/ck/ - Food & Cooking

>>17084272
It's to price out the undesirables.

I ordered from a local pizza place last month, a large, four-topping pizza, half was eggplant, peppers and broccoli and the other was cheesesteak (so technically seven toppings). Cost $16.99, iirc. No special deal. Just ordered straight out of the menu. Was good, too, until I found a long, blond hair in it.

It comes down to what you value. There are 3-4 local chains near where I live, and every single one of them offers a far greater quality of a product than any chain. I'd rather pay $20 for an 18" specialty pizza with 6 or 8 toppings that tastes great than $10.99 for the chain 2-topping deal of the month with shitty sauce on cardboard.

A $3.50 frozen Red Baron tastes pretty damn close to whatever chain pizza you're going to get at a much better value.

>>17084291
What makes you say that?

>>17084272
Paying $30 for a large pizza at local restaurants is painful. Too bad their pizza tastes so much better than chains

>>17084294
>Was good, too, until I found a long, blond hair in it.
I would’ve paid extra for that

>I would’ve paid extra for that

literally NOBODY around here (chain or not chain) charges that much for a large pizza.

I can go to any non-chain pizzaria and get a large for like $16. Most of them just happen to suck though, so I choose to do chain pizzas.

>>17084272
Maybe you should look at the full menu to see if there's oferrings at a better price, or call to see if they have a coupon. Sometimes the full menus are only available on request for whatever reasons.

>>17084272
buy a frozen one at aldi they're like $5

D

>>17084360
$6.49 now, presumably cuz inflation. I woulda bought one today to try it cuz hey, $5, but when I saw the price went up, I was like "ya know what? No."

>>17084294
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>>17084357
This is one of the better places near me, but not many people know about it. It's literally attached to a gas station, so it shouldn't be high tier, but it's $15 for a single 16 inch cheese pizza, and ridiculous if you want toppings. This is pretty much exactly what it's like for every local place here.

Just wild.

>>17084390
They don't let you start with any other base other than plain cheese pizza? I think you're full of shit. Literally any place will have several base types. Building a pizza "by the topping" will always be more expensive.

>>17084272
For me, it's just a matter of going to one of the places run by middle easterners. They sell tasty good size pizza for under 10€ a piece because they evade taxes, don't pay reasonable wages to their vulnerable employees etc.
You can even have them send that stuff to your house for free because the delivery people similarly get paid almost nothing.

Pic related was less than 10€ and yes, it was pretty big.

>>17084390
>>17084357
This spot does have all those topings, but they aren't listed on any menus outside of the shop.
There's tons of stuff, and meal combos that aren't listed anymore also.
The same shops 20 years ago used to spam neighborhoods with a mini booklet of everything they could sell, but all eventually started doing uncluttered basic menus now even though they still have everything available.

>>17084390

prices are a bit high, but still not much higher than other places. Isn't the stuff on there is supposed to be higher quality than the shit thrown on there at chain pizzas?. You should want it to be more expensive. I mean the fact that they're not a part of a chain makes it harder to compete I think so that's probably why they're charging more.

lol, just buy topping yourself and throw the shit on there at home.

>>17084294
>Young lady working the pizza shop gave you a lock of her golden hair
>Anon doesn't appreciate the romantic gesture
It's like you enjoy the incel life or something.

>>17084403
They have specialties, but they're functionally the same.

It's basically the same everywhere else near me. And this is ordering direct from their website, not UberEats or Doordash or whatever.

Large specialty pizza's for 16.99 every sunday at my local place. Just got to take advantage of deals and if the place gives you points you can save up and it costs basically nothing for a 2,500kcal pizza.
Gotta shop smart boys.

>>17084390
>dis nigga lives in the desert
No fucking wonder it costs so much. Delivery drivers gotta fight some fucking scorpions and gila monsters and shit just to bring you your order.

>>17084486

lol

>>17084272
oh look, another retard that doesn't know how inflation works.

Pizzeria my family has been going to for a long time has 11 dollar pizzas that are a good size. I’m always surprised that they keep the price low because it’s a pizzeria in manhattan

Here’s the menu for it too. Everything except the pizza is pretty mediocre though

>>17084623
inflation is a thing, but let's not pretend prices like this are going up a reasonable amount. capitalism is supposed to be about undercutting the other businesses in your area by providing a better product or better price, instead of all of the businesses raising prices in unison.

dough ingredients and cheese just really don't cost this much.

>>17084299
>red baron
>remotely close to chain pizza
First up, red baron is closer to 5 bucks now, and the crust can't come close to the fluffy yet crispy texture chains have perfected. Chain pizza is insanely overpriced, but frozen pizza is a separate competition.

Do other cities not have pizza delis?

>>17084327
my BMC is just as goofy, i think they all are

Does anybody else think the "chains suck locals are much better" meme is stupid? It seems like most of the local chains near me (nyc) are bland af. I prefer dominos and pizza hut.

>>17085535
Chains are consistently mediocre, local places range from terrible to amazing.

>>17084776
>capitalism is supposed to be about
Lol you absolute mark

pizza is easy and cheap to make at home. if you can't figure it out, you deserve to pay the idiot tax of buying it in a cardboard box.

>>17084272
>be me
>homeless
>really hungry
>ask customer for some change outside of local pizza place
>they offer me a slice of pizza instead
>pizza pie lady overhears
>gives me a slice of pizza so her customer doesn't have to
>its really fucking good
>get my shit together
>buy the overpriced $20 pizza occasionally as a thank you

>>17084299
>A $3.50 frozen Red Baron tastes pretty damn close to whatever chain pizza you're going to get at a much better value
excellent bait. if you're being genuine then i'm actually jealous because i wish i thought shit tier pizza tasted as good as high quality 'za.

>>17084272
Have you tried living somewhere with decent pizza places? Where I live all the local places have deals where you can get 2 medium or large pizzas or an extra large and wings or something for around $20 or less.

>>17085632
Learn some reading comprehension then try again. He's not saying the frozen pizza is as good as a quality pizza from a local place, he's saying it's about as good as what you'd get from a big chain that's cheap like Domino's or Pizza Hut or wherever.

Personally I still think he's wrong, as shitty as those places are fresh-baked is still better than frozen close to 100% of the time, but you gotta read gooder anon.

>>17085616
>cheap
My time isn't free.
>easy
You're also an idiot if you think any "home-made" pizza will compare to one cooked in a commercial pizza oven in any way without significant investment.

>>17085658
>My time isn't free
>Goes on a cooking board but thinks 10 minutes to make a pizza isn't worth it

>>17085655
chain pizza is considered quality in comparison to frozen. lrn2criticalthink

>>17084337
$30 is an insane amount of money for a flatbread with tomato sauce and cheese on top.
The fair price is probably more around $5.

>>17085815
>Calls chain pizza high quality
>No that's not what I actually meant

>>17085658
>You're also an idiot if you think any "home-made" pizza will compare to one cooked in a commercial pizza oven in any way without significant investment.
You just suck at cooking.

>>17085623
heartwarming bro

>>17084419
There are no middle easterners where I live and a pizza like that is 19€ with delivery, guess the trick to get cheap pizza is to find some middle eastern joint that does tax evade.

>>17084272
Find the employee discount code for your favorite chain. I have one for every chain I frequent, pizza or otherwise

>>17084272
Do you live in California?

>>17084272
>What's the trick to getting a reasonable price for a local pizza joint?
Make it yourself. Pizza is super easy

>>17085658
It takes less than an hour to make a pizza from scratch, and that's including sitting around waiting for the dough to rise. I've made it almost every day this week in a tiny convection oven and they were all delicious.

Little Caesars for $6.