Pizza Hut Rip-Off

[mickeyfan2]

The increase in milk prices must now be reflected in the cheeses used. It his a "surcharge" so to speak.

 

[mickeyfan2]

Okay, briefly:
1: Corn is a major food product for cattle. Cattle produce milk. Cheese is a milk product.
2: Corn makes ethanol. Ethanol is an alternative to gasoline. An increase in the production and use of ethanol to power automobiles means that (a) more corn is being used for this and so there is less for the cattle (and so alternative, more expensive feeds are needed for cattle) and (b) corn to feed cattle is more expensive because farmers can get more for it for fuel.
3: Because it costs more to feed the cows that produce the milk from which the various dairy products are made, the wholesale and retail prices of those products have increased. As an aside, I think a gallon of milk here is $4.39 now. Who'da ever thunk lactose intolerance would be a good thing?

That's it for today's economics class. See you next week!

I am anxiously awaiting next week lesson.

 

[aristocat]

I thought all pizza places charged for extra toppings?

same here

 

[kaddjr]

I can tell you that the four most expensive items on a pizza are Green Peppers, Onions, Pepperoni, and CHEESE. I was a GM for them until 2001, and even then, a 15 lb case of cheese was around $40, and that was the wholesale price. Add to that inflation and increased transportation costs, and frankly I don't see how the stores are turning a profit with no major price increase.

DH was a GM also and got out a few years ago. The last year he was there, they increased prices twice. He says he is so glad he's not in the business now.

 

[DanaHesson]

One of the reasons the extra cheese does not seem as cheesy as you would expect is that you don't necessarily have an identical pizza to compare it to.
When I was still at P.H., the cheese was measured in little cups. A large would get 1.5 cups of cheese, and extra cheese would be another 1 full cup. We regularly discouraged people from ordering more than that, especially for delivery, because it was almost impossible to keep the cheese from sliding off in the delivery process. Same reason it is almost impossible to get "extra" sauce. If the pizza is still hot and the driver has to stop quickly, the kitchen ends up having to remake the pizza.

 

[DanaHesson]

DH was a GM also and got out a few years ago. The last year he was there, they increased prices twice. He says he is so glad he's not in the business now.

I miss it. Nursing it is not NEARLY as challenging...

 

[nuke]

I've always thought Pizza Hut puts a lot of cheese on their pizza without ordering extra.

 

[jendon1997]

We always order ours with 1/2 the sauce and cheese that they normally put on. It is still plenty of both and 1/2 the fat and calories.

 

[csss31399]

It's not just Pizza Hut. Our favorite Red Baron Thin Crust Pepperoni in the WM freezer section went from $3.00 to $3.75 last week. Yikes. That's a 25%increase.