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Expertise
I can answer any question about starting your own multi-restaurant delivery service, marketing your mobile waiter service, where to get supplies for your delivery service, who to go to for insurance, how to sign up restaurants and just about anything to do with this industry.
Experience in the area
Worked for Takeout Taxi as consultant while doing $80 million yearly. Started and owned first online Multi-Restaurant Delivery Service. Sold my service to large Dot-Com and became a consultant for the industry in 2000. My first customer is 2000 is now doing over $3 million in sales per year and I have about 30 other current customers.
Publications
Small Business Opportunities - 50 Best Businesses to Start from Home - Made Cover!
Education/Credentials
Wright State University - Cracker Barrel University
Past/Present Clients
Over 30 - References available.
Average Ratings
Recent Reviews from Users
K = Knowledgeability C = Clarity of Response P = Politeness| User | Date | K | C | P | Comments |
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| Mike Ellis | 08/18/10 | 9 | 8 | 8 | Overall good, thanks. |
| Philip | 05/26/10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | |
| Bob | 03/29/10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | |
| Brian | 03/12/10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | Thanks Mike! I appreciate your help. Thanks ..... |
| Wes | 02/12/10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | Thanks for such a timely and complete ..... |
Recent Answers from Mike Handy
2011-07-13 why only restaurants?:
Delivering groceries is not profitable. Most people would rely on you only for the little things that they forget. florist delivery, dry cleaning, etc... can be done, but typically the delivery service
2010-11-26 Fee to Restaurants and selling the idea to them:
Hey James, Firstly, what area are you in? Your info said China. Signing restaurants is one of the most difficult parts of the process of opening a RDS. If you have done your proforma financials
2010-07-01 RDS competition:
Hey, Opening where there is competition is not necessarily a bad thing. If they are doing well, most restaurants will be open to the concept. If they are not doing well, you can sell the restaurants
2010-05-27 Call Center:
I would not recommend using a call center until you get to about 50 orders per day. You should be able to handle 50 orders per day with a Dispatcher and a part time order taker. After you get to 50 plus
2010-04-30 signing restaurants:
Although the process is difficult, if you execute correctly, you should be successful. Here are some quick pointers: 1. Don’t try to sell over the phone. They will ask you to get to the bottom
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