Small cafe, four part timers plus me. Two called in sick within an hour of each other on our busiest Saturday. I opened alone, could not keep up, served maybe a third of what we normally would and had a queue walk out…
First January with the cafe open. December was excellent, and takings for the first three weeks of January are running about 40% below the December average and roughly 25% below October. Same hours, same menu, no…
Wholesale supplier for our main ingredients sent an email announcing an 18% increase effective in two weeks, citing costs. Our agreement runs to March. I have 400 printed menus and boards priced for the old cost.…
Small salon, three chairs, monthly revenue around 22k and fairly steady. I am working about 55 hours a week and doing all the admin after close. Options as I see them: hire a second part timer at roughly 1400 a month to…
Added a second treatment room last year — build out and kit came to about 9k, plus around 300 a month in extra rent and utilities. Six months later it is used maybe eight hours a week out of a possible forty. The main…