Thinking of building a HACCP plan? You just got a new account or a new Health Inspector or the bank is asking about your Food Safety Program and a hundred additional good reasons. However, you have heard horror stories from friends about how much money they lost and the time spent to come out with …
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How to get rpia cleaning binders Our collection of cleaning binders comes with over 30 3-Ring Binders. We keep it on a rolling cart. All the inspections, all the forms, all the meeting reports with follow-up. If you haven’t already, check out our HACCP blog about what these binders are for and how they relate …
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Creating a HACCP Plan For a lot of us bakers, the idea of creating a HACCP Program sounds tedious and costly. That’s honestly what I used to think as well. Turns out the opposite is true. If you still haven’t heard what a HACCP Program is, check out our blog answering common questions about HACCP …
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CUSTOM CAKES—to sell or not to sell? Baking custom cakes is essential for many bakeries. That said, the associated costs are high—and only getting higher. This leaves many bakeries wondering: should I continue to sell custom cakes at all? It’s a good question, and one that had been waiting to be asked. When someone posed …
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Selling on the Margin To talk about cost and costing, we need to first talk about what it means to “Sell on the Margin”. Selling on the Margin is an important part of knowing how to cost your products. This is key information for making sure you don’t get the raw end of a deal. So …
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It’s Almost Time to Meet! Hello Bakers! If you’ve been thinking about joining RPIA, now’s the time. If you join now you’ll get access to this year’s members-only meeting. This meeting is where the magic happens. We’ve heard many times that this event pays for itself in terms of knowledge sharing and networking. Below is …
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What is RPIA? The RPIA Group was formed over 21 years ago to help bakers gather to collaborate and create a true sense of community. They help bakers save money in the long run. Along with sharing intellectual property, they make it easy for their members to get thousands of bakery items on rebate or …
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Waiting is difficult. Here are some suggestions of what you can do to help get ready to re-start your business: Check all the suppliers’ websites and see what is new from the last time you checked. May be an opportunity. Take the names and email addresses of your customers and start using some CRM (Customer …
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Have you been looking for an icing recipe that will blow your customers away? This one is super simple and works like a charm. This formula calls for measuring all ingredients. as opposed to weighing the dry items. If you are on a Kitchen Aid; just divide the formula by 4. Royal Icing Powdered Sugar …
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35 years ago our Bakery & Deli on Capitol Ave was doing $825,000 a year. Prices were jumping because of sugar and eggs. We were using DataPax in DOS. We were entering our invoices as the product came into the bakery. DataPax had a report that showed the change in price from the previous invoice. …
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