People Are Ordering Smaller Pizzas and Fewer Toppings. What Does That Tell Us?

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16. Waste of money

Pizza should be cheap, and it is ... as long as you stay away from delivery.

Truthfully.

A take out pizza rarely gets consumed entirely.

Yesterday I stopped at the local Domino's Pizza and bought an X-large New York style. It is their 50% off week and I picked it up, so it was $11.

Brought it to the local watering hole for the Texans game and there were two others there for kick off, we sliced it again to get smaller pieces and between the three of us we ate half of it. As others trailed in the pizza sat there and maybe one more piece was consumed, the rest ended up in the trash.

If I order a delivery pizza for myself at home and it is more than a medium, well over half of the order gets tossed. Add in delivery fees and a single pizza is $20 at the least.

I can pick up a quality pizza at the grocery, thin crust HEB or Red Barron for $6 and toss it in the freezer. When I get the urge I can cook it myself and beat the local delivery to my plate with ease. It is just as good or better, I eat the whole thing, and I saved $16.

Then again, I do not door dash or uber eats. With the popularity of these services exploding there are better options than a delivery pizza out there, although just as outrageously priced.

As belts tighten, costs will be cut somewhere ... delivery of food items is an easy one, just takes a little foresight.