I don't know why people order pizza for delivery anymore

[Anonymous]

Getting any food delivered is too expensive and usually arrives wrong. I always pick-up no matter what I'm ordering.

But I agree I can make better pizza at home. Sometimes its just not feasible. I also like to keep frozen pizzas handy.

[Anonymous]

It's so simple! Just make sure to have all the ingredients for pizza on hand at all times and a spare several hours at a moment's notice!

It's certainly not like people ever decide to get pizza delivered because they need a quick meal and can't/don't want to leave the house, oh no.

You've got it all figured out OP!

[Anonymous]

The only time we get delivery is for pizza. I make a decent homemade pizza, but I don’t make stuffed crust and garlic knots, and that’s what my kids want.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Do you have a go-to recipe for Detroit style pizza, OP? What pan do you like?
- Detroiter, missing Buddy's

Americas Test Kitchen has a fool proof version based of Buddys and it's good.

https://youtu.be/ijHutbC2JnE

- guy from Chicago

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Don't order it, don't make it, don't eat it voluntarily.

So you are ignorant three times over about the subject of this thread, but still felt compelled to write your little note?

Loser.

[Anonymous]

Is OP going to post recipes?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We don’t order much pizza for delivery, but that’s mainly because we like Ledo’s, and they don’t deliver.

I don’t care whether you like Ledo’s or not, BTW.

+1 I also like to support local businesses and provide jobs for those in the community they hire.

Also, I am maxed out of staying at home and preparing food during my lunch time or in the evening. I have zero. in doing this for pizza.

[Anonymous]

It’s because I’m too stoned to cook or drive.

[Anonymous]

I have a rewards account with a local pizza chain (not super fancy, but better than Dominoes at the like). So I’ll order using my rewards coupon and often look for whatever BOGO pizza deal is going on. It’d right down the street so often I’ll just run out for curbside pickup to avoid the delivery fee + tip.

DH and I work FT and have kids (and often invite their friends over). Sometimes we just want someone else to make the pizza and to serve it on paper plates to all the kids on a Friday night and not deal with dishes. We are tired by end of the week.

[Anonymous]

We maybe get delivery pizza once every 3-4 months. That said, sometimes when DH is working late and I just don't feel like making much of an effort, it's nice to have pizza show up at the door. My kids love Papa Johns dipping sauces, so they are in heaven when I order that. I even sometimes "earn Papa Dough," and that offsets the cost of a future order.

Like, what's the big deal, honestly? Yes, sometimes you pay for convenience or speed or what have you. DH and I cook the vast majority of our meals, we get take-out every so often, we go out to eat every so often, and yes, sometimes we (gasp!) order delivery pizza.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Due to increased food and delivery cost, getting pizza delivered is not longer the bargain it used to be. You can sometimes find deals from the chains, but the quality isn't great and even those deals aren't always that economical.

You can make really good pizza at home without that much effort. I'm making Detroit-style pizza tonight and it's stupid-easy if you have a proper Detroit-style pan. I had to but the dough for the crust together on my lunch hour, but it took 10 minutes. I just made the sauce -- also 10 minutes. Now I'll put the sauce and toppings on and throw it in the oven. I'll have spent maybe 30 minutes actively cooking and we'll have pizza for tonight and either lunch or dinner tomorrow, for 4 people, for around $15 plus the cost of a salad ($6 on cheese, $3 on on sauce, $5 on pepperoni, $1-2 in ingredients for the dough - flour, yeast, salt).

The same amount of pizza ordered would cost us around $40, plus tip for the delivery driver. Even if we splurged on fancy toppings for pizza at home (sometimes we buy fancy peppers, mushrooms, olives, etc.), we're still looking at half the cost of ordering. My time is worth something too, but I enjoy cooking well enough and 30 minutes is nothing, especially when spread out over the course of the day.

Just throwing this out there. We haven't ordered pizza from a delivery place in years, and we rarely go out for pizza anymore either because we can eat such tasty pizza at home.

"Just throwing this out there"...for what? Why would I give a single shyt whether you order delivery pizza? You think I'm going to change what my family chooses to do because of your rambling soliloquy on the evils of delivery pizza? Get a life.

[Anonymous]

I mean yeah, OP. Buying ready made food is kind of a rip-off, but these businesses have to cover not just to cost of the ingredients, but also the labor to make the dishes, the building, utilities, insurance, and other operating costs of running the business, and the final step of delivering it to your door. So yeah... $30-40 sounds about right. I don't order pizza because I am incapable of making it -- I order it because I've been scrambling for days, haven't been able to buy groceries, and am tired and hungry. $30 sounds like a bargain to not have to deal with meal planning, shopping, prep, and cleanup on a Friday in February for a family of 4.

[Anonymous]

OP, pizza has not gotten easier to make.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Due to increased food and delivery cost, getting pizza delivered is not longer the bargain it used to be. You can sometimes find deals from the chains, but the quality isn't great and even those deals aren't always that economical.

You can make really good pizza at home without that much effort. I'm making Detroit-style pizza tonight and it's stupid-easy if you have a proper Detroit-style pan. I had to but the dough for the crust together on my lunch hour, but it took 10 minutes. I just made the sauce -- also 10 minutes. Now I'll put the sauce and toppings on and throw it in the oven. I'll have spent maybe 30 minutes actively cooking and we'll have pizza for tonight and either lunch or dinner tomorrow, for 4 people, for around $15 plus the cost of a salad ($6 on cheese, $3 on on sauce, $5 on pepperoni, $1-2 in ingredients for the dough - flour, yeast, salt).

The same amount of pizza ordered would cost us around $40, plus tip for the delivery driver. Even if we splurged on fancy toppings for pizza at home (sometimes we buy fancy peppers, mushrooms, olives, etc.), we're still looking at half the cost of ordering. My time is worth something too, but I enjoy cooking well enough and 30 minutes is nothing, especially when spread out over the course of the day.

Just throwing this out there. We haven't ordered pizza from a delivery place in years, and we rarely go out for pizza anymore either because we can eat such tasty pizza at home.

"Just throwing this out there"...for what? Why would I give a single shyt whether you order delivery pizza? You think I'm going to change what my family chooses to do because of your rambling soliloquy on the evils of delivery pizza? Get a life.

+100.

I cringe at how many pizza-delivery-lovers on this thread seem defensive and feel like they have to explain themselves to OP.

Really, people. OP is nothing. Who cares what she thinks?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Pizza is usually the go to on days people don’t want to cook. It has definitely gotten expensive though. I’ve found that the quality of frozen pizza is so good now, it’s better than some of the places we order from! So now I just buy frozen pizza.

What frozen pizza do you like? I haven’t found one I find to be that good

NP: I like the Rao's frozen pizza. It's expensive though so only get it when on sale.

You steered me wrong, PP. I bought a Rao's today based on this and it was awful. I'm going back to Newman's Own.