Getting Your Slice of the Pie: A Definitive Source for Prospering in Pizza [Paperback]

Tracy Powell (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 2, 2007

Equipped with the latest inside pizza-industry information allows you to not only compete, but win in the exciting world of pizza! Learn where the hot markets are, how to successfully implement winning menu strategies, and effectively control costs. "Getting Your Slice of the Pie" includes the stories behind today's intriguing pizza personalities, secrets to top companies' success, where pizza came from and where it's going, the latest trends, technology that makes pizza so profitable, and advice on starting your own pizza restaurant.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"Whether the pizza parlor owner is thinking small or big, this book covers all necessary bases." -- Writer's Digest

A very welcome and authoratative volume written by someone who truly has their finger on the pulse of the industry. -- Robin Weinrich, Sirius Technologies

This book is a necessary tool for understanding your pizza business, whether a startup, next generation, or eyeing chain expansion. -- Vince Cianfichi, owner of Vince the Pizza Prince, Scranton, PA, Oct. 2001

This book isn't about pizza recipes; it's about the recipe of success in managing your pizza business. -- Antoine Bakhache, CEO Pizza Corner, India

This book...provides a very readable overview of the nitty gritty of the pizza business. Filled with instructive anecdotes. -- Drew McCarthy, Canadian Pizza Magazine

Whether the pizza parlor owner is thinking small or big, this book covers all necessary bases. -- Writer's Digest, Nov. 2002

From the Publisher

The only pizza industry how-to on the shelves today, written to share all the information one needs to know to open his or her own shop, or continue running a pizza restaurant more efficiently.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 234 pages
• Publisher: Empowered Publishing (March 2, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0970919506
• ISBN-13: 978-0970919502
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.5 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #990,449 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #81 in Books > Cookbooks, Food & Wine > Baking > Pizza
  • #96 in Books > Business & Investing > Small Business & Entrepreneurship > Hospitality Businesses

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20 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Powell Gets His Slice, September 3, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: Getting Your Slice of the Pie: A Definitive Source for Prospering in Pizza (Paperback)

A fairly well written but poorly edited book, especially considering its price. The title, Getting Your Slice, is unjust. Mr. Powell worked for a large national francise which is really quite different from YOU or I getting OUR slice of the pizza business. The book does give some very general information on the business (and ends with a bunch of statistics), but does not really deliver any solid advice or make any recommendations for starting a pizza business of your own.

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars "informative and interesting--a little rushed", March 10, 2003

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David G. Stokes (St. George, Utah, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Getting Your Slice of the Pie: A Definitive Source for Prospering in Pizza (Paperback)

Let me start by saying I enjoyed reading this book a great deal. A lot of information concerning mixers, ovens, and other topics were covered. Too much repetition, as well as too much focus on statistics of the big companies was a downer. As a pizza affectionado and person looking into the pizza business I would have liked a little more advise for beginners. I got the same vibes as the reviewer from illinois, the author could have done a better job. All in all, this is a great introductory book. I think Tracy Powell should re-write this book from a whole different point of view: From the conception of a small pizza shop to the grand opening/first $1.00. I guess some of us are either dumber or more afraid of taking the plunge into entrepreneurship. Sometimes it just takes a little push!

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars What we needed!, September 7, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: Getting Your Slice of the Pie: A Definitive Source for Prospering in Pizza (Paperback)

A lot of information for starting a pizza parlor for me and my wife. There's more in Powell's book than we could get anywhere else dealing with pizza or even a restaurant wanting to start serving pizza. Highly recommended.