Why are takeaway pizzas so expensive?

The Pontiac · 25-02-2010 11:10PM

rubadub wrote: »

I started a thread about chinese takeaways ages ago, wondering why they all seem to follow the exact same menu system. They nearly all have the same menu folding in 2 places, european dishes at the back, and all numbered 1-100. All main dishes include rice or chips, fried rice 30cent extra, noodles €1 extra. It is strange they are all so similar, you can almost pick up any menu an order from another chinese using it. You get a discount buying chicken balls curry sauce & chips together in nearly all of them. It is as though it is a franchise of something.

I think chinese takeaways are great value. €7.50 for most takeaway meals at my local chinese and you have almost enough for two people. Fresh veg and good quality beef or chicken and a huge portions. I know rice is fairly cheap, but all in all great value.

pljudge321 · 25-02-2010 11:18PM

I remember in Poland bout two years ago we ordered four 26 inch pizza's with toppings on each. They arrived with the four pizza's plus two extra margarita one's because it was a big order. They were so big you had to tilt the box to get them through the door. Can't see anywhere here doing something like that. Cost about 25 euro and fed around fifteen people with loads left over.

Overheal · 25-02-2010 11:24PM

Convenience and Timing.

Im on my way home; but I want some coffee.

- Am I more than 45 minutes away? Yes: Go to a coffee outlet, Else: Shut your pie hole, house coffee costs nothing.

I'm at work. Im hungry.

- Did I bring a lunch? Yes: Eat it dumbass. No: Go to Sonics! Yes but Im not in the mood for leftover pasta: Go to Sonics!

I want Pizza tonight.

- I could go to Walmart and buy their semi-decent stuff, bake it, save money.
Con: Its walmart, and you might end up on the People of Walmart.com because you went to the store sporting your Grinch Pyjamas.
Con: 30 minute bake time plus the time and expense of going to the store - Best Average: 1 Hour.

Make my own damn pizza!
- Delicious and moist, with wonderful and fresh ingredients. If you do it right, and do it for a date, this will result in intercourse.
Con: Dough takes hours to knead, even with a machine
Con: Good ingredients cost extra money: this is by far the most expensive option
Con: Baking good pizza and forming a good crust is an artform and takes many attempts and countless cooking hours to perfect.

I mean, while frozen pizza is convenient, its neither the best tasting nor the most convenient. It is the cheapest, granted. But not something I want to go hunting for on a tuesday night if im peckish.

T-Square · 25-02-2010 11:48PM

<Ollie> wrote: »

I think chinese takeaways are great value. €7.50 for most takeaway meals at my local chinese and you have almost enough for two people. Fresh veg and good quality beef or chicken and a huge portions. I know rice is fairly cheap, but all in all great value.

Good quality? you have to be havin a laugh.
If by "good quality chicken" you mean,
pumped to the eyeballs with water and chemicals,
doped up on every kind of antibiotic know to man since hatching,
and living in filth all its short life before being processed,
then yea, great quality chicken! :rolleyes:

The Pontiac · 25-02-2010 11:51PM

T-Square wrote: »

Good quality? you have to be havin a laugh.
If by "good quality chicken" you mean,
pumped to the eyeballs with water and chemicals,
doped up on every kind of antibiotic know to man since hatching,
and living in filth all its short life before being processed,
then yea, great quality chicken! :rolleyes:

And you've been to my local chinese. :rolleyes:

Star_Me_Kitten · 26-02-2010 12:04AM

Mizzoni, 10euro calzone combo, pizza with 2 toppings, chips and a coke.
Sorted

Plus its far nicer than Dominoes!

Rabies · 26-02-2010 12:24AM

E18 is a bit expensive.

Over here I often order Hell pizza and for a 12", a side and a 1.5L coke plus delivery its about $33 i think.
That is only about E16.

Cheaper her.

Another pizza place in the city do American style and sized 18" pizzas with free delivery for $28. Roughly E13-14.

Little Acorn · 26-02-2010 12:33AM

The pizzas that Dunnes make up infront of you at the deli are delicious. I have gotten small pizzas there before (9" base I think),piled to overflowing with pepperoni,extra cheese,sweetcorn,onion,peppers,sometimes chicken
and it has only cost me between 2.70euro and 3.20euro! (depending on the weight I think.)
They only take 10-15 mins to bake as are completely fresh,
and I have found them absolutely delicious and more filling than medium pizzas from chain stores due to the amount of toppings you can add.

I do love 4star meat deluxe though aswell,even though the prices are crazy.
4star have had a permanent "special offer" since they opened, of a carry out offer that can save you up to 5euro per pizza instead of delivery--basically just seems to me that there isn't really "free delivery" at all.

They also decreased the size of their large pizza (16") to a 14" but kept them at the same price.
They renamed the 16" pizza as extra large and charged about 2 euro extra for it. Complete con,but very very tasty unfortunately.

Run_to_da_hills · 26-02-2010 01:03AM

Numero Uno's in Ennis, excelllent pisas and good value, they will also do 1/2 and 1/2 in the one pisa.

epgc3fyqirnbsx · 26-02-2010 01:07AM

Price of Pizza in this country is ridicolous and they are usually muck

There was a nice one in Galway called Pizza Eile (I think) that had some very different and very nice pizzas
Beef with Chutney and that type of thing

McChubbin · 26-02-2010 01:15AM

JC's deli pizza in Swords are effing legend. €6 for an 18" with as many toppings as you want. Lovely crispy base too.

seanbmc · 26-02-2010 01:16AM

It`s expensive but Dominos Texas BBQ chicken pizza is awesome

__________ · 26-02-2010 01:20AM

We were considering getting a dominos pizza last weekend (girlfriend and myself), I think I've had dominos about 3 times in my whole life anyway they wanted €20 or something for a large pizza as I eat a lot. We just said screw this and went to an Italian restaurant, got a decent pizza AND 2 drinks for just under €20.

A restaurant would obviously have much higher costs in renting larger premises, staff, etc and they are still cheaper. Dominos are simply profiteering but as the old adage goes "A fool and his money are soon parted".

m5ex9oqjawdg2i · 26-02-2010 01:25AM

Yea it's expensive alright, but if people keep paying that price, they will keep charging that price.

I get them from time to time, get a large one with somebody, 10 each and we are pretty full. They do deals too, buy a large pizza and get one free, sometimes. That's not bad for 4 people

OutlawPete · 26-02-2010 02:32AM

Steps Of Rome have the best Pizza in Dublin, bar none.

Can only eat one Gluten containing meal a week and it's usually there that I choose to have that meal

Bonito · 26-02-2010 02:38AM

Learned from a former head of Dominos that with all their expenses put in. That's rent, wages, ingredients, esb etc. A medium pizza costs them between €2.50 and €3.80 to make.

K4t · 26-02-2010 04:32AM

pljudge321 wrote: »

I remember in Poland bout two years ago we ordered four 26 inch pizza's with toppings on each. They arrived with the four pizza's plus two extra margarita one's because it was a big order. They were so big you had to tilt the box to get them through the door. Can't see anywhere here doing something like that. Cost about 25 euro and fed around fifteen people with loads left over.

I came.

Buying take-away pizzas can become a dangerous habit. Luckily I've found an alternative in the form of the nicest frozen pizza I've ever tasted: Goodfella's Meteor Friday Fever (tomato, cheese, beef, sausage, ham and pepperoni) €4, tastes exactly like those Rebel pizzas and for a young lad with a big appetite, I can just about finish the last slice. Highly recommended.

Duggy747 · 26-02-2010 04:33AM

...............dammit, so they're so damn tasty!!

That's how they reel ya in the bastards, popping coupons in your letterbox tempting you to buy something!!

Bastards!

vicecreamsundae · 26-02-2010 06:24AM

i love dominos pizzaa! it sounds pricey when you say a medium for 18, but anytime i've ordered a pizza there are good value deals.
throughout college me and my then boyfriend would get a medium pizza, two sides [garlic bread/wedges/chickenthings] and a large bottle of coke for 20 quid delivered. not band when a mcdonals meal would set you back about 8$ and be waay less satisfying.

i was in dominos last week and they had some deal like any pizza any size for a tenner. me and a friend got a large piping hot pizza for 5 each? not bad.

dominos/apache/pizza hut =awesome
fourstar = only the tiniest bit better than frozen.

dominos or apaches garlic dip = BEST THING EVER. i often stock up for when i make frozen pizza at home.

Tar.Aldarion · 26-02-2010 06:58AM

ip ff, much cheaper in other countries, 2 for 17e off apache will do. Bistro Bianconi make the best pizzas in Ireland...their half price day is godly...mmm.

IvySlayer · 26-02-2010 07:16AM

Friday night is takeaway night, what to choose, what to choose.

Minstrel27 · 26-02-2010 08:04AM

__________ wrote: »

Dominos are simply profiteering

Businesses aint what they used to be

Xluna · 26-02-2010 08:59AM

Because ejits keep on buying them. Same reason people buy budweiser even though they don't really like it. A nice Chinese will cost 10 and it's more filling than a pizza. Far better value all round.

lukasbasic · 26-02-2010 09:10AM

the takeaway pizzas in ireland taste like sh**
I recommend LIDL's pizza 'alfredo' series
3 pieces for 5euro

stovelid · 26-02-2010 10:13AM

Because we insist on paying people to make a bit of bread with tomato sauce on top that we could buy in the supermarket and cook in 15 minutes ourselves.

cournioni · 26-02-2010 10:15AM

In my local pizza place you get the majority of 12" pizzas for under €12. Family deals (2 pizza's, two bags of chips with dip and litre bottle of Coke, Sprite etc.) are €18.

Fcuk Dominos...

FunkZ · 26-02-2010 11:22AM

Because every post in this thread is the same.

seraphimvc · 26-02-2010 11:29AM

everything in ireland is overpriced and thats just because people will pay for it. and the quality of all of these overpriced stuffs will never improve too simply because they can get away with it.

i seriously hope that people will start stop going to all of these ripoff shops - tell them we demand better value and quality stuffs from them.

NothingMan · 26-02-2010 11:44AM

K4t wrote: »

Luckily I've found an alternative in the form of the nicest frozen pizza I've ever tasted: Goodfella's Meteor Friday Fever (tomato, cheese, beef, sausage, ham and pepperoni) €4, tastes exactly like those Rebel pizzas and for a young lad with a big appetite, I can just about finish the last slice. Highly recommended.

Completely agree, the Goodfellas Meateor is fantastic. It's sligjtly spicy suace too. Unfortunately I can polish one off easily as I did last week. Usually my gf is there to make me share and not be so glutonous.

Also the Chicago Town pepperoni with the stuffed crust. Very fresh dough.

They're the only 2 that keep me from Dominos or (with their new recipe) Four Star. Altough Four star (at least in Tallaght) is half price when you order over €35 for collection. My mate lives right there and we ordered 2 large pizzas and a chicken combo and it was €18! The other night got 2 large, a medium with 6 toppings and a chicken combo for €32. SHould have been €64. That's really cheap.

Slunk · 26-02-2010 11:59AM

DublinWriter wrote: »

The nicest pizza in Ireland comes from a small back-street takeout in Duleek run by two Italian brothers.

The make *and* roll their base from fresh. That's the whole trick. All the major chains use frozen dough, even Milano/Pizza Express.

Ill second that, Little Naples. Absolutely delicious. There takeaway pasta is also very very nice. Chicken and Mushroom in white sauce. Was going down for some last monday and it doesnt open mondays. Nealry cried.

Pizza is very dear here. Normally only buy it when really lazy or BOGOF on shopping reciepts.

Why are takeaway pizzas so expensive?

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