Dave Bugg wrote:
>
> Thanks, Spud. Up until the end of May, things were pushing past what we had
> set as our financial goals. Since then, we've been battling a huge increase
> to our cost of goods over the last three months, especially with the cost of
> gasoline and diesel. It has been pushing the cost of everything through the
> roof. And the bad news is, many of our customers eat here less frequently
> due to the way the cost-of-living is affecting them. And we haven't even
> seen the impact of Katrina yet.
>
> We are going to be forced to do a dramatic rise to our menu prices within
> the next week. We just can't afford not to any longer. I am hoping we won't
> see any more of a decrease to our customer flow, but I think it is going to
> hurt us a lot. Things aren't looking good.

Sorry to hear this. I hope that things get better for you and soon.
It's tough when you have to raise prices even tho you know it might
impact on the number of meals sold.

Hang in there, man.

Kevin