Sbarro files for BK

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Schadenfroh

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We have one of those at my university, it is overpriced and tastes terrible, I am not surprised they are going under.
 

Ichinisan

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I don't think there's anything wrong with the food if you're splurging...but it was definitely expensive.
 

The_Dude8

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i don't know if you really need a membership to eat at sams. the greeter at the door doesn't check cards ( i seem to remember costco did to divert you to the new member counter ) and the food cashier doesn't check membership cards.

you do, since the food court is locate inside sam unlike costco, where their food court is outside.
 

thegimp03

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Costco pizza is a lot better than Sbarro. I tried Sbarro about 2 weeks ago not expecting much but it didn't even meet my low expectations. It was terrible.
 

Zedtom

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I ate there only once back in 1999. It was the one in the basement of the World Trade Center. I was eating it and thinking to myself: I'm in freakin' Manhattan and I'm eating the worst pizza I've ever tasted. I'm never going to come in here again. :(
 

purbeast0

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i will say though .. Sbarro breadsticks are the best fuckin breadsticks i've ever had....
 

Cerb

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cost of dough and cheese is rising.
Is the flour more expensive? The water? The sugar? The yeast? The salt? The refrigerator? The employee's time? Cheese you up and buy...if you do that with dough, you do not deserve to serve pizza.
 

DrPizza

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Blah blah's right. The price of ingredients is still up a bit. A 16" cheese pizza now costs a little under $3.00 to make (just in ingredients.) If you can't sell a high enough volume to cover your other overhead - electricity, heat, etc., then your pizza sucks and you belong out of business. Hear that SBarro??
 

Fritzo

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Their quality varied- the one by me gives very good NY style pizza. ANother one by my house tastes like cardboard with ketchup on it. ::shrugs:: Either way, it's not normally my first choice to eat lunch.
 

zerocool84

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you do, since the food court is locate inside sam unlike costco, where their food court is outside.

Not all Costco's have it outside. Just the newer ones. They did that because Sam's and Costco, you don't need a membership to go to the Food court. You just need to tell the greeter in the entrance that you're going to the Food Court because it's not like you can buy merchandise from them anyways without a membership.
 

sactoking

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Blah blah's right. The price of ingredients is still up a bit. A 16" cheese pizza now costs a little under $3.00 to make (just in ingredients.) If you can't sell a high enough volume to cover your other overhead - electricity, heat, etc., then your pizza sucks and you belong out of business. Hear that SBarro??

Listen to this guy when it comes to pizza.... he's a doctor.