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Pizza price war!

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Phokus said:
First person i've ever heard who say they 'love' PJ's... at best i'd describe it as 'tolerable' lol.
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No kidding.
It definitely qualifies only as a convenience food for me, and I'll buy a frozen pizza before I'll buy PJ at regular menu price. Typically it's only when I can apply a 50% discount of some type, be it a straight half-off or BOGO kind of deal.
I guess it's my own fault for living as far as I do from the local chains we do have, but they are, of course, more expensive.
 
GRIFFIN1 said:
The last Pizza Hut pizza I ordered looked like the cheese was painted on with a paint gun. I was amazed at their ability to get such a thin layer of cheese on the pizza.

There is a good pizza place close to me, but it's like $30 for a large supreme pizza. I'm on a low carb diet right now, so I don't have to worry about pizza right now.
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The $30 price tag actually makes sense.

I'm somewhat amazed how they have cheapened pizza this much. It really is an inverse of inflation. And yeah, they are crap.
 
Papa Johns was all anyone ever ordered in North Carolina. Never heard anyone complain about the quality in the 11 years I lived there, including myself. When I moved to Buffalo, there were no Papa Johns (there are a couple now, though) or any other national chains other than Pizza Hut (the one Domino's that opened closed within a year, so I had to find another place to get pizza. Luckily there are close to 100 different local pizza joints around Buffalo, so it wasn't hard to find a replacement.

Pizza Hut on the other hand, at least up here, is absolutely disgusting. I enjoyed their buffet when I was in college, but hadn't eaten it since moving here. They had a commercial a few years ago that said they improved their pizza, so my friend and I decided to give them a shot, and we swear we were swindled. We opened the box, and it literally looked like they just put a 6-inch ring of sauce with a single slice of melted cheese directly onto the bottom of the pizza box. The crust was 3 inches wide and flat as a pancake. Guaranteed I consumed wood pulp that night.
 
kn51 said:
The $30 price tag actually makes sense.

I'm somewhat amazed how they have cheapened pizza this much. It really is an inverse of inflation. And yeah, they are crap.
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Given that that $30 pizza has likely at most $5-8 worth ingredients (mostly from the cheese) +$1-3 of labor and cooking costs it shouldn't surprise you that large chains can sell just above costs.
 
I haven't ordered from a major chain since I got out of college. We keep a damn good grocery store local brand in our freezer when we have a lazy night that we don't feel like cooking.

Occasionally a couple times a year we might try a local place, but I've simply lost all interest in grease balls from pizza chains.
 
Nashemon said:
Papa Johns was all anyone ever ordered in North Carolina. Never heard anyone complain about the quality in the 11 years I lived there, including myself. When I moved to Buffalo, there were no Papa Johns (there are a couple now, though) or any other national chains other than Pizza Hut (the one Domino's that opened closed within a year, so I had to find another place to get pizza. Luckily there are close to 100 different local pizza joints around Buffalo, so it wasn't hard to find a replacement.
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Might be worth noting that Buffalo was just chosen by National Geographic as the 3rd best city in the world for dining out. The people in the Buffalo area apparently have some pretty high standards when it comes to pizza, hence no PJs and your local Domino's going out of business within a year. And, fortunately, you have high quality pizza available all over the place for less than $30 for a large pizza.



Matthiasa said:
Given that that $30 pizza has likely at most $5-8 worth ingredients (mostly from the cheese) +$1-3 of labor and cooking costs it shouldn't surprise you that large chains can sell just above costs.
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It's a toss-up between the cheese and the toppings on something like a supreme pizza. The cheese is under $2/pound. Or, at least that's the cost of blocks of cheese if the pizza shops grind their own cheese. I prefer places that grind their own cheese - not a fan of all the anti-clumping agents that are added to the big bags of shredded mozzarella - they throw off the texture of the cheese a bit. But, toppings like mushrooms and sausage are pricey (if you actually put some on the pizza) - I've gotten sausage on pizza at some places, and you could count the pieces of sausage on your fingers. I've gotten sausage at other places, and every piece is touching another piece.
 
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