Why The **** is Pizza...

[Crono]

It's $11 at the place nearest me, and $14 at another close location.
At many places in New York you can get a large pie for $10 or less, though the number of places is dwindling.

 

[Crono]

Originally posted by: DrPizza
I don't know why it's so expensive. Right now, Mozzarella is around $1.35 a pound. Pepperoni's under $3 a pound, a case of pizza sauce is around $15ish.
A 16" round pizza uses about 1 pound of cheese. Dough is pretty cheap to make as well. Off the top of my head, I don't know what the cost is for a 50 pound bag of high gluten flour, but it's not that much.

Overhead and profit, pizza itself is cheap to make. I prefer homemade whenever possible, but usually I'm too lazy and sometimes too busy

 

[DrPizza]

Originally posted by: Crono

Originally posted by: DrPizza
I don't know why it's so expensive. Right now, Mozzarella is around $1.35 a pound. Pepperoni's under $3 a pound, a case of pizza sauce is around $15ish.
A 16" round pizza uses about 1 pound of cheese. Dough is pretty cheap to make as well. Off the top of my head, I don't know what the cost is for a 50 pound bag of high gluten flour, but it's not that much.

Overhead and profit, pizza itself is cheap to make. I prefer homemade whenever possible, but usually I'm too lazy and sometimes too busy

Actually, a year or so ago, the price of flour & cheese were going "through the roof" - still dirt cheap, compared to retail prices, but a significant percentage more for pizza shops. Most pizza shops that I know of were forced to raise their prices. Just about everyone raised their prices. When the prices of the ingredients fell again, they did not lower their prices. So, now it's *more* profit for them

I prefer homemade - but when I make homemade at the pizza shop with their ingredients. (As odd as that sounds.) Anyone who has tried one of our homemade pizzas - made with the exact same dough, sauce, cheese, and pepperoni, will swear that the ingredients were different. Different cooking method, different method for stretching the dough, different rise time for the dough, since it's just a small chunk taken off an 80 pound ball, rather than all 80 pounds getting turned into pizzas at once (or rather, several 80 pound balls being turned into pizzs), etc. Just the different handling makes a world of difference - it becomes the best pizza many people have eaten. But, it's impossible to give the same level of TLC to the mass produced party trays of pizza (that's all they make.)

 

[Leros]

Originally posted by: DrPizza

Originally posted by: Crono

Originally posted by: DrPizza
I don't know why it's so expensive. Right now, Mozzarella is around $1.35 a pound. Pepperoni's under $3 a pound, a case of pizza sauce is around $15ish.
A 16" round pizza uses about 1 pound of cheese. Dough is pretty cheap to make as well. Off the top of my head, I don't know what the cost is for a 50 pound bag of high gluten flour, but it's not that much.

Overhead and profit, pizza itself is cheap to make. I prefer homemade whenever possible, but usually I'm too lazy and sometimes too busy

Actually, a year or so ago, the price of flour & cheese were going "through the roof" - still dirt cheap, compared to retail prices, but a significant percentage more for pizza shops. Most pizza shops that I know of were forced to raise their prices. Just about everyone raised their prices. When the prices of the ingredients fell again, they did not lower their prices. So, now it's *more* profit for them

I prefer homemade - but when I make homemade at the pizza shop with their ingredients. (As odd as that sounds.) Anyone who has tried one of our homemade pizzas - made with the exact same dough, sauce, cheese, and pepperoni, will swear that the ingredients were different. Different cooking method, different method for stretching the dough, different rise time for the dough, since it's just a small chunk taken off an 80 pound ball, rather than all 80 pounds getting turned into pizzas at once (or rather, several 80 pound balls being turned into pizzs), etc. Just the different handling makes a world of difference - it becomes the best pizza many people have eaten.

So... dinner at your place tomorrow? C'ya at 6.

 

[DrPizza]

Originally posted by: Leros
So... dinner at your place tomorrow? C'ya at 6.

Not pizza though; my menu is set & grocery shopping has been done. Tomorrow is seafood night - perch fillets, clams casino, and bay scallops wrapped in bacon. I may run to the store & pick up a hunk of salmon too. I'll probably spend half an hour just cooking, cutting, wrapping the bacon for the scallops - I get to be a housewife for the summer. Saturday is going to be chicken - something good for lunch, then fried chicken tenders for dinner (and for me to eat leftovers of during the next week). I have 8 pounds of boneless skinless chicken breast to cook, and just me and the wife (plus I think son #2 is coming home to race this weekend). Sun is italian sausage sandwiches with peppers and onions. Then Mon is meatloaf. Tues is bbq spare ribs.

 

[Hacp]

Originally posted by: DrPizza

Originally posted by: Leros
So... dinner at your place tomorrow? C'ya at 6.

Not pizza though; my menu is set & grocery shopping has been done. Tomorrow is seafood night - perch fillets, clams casino, and bay scallops wrapped in bacon. I may run to the store & pick up a hunk of salmon too. I'll probably spend half an hour just cooking, cutting, wrapping the bacon for the scallops - I get to be a housewife for the summer. Saturday is going to be chicken - something good for lunch, then fried chicken tenders for dinner (and for me to eat leftovers of during the next week). I have 8 pounds of boneless skinless chicken breast to cook, and just me and the wife (plus I think son #2 is coming home to race this weekend). Sun is italian sausage sandwiches with peppers and onions. Then Mon is meatloaf. Tues is bbq spare ribs.

Sounds good. When should I arrive? I'll bring 3 beers(for myself of course).

 

[SandEagle]

there's a place here that has a buy 1 get 2 free deal. good pizza and it only costs about $11 for all 3. cottage inn also has good, cheap pizza. but i agree.. u cant beat little caesars $5 pizza