Is pizza a scam? (fresh vegetables, gourmet, grocery store, cheap)

[kelsie]

I buy my frozen pizza dough which is imported from the NE the taste is much better (it's the water they use) for $1.99. I have the sauce, meats, cheeses, vegetables etc. in food saver bags in the freezer. I can make a 16" thin crust pizza at home and the cost is around $3.00.

[minniemouse]

oh yes..in the last few years, the cost of pizza has increased

It depends where you eat pizza also...
There are a lot of restaurant in the big cities (for example Milan) where the price of a simple Margherita is 7-8 euros...

Italy, now, is very expensive!

[minniemouse]

for a good frozen pizza...we are about 3,60-4,00 euros for a case of 2 pizza margherita.

[nikkzone]

Originally Posted by arsbadmojo

That might be a rip-off, but I don't think it qualifies as a scam.

And don't forget high school geometry. A = 3.14 * r * r

So, for example, let's compare a 12 inch medium, 14" large and 16" Xtra large:

Medium = 12"
r squared (12 x 12) = 144 square inches.
144 x 3.14 = 452 square inches for a medium

Large = 14"
r squared (14 x 14) = 196 square inches
196 x 3.14 = 615 square inches

Xtra Large = 16"
r squared (16 x 16) = 256 square inches
256 x 3.14 = 803 square inches

So the XL is "only 2 inches" bigger than the large, but there's a difference of 188 square inches. That works out to just a bit smaller than an 8" individual pizza.

I feel smarter just reading the post.

[Debsi]

Originally Posted by arsbadmojo

That might be a rip-off, but I don't think it qualifies as a scam.

And don't forget high school geometry. A = 3.14 * r * r

So, for example, let's compare a 12 inch medium, 14" large and 16" Xtra large:

Medium = 12"
r squared (12 x 12) = 144 square inches.
144 x 3.14 = 452 square inches for a medium

Large = 14"
r squared (14 x 14) = 196 square inches
196 x 3.14 = 615 square inches

Xtra Large = 16"
r squared (16 x 16) = 256 square inches
256 x 3.14 = 803 square inches

So the XL is "only 2 inches" bigger than the large, but there's a difference of 188 square inches. That works out to just a bit smaller than an 8" individual pizza.

Dad, is that you?

My pop always gives the pizza question to his college freshmen on the first day of calculus class.

[HighlandsGal]

Okay......not the math forum but isn't radius half the diameter? So in arsbadmojo's example, shouldn't it be (6x6) for the medium instead of 12x12, for example? I'm curious about this, so let me know if I am wrong!!

[jtur88]

The fundamental principle of food service economics is that there is a fixed cost per day of opening the door and turning on the lights, whether any cuxtomers come in the door or not. If that cost is $500 per day, and you have 100 customers, your break even menu prices will be $5 above your cost for the food.

If you can make a pizza for $10, do you expect your pizzaria to hand you one (or drive one to your house) for $10, and not pass alont to you any part of their $500 daily cost of doing business?

Re: The relative sizes. A circle and a square both increas in area according to the square of their linear measurement. So you can forget about pi and radii. The square of 10 is double the square of 7, so a ten-inch pizza is twice as big as a 7 inch pizza, whether it is square or round. This becomes intuitive, if you put your round pizzas into square boxes. If the box is twice as big, the pizza is twice as big, because the proportion of the empty corners remains the same regardless of the size.

[arsbadmojo]

Originally Posted by HighlandsGal

Okay......not the math forum but isn't radius half the diameter? So in arsbadmojo's example, shouldn't it be (6x6) for the medium instead of 12x12, for example? I'm curious about this, so let me know if I am wrong!!

DOH!!!!!!

Yes, you are absolutely correct!!

I'm very embarrassed! Cookie for you!

Still - the principle doesn't change; the area doesn't increase in a linear fashion with the diameter.

[Beretta]

Net $250K a year selling pizza? Ah ya ya, all those years of schooling............

[_redbird_]

Originally Posted by CA central coast

How much overhead goes into making a pizza? 25-30 bucks for a large pizza? Is this not the biggest food scam out there.

If you're paying $25-30 bucks for a large pizza, you are on the high end. Where are you paying that price at? On the wharf, or disneyland? Or some gourmet fancy pizza. Here at pizza hut it's still ~$16 for a large.

Personally, I either make my own dough or if I am being lazy, I simply buy a frozen and add toppings. It's not a scam, it's a business and they have to make ends meet and profit too.