I did the same thing a few years ago--opening 1/2 an hour later because I only had one family who showed up when I opened, and they were coming later and later. I even stopped serving breakfast when I made the change. Made a huge difference for me, but I swear no one else cared a bit. I gave lots of notice (a few months) and said that I was making the change because it would be better for my family and because I'd noticed that the time wasn't being used. I have never raised my rates (dumb, dumb, dumb!), but I didn't change my rates when I made that change, so it was, effectively, a raise, too.

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