Price of pizza

[dabuddha]

Originally posted by: BlancoNino
Some people think the place I work charges too much. For a large specialty pizza, the total cost after tax and delivery charge is $19.98. Do the math. A large specialty easily feeds 3 people. Our local Applebee's/Red Robin charges around 8-9 dollars for a hamburger. That's before tax and tip as well. Still cheaper to order a large pizza at menu price

Your thoughts? Do you think that's too much money? It's the going rate, but we get lots of complaints on our price (same price as Pizza Hut, Dominos, and Papa Johns).

Well if it's a gourmet pizza or really good, I can understand the price. But I wouldn't say it's near the price of Pizza Hut or Dominos or Papa Johns. For $18, you can get 3 medium pizzas from Dominos. With a coupon (and I know it's a coupon) you can get a large speciality pizza for about $11.

 

[lokiju]

3 pizzas for $15 at Dominos or $5 per large 1 topping at Little Caesars.

 

[sao123]

Originally posted by: BlancoNino

Originally posted by: DrPizza

Originally posted by: 49erinnc
I don't eat pizza often but when I do, it's never from a pizza joint simply because of the inflated prices. Aside from the cheese and meat, there's very minimal cost in a pizza. When I want it, I go to Sam's Club, grab a large frozen pizza and take it up front to the deli where they run it through the pizza oven. Then I'm at home enjoying an underrated pizza for $7.45. It's not as good as some of the mom & pop places but I think it's on par with PH and better than Domino's/PJ's.

Yeah, I think the OP's pizza is wayyy over-priced, but the local market may support such a price.

And, while cheese and meat are the most expensive ingredients in pizza, I think a lot of people would be amazed at how cheap mozzarella cheese is when it's purchased in bulk. Ditto for pepperoni, etc. And, by bulk, I don't mean 10 pounds We used to purchase mozzarella by the ton. I haven't been involved in the day-to-day operations for about a year now, but I believe the price for a pound of mozzarella is about $1.60. Milk prices have dropped quite a bit locally, so cheese may be back down to a dollar forty something again. A large pizza has perhaps 1 to 1 1/2 pounds of cheese on it. (closer to 1 pound for a large 16 inch) By the pound, pepperoni is expensive, somewhere between 2 and 3 dollars a pound. Of course, (and it's been a long time since curiousity got the better of me) there are about (9?) slices of pepperoni per ounce? i.e. most pizza shops have 50 cents worth of pepperoni on their pizza.

Oh, and for comparison's sake, a high quality 3 to 5 topping pizza in my area is about half the price of the OP's pizza. The comparisons to a meal at a fast food place aren't fair... a pizza by itself isn't a meal. Around here, you can get a pitcher of soda, a large pizza, and salad for 4 people for $20; sometimes with breadsticks thrown in as well.

None of the 18 inch pizzas around here even have 1-pound worth of cheese on them. That's a lot of cheese. So a high-quality 3-5 topping pizza should be around $8.50? The food cost alone to make that would be around $6 (for us around here). That's not good mark-up in the restaurant market.

You must live in a high cost of living area... every price I gave is menu price, no discounts or coupons.

Dr Pizza's analysis is quite correct. When I worked at the pizza shop just a few short years ago, we even used a 50/50 mix of provolone & mozzerella, and provolone is a bit more expensive, but still... the prices he quoted are on par for assembling a pizza.


If you reasonably assum that 75% of pizza sales are Large Pizza with Pepperoni, the breakdown would approzimately be as follows:
flour - .64
water - .15
yeast - .02
salt - .01
sauce - .55
cheese - 1.85
pepperoni - .75

This pizza costs $3.97 to assemble, and would sell for roughly $7

Also remember this is a home grown business, and you dont have all the corporate garbage going on in the background to support.

 

[fustercluck]

OT: I'm having major Deja Vu seeing this thread. I know i've seen a lot of the replies before a long time ago, but all the dates are postmarked in the last couple of days...am i going nuts or what? :shocked: - Weird stuff.

Anyhow, I don't know what a large is like where you live, but here it's not much at all. Places like Papa Johns and Pizzahut charge a lot for a large ($11-12 or so), and it's not even that big, probably not enough for 2 hungry people. I can get a great large pizza for carry out from Blackjack pizza (probably just a local joint) with any topping i want for $5.99 anytime, i can eat the whole thing by myself. I'm a big eater, but the pizza isn't that big. Can also get a large pepperoni pizza from Little Ceasers for $5 carryout anytime, I like Blackjack better though, it's closer anyways. Both taste good. Frozen pizza can be awesome too, and real cheap. Not as big though.

 

[Pacemaker]

The local place I worked at had a special (if you could call it that they never changed) for a 1 topping 16 inch for 9.95 or you could have the 5-topping version for 11.95. However, If you didn't ask for the special you got menu price which was around 14 bucks for the former and 21+ for the latter. We also had free delivery so that's 1-2 dollars you didn't have to pay. According to the owner each pizza cost him around 2-3 dollars to make (including labor). Now that is profit.

 

[makken]

pizza eh?

it's either gonna be a costco combo,

or full out at CPK (im a sucker for their peking duck pizza)

 

[FoBoT]

i will eat your pizza, bring it to me

 

[Sphexi]

Back in VT, a "large" pizza was like 18" or so. Most places would charge like $12.99 for a large pepperoni. Minimum for delivery was generally $5, most didn't have an extra charge for it. So for $20 you're getting a nice big pizza, maybe a bottle of Coke, and still a few bucks for a tip.

Up here in Victoria though, a "large" is about 14" tops, pitifully small by my standards. Most places charge up to $20 or more for that size too, one place has a 2-for-1 special on all the time, but you're still looking at around $25 for two of their "large" pizzas (mediums by my standards), plus a bottle of coke, not including tax or tip/delivery charge.

 

[JEDI]

Originally posted by: BlancoNino
Some people think the place I work charges too much. For a large specialty pizza, the total cost after tax and delivery charge is $19.98. Do the math. A large specialty easily feeds 3 people. Our local Applebee's/Red Robin charges around 8-9 dollars for a hamburger. That's before tax and tip as well. Still cheaper to order a large pizza at menu price

Your thoughts? Do you think that's too much money? It's the going rate, but we get lots of complaints on our price (same price as Pizza Hut, Dominos, and Papa Johns).

costco/sam's club deluxe pie $8! FTW~!

 

[BurnItDwn]

Originally posted by: BlancoNino

Originally posted by: BurnItDwn
Pizza's always cost me more than $20.

I usually order Large Deep Dish Deluxe pizza's with buttercrust from Lou Malnati's

Perhaps he isn't selling little crap flat pizzas. Also I can eat half of a 14inch Lou's Deep dish when I'm hungry, I can eat a full papa john's or domino's 14 inch pizza and still have room for more.

Wow. I can eat a lot, but I could NEVER finish a 14 inch pizza by myself. That'd be like ordering 2 half pound hamburgers at Red Robin!

I've never heard of Red Robin, but several restaurants around here have 1 pound burgers, and they are easily eaten. 14inch non chicago style pizza's with thin crust are only like a pound and a half to two pounds of food usually, so it's really not all that much.

 

[zanejohnson]

i got a large meatlovers, and a medium pepperoni for 15.99 the other day at pizza hut

 

[GeneValgene]

Originally posted by: quakefiend420
wise man says "never pay full price for late pizza."

LOL

 

[Marinski]

Damn ya'll gettin ripped off on your pizzas. This place here called Buscemis has large rounds for $6 and square for $12. The round is new york type with the really big pieces w/ real cheese and the pepperonies that curl up into little grease cups. They dont deliver so you have to go get.

 

[TrueBlueLS]

I'll stick with my $5 Little Caesar Hot-N-Ready pizzas.

 

[apac]

http://jalinospizza.com/

The only decent pizza here, it's pricy.

 

[duragezic]

Yeah that wouldn't fly in a college town.

Large 1 topping from Little Ceasar $5 + tax (stuff like Crazy bread is cheap too)
Large 1 topping from Dominos $6 + tax

 

[purbeast0]

Originally posted by: Michaelangelo
wise man says "forgiveness is divine, but never pay full price for late pizza."

fixed

 

[OutHouse]

Originally posted by: BlancoNino
Some people think the place I work charges too much. For a large specialty pizza, the total cost after tax and delivery charge is $19.98. Do the math. A large specialty easily feeds 3 people. Our local Applebee's/Red Robin charges around 8-9 dollars for a hamburger. That's before tax and tip as well. Still cheaper to order a large pizza at menu price

Your thoughts? Do you think that's too much money? It's the going rate, but we get lots of complaints on our price (same price as Pizza Hut, Dominos, and Papa Johns).

feeds 3? how many slices?

 

[Golgatha]

I took my 3 year old son to a local place called Pizza Street for $5.88 total. It's an all-you-can-eat buffet. The price will go up by $3 once the boy turns 4 however. Still pretty cheap though. We can currently feed the whole family (2 adults, 1 child) for around $10-$11 after taxes. Now that's cheap pizza!

Edit: Who pays menu price for pizza? I get at least a new sheet of coupons for 4-5 different pizza joints every week or two.

 

[ArchCenturion]

WTF 20 bucks? I better get like a gallon of Ranch Dressing if i get charged that much for pizza.

 

[HombrePequeno]

Is that at Romio's? If it's goumet pizza then that's not horrible.

I'd still rather get a $5 large at Pizza Rigazzi.

 

[Turin39789]

Around here I can get


Supremo Thick Cut Pepperoni, Ham, Sausage, Mushrooms, Onions, Green Peppers, Black & Green Olives, Fresh Tomatoes.

large for 15.95 from a local specialty place.

They also have their gourmets for about $12-14, dont remember the size on these though, maybe mediums.


Tuscan Garlic Chicken Roasted Garlic Sauce, Fresh Grilled Chicken, Portobello Mushrooms, Sweet Red Onions, Roma Tomatoes & Asiago, Romano& Mozzeralla Cheeses. 13.95

Enzo Parma Prosciutto, Fresh Spinach, Mushrooms, Red Onions, Mozzerella & Romano Cheeses on a Garlic Herb Crust. 11.95

 

[Chaotic42]

Originally posted by: HeroOfPellinor
$19.98. If it includes tax and say a $2 delivery charge, then the pizza is like, what, $16? That's very reasonable for a large specialty.

Red Robin is a bad comparison though. They offer unlimited refills on fries and coke. Try Fuddruckers. $19 gets you 3 large burgers and a basket of fries.

I've got a pizza peel and a stone, so I usually make my own, but when there's no time, I just order whatever deal Round Table is having which, right now, is a large double pepperoni for $12.99. I seldom just order and pay menu price.

Red Robin's burgers either have lead in them or they expand to 8x their normal size in your stomach.

 

[xospec1alk]

At local pizza places, theres no conecpt of small/medium/large...

and a pie should cost 12 bucks with one topping.

 

[Rumpltzer]

Originally posted by: ArchCenturion
WTF 20 bucks? I better get like a gallon of Ranch Dressing if i get charged that much for pizza.

I was watching last season's episodes of Lost last week. Hurley had a gallon of ranch dressing and was going to town. It was hard to watch. I'm not sure what I'd do with a gallon of ranch.


I'll pay $20 for a large pizza, but it better be something pretty good... like a Papa Del's or some other good Chicago-style pizza. I guess I pay like $16 for a medium at BJ's (it's as close to Chicago-style pizza that I can find in SoCal).

I've done the Little Ceasars $5 and always regret it. I can't help but eat almost the whole thing, and I end up hurting myself. I'll also get the two-for-one on Tuesdays at Papa Johns... it's tough, though, because Papa John's is so much better when it's first made and not warmed up, so I end up hurting myself with those too.


I have issues resisting pizza.