills or we’ll lose them. Lovely pizzeria though and great video! 👍🏼

@jacobkummer2067

2 ай бұрын

Agreed - I think it depends on the business model though. Same things have happened in other food sectors as well

@JS-zb1vv

Ай бұрын

That’s what you have to do ! Unfortunately anyone under 35 doesn’t have the ambition to learn anything anymore.

@jacobkummer2067

Ай бұрын

@@JS-zb1vv To be fair that’s a generalization that every older generation has always had against the younger generation

@JS-zb1vv

Ай бұрын

@@jacobkummer2067but it really holds true with this new generation.

@jacobkummer2067

Ай бұрын

@@JS-zb1vv Which is what has always been said lol

With so many pizza combinations, how the pizzas don't get mistaken in the spinning over?? There is no label or anything, that must be a nightmare at pick hours, right?

@Smartpizzamarketing

3 ай бұрын

They label the sheet and also put something on the pizza to label it.

Oven is to far away from line

MOD PIZZA same concept.

@adamnoel3936

3 ай бұрын

Thats what I thought but MOD sucks. Calling MOD Pizza is like calling launchables Pizza.

@tinjarir

3 ай бұрын

Fireaway Pizza in the UK is the same too - and it's the fastest growing franchise there. MOD came first though. 2008.

It's hilarious they both keep comparing the condiment station to Chipotle like they want to associate their own business with a higher-end fast food business when Chipotle (1993) copied the Subway concept (1965). But they won't say Subway. 😂 Stange.

Nah. Mourica..

how do a regular person afford 400k to open a business? im lost

@Smartpizzamarketing

3 ай бұрын

We all start out the same way everyhone does. Work hard, live below your means and save. It may not be the glamorous way but it is possible.

400k did not sound like an honest answer lol. he could barely keep a straight face. Gotta sell franchises i guess

@Smartpizzamarketing

3 ай бұрын

If you price out the build and equipement the math works out.

@JayOh

3 ай бұрын

@@Smartpizzamarketing You can buy into several national pizza chains for a fraction of that. it doesnt add up.

@Smartpizzamarketing

3 ай бұрын

@@JayOh which ones?

@JayOh

3 ай бұрын

@@Smartpizzamarketing papa johns, lil Ceasars

Unfortunately costs are to high! Rent , staff and overhead and building out! This business will fail unfortunately the process is slow and even with the technology the pizza sizes are all different some don’t even fit in the box. 10 staff? This dude is selling the franchise not a profitable business

This guy is not in the business of making real good pizza. He just wants your franchise money. You are welcome.