Takeaway pizza

Mr. Anderson · 15 Nov 2009 at 00:45

So i just ordered, received, and ate a 9" Meat feast pizza with stuffed crust.

It cost me £10.20, pizza is £8.20, but delivery under £10 is £1.80, so i thought for 20p it was worth paying £2 to get the crust stuffed

But, why does it still cost so much? I can go to Tesco and buy one of the finest pizzas they sell for less than a fiver, can £5 really be the cost of cooking the pizza considering they probably have an oven on the go 24/7 with multiple pizzas inside?

Gackt · 15 Nov 2009 at 00:47

9"?

Are you a man, or a mouse?

Edit: 9" for 8.20?! Where are you ordering from? You're being ripped off.

Zenduri · 15 Nov 2009 at 00:47

the pizza itself prob costs about £1.50 to make from ingredients and cooking

Kennysevenfold · 15 Nov 2009 at 00:51

9" lmao

I can get a donner 16" pizza delivered for £11 at my area

Ascendancy · 15 Nov 2009 at 00:51

That's nothing, a large stuffed crust pizza from Dominos will set you back about £18 :eek:

Hotwired · 15 Nov 2009 at 00:51

They are running a business?

The cost of the ingredients is almost irrelevant.

They need to pay for the overheads: wages, vehicles, fuel, electricity, water, rent

It's vastly cheaper to buy a LARGER pizza from a food merchant and cook it. Not as much choice but still, cheaper if you like standard stuff.

jp_bl_68 · 15 Nov 2009 at 00:54

My local will do you two 9" for that price. You got mugged.

Takeaways are almost always a rip off.

Mr. Anderson · 15 Nov 2009 at 00:55

I got mugged lol, more than likely. No place that I know of here will do it any cheaper!

Zenduri · 15 Nov 2009 at 00:56

One near me does 2 9"'s for £6 and they arent too bad

shifty_uk · 15 Nov 2009 at 00:56

Sounds like you ordered from pizzahut or similar?

Total rip off. You'll get a larger, fuller and tastier pizza from a local chippy for far less.

Randomface74 · 15 Nov 2009 at 00:59

There are discount codes for dominos online. Just look for them.

I always order 20 quid worth of stuff and get 25% off with codes.

Zenduri · 15 Nov 2009 at 01:00

Likewise billy if you order £30 using 1 code you pay £15 50% off! its always a winnner if theres 2-3 of you

Bennie-Mac · 15 Nov 2009 at 01:01

billysielu said:
There are discount codes for dominos online. Just look for them.

I always order 20 quid worth of stuff and get 25% off with codes.

If i was getting a dominos i just order something on a tuesday when its buy one get one free day.

Vulcan · 15 Nov 2009 at 01:03

The OPs prices seem about right for the pizza places around here, such as Perfect Pizza.

I'm not sure if I would want a £6 pizza from a chip shop.

Substance · 15 Nov 2009 at 01:05

Bennie-Mac said:
If i was getting a dominos i just order something on a tuesday when its buy one get one free day.

This, I have only even eaten dominos on a tuesday

jellybeard999 · 15 Nov 2009 at 01:18

12" at my locals are around £6 (+ del if required - I usually pick up) and very nice. I don't understand wh anyone goes to Dominos ever - from what I've tasted it's not the best, but you'd think they use gold instead of Oregano with the prices :s

Substance · 15 Nov 2009 at 01:21

jellybeard999 said:
12" at my locals are around £6 (+ del if required - I usually pick up) and very nice. I don't understand wh anyone goes to Dominos ever - from what I've tasted it's not the best, but you'd think they use gold instead of Oregano with the prices :s

dominos is awesome, and for £7-8 per 12" pizza on a tuesday it is easily affordable the once a month that me and the GF have it

Raymond Lin · 15 Nov 2009 at 01:27

I refuse to order Pizza from take away on principle because of that. I know I can get an Indian or Chinese with a lot more variety for same amount of cash or less.

That said, i have no problem going to pizza express, as you go to a resturant for the atmosphere, company, not just the food.

ThorpedoUK · 15 Nov 2009 at 01:30

Yeah why bother, I can eat a large dominos/pizza hut, chicken combo (with wedges) in one sitting and no i aint fat!!! (weight lifting)

seriously if your gonna pay for a takeout at least get something worth eating

NathanT · 15 Nov 2009 at 01:37

The number of pizzas I have burnt after having a few beers or "just finishing this bit" of a film or game, takeaway pizza is the way to go for me.. although £10 for a 9" does seem a little steep.

They can pretty much dictate what price they want to charge I guess, as others have said they are a business and what the product actually costs to what you buy it from are 2 completely different things. A lot of it is paying for the convenience