I ordered my daughter a pizza, something I don't usually do. I got Domino's smallest size with two toppings. I got her cheese sticks and two sauces and tipped the driver 20%. $31.07.

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Note I did not buy any food for myself.

To head off questions:

No, I couldn’t cook for her. I’m suffering from a long-term illness where I can’t eat solid foods and am extremely smell sensitive. My wife is at a funeral, so I had to order food.
She’s extremely picky and refused to let me order anything but pizza.
We live outside of town, in a not very big town, with very few pizza delivery options, and they’re all at least this expensive.
No, I didn’t also have to buy her the cheesy bread or the second topping or the sauces, but it’s nice to get my daughter a treat and that is no excuse for the order being that expensive.
We’re in Indiana, so this should be ludicrous in terms of pricing. This used to be the pricing I would expect when we lived in L.A. and ordered from a good local place rather than a chain.

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scottywh@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
That’s crazy… I can get more than 3 times as much food from Domino’s in a HCOL area just by paying attention to the online deals and picking it up instead of delivery.

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PythagreousTitties@lemm.ee ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
They have small frozen pizzas that are in a cardboard box at places like Aldi’s and Walmart. They’re good, they actually have crust, and cheap. $8 for a supreme. I just get one of those sometimes.

I also ordered a small pizza and wings this past weekend from the pizza place in my area. $27, for take out. It’s like fast food and pizza joints are competing to see who can get more expensive.

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- KAYDUBELL@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  Just bought an ALDIs 16” pizza last night for $8.
  
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  - PythagreousTitties@lemm.ee ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    It’s not too bad, right? It’s actually got dough in it.
    
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waz@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
If you are paying separately for the delivery, what is the tip for?

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- FlyingSquid@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  The poorly-paid driver, who doesn’t get any of that delivery fee. I’m fine paying that part, but the delivery fee is bullshit.
  
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  - Rekorse@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    I’m not so sure we should lump in the pizza driver with all the other delivery drivers. Generally being a pizza delivery person is a decent first job and they usually work in the store too, and receive an hourly wage.
    
    Not to say you shouldnt tip them, just not out of guilt.
    
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  - waz@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    Right, I agree with you there. I guess I should invert my question. If you’re tipping the driver, what is the delivery fee for?
    
    These two costs seem redundant.
    
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  - scottywh@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    This is the only part of what you’ve posted in this entire thread that I agree with.
    
    Wise up, man… You cost yourself a ton of extra money and came here to whine for sympathy and, deservingly, received none.
    
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- Zehzin@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  Stop paying your employees with this one weird trick
  
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then_three_more@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Even with an insane 20% tip I don’t think you’ve worked it out right. A 20% tip on the food (because why would you tip on a service charge??) comes to 4.09

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- TempermentalAnomaly@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  Yep. He tipped on top of the delivery charge and taxes. I it was 20% tip button that doesn’t isolate food.
  
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  - then_three_more@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    Lol that’s so bad.
    
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- UmeU@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  If you can tip a delivery driver $4 with a straight face I feel bad for you. $8 minimum for direct-to-doorstep food, regardless of the cost of the delivery.
  
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  - then_three_more@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    You yanks are crazy with your attitude to pay.
    
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  - Cryophilia@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    Depends on your area.
    
    When I was a delivery driver I’d refuse anything less than $20 total, which meant about $18 of tip.
    
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- scottywh@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  20% tip is not insane.
  
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  - then_three_more@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    It’s double what’s standard to tip for good service.
    
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aesthelete@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
FYI the value size pizza is almost always the largest one they have.

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Godric@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Did you order online?

Did you ignore the deal they shove in your face as soon as you visit the website that would have made the order much cheaper?

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- FlyingSquid@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  You mean the deal where I have to order two of something and pay $7 for each one? That would have been more expensive and a waste of food.
  
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  - Godric@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    …buddy…
    
    Don’t complain about how things work when you don’t know how things work XD
    
    Click on the 2 or more deal and do some exploring, this is a learning moment that will revolutionize your Domino’s experience forever!
    
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  - DarkDreamer13@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    But in the picture you can see CHEESEY BREAD is among the options you can choose along with pizza. So the TWO THINGS you did order would count for the TWO THINGS you need. It would therefore be cheaper and the same amount of food. You’re getting mad at people in the comments because you didn’t take the time to read, nay, even LOOK AT THE DAMN PICTURES of the deal.
    
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- TheOakTree@lemm.ee ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  By utilizing the Choose 2 combo, the total cost (assuming same delivery cost and adjusted tax) would be about $25 dollars including a 20% tip (based on total and not subtotal, as in the picture). However, that would include a medium pizza instead of a small pizza.
  
  It’s not a massive difference. It is definitely a meaningful difference, but it’s still pretty costly for 2 meals worth of food.
  
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stinerman@midwest.social ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Most people have already pointed it out, but I must say, I don’t recall the last time I ordered pizza and didn’t use a coupon.

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- Chozo@fedia.io ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  Those mailer coupons are the only reason I ever order a pizza delivery anymore. The cost of delivery fees, tips, and the food itself keeps going up and it's becoming harder to justify the purchase unless I'm getting a significant discount somehow.
  
  I used to order pizza fairly frequently, too. Like once every 2-3 weeks or so. But it's just so expensive now, I think it's been probably 3 years since I've ordered one.
  
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raynethackery@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Sending hugs my airborne cephalopod.

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bitchkat@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Next time buy her a large 1 topping and pick it up for $7.99.

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- Cryophilia@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  Yeah the delivery stuff was a quarter of the price at least, and depending on how they ordered it the base prices could have been inflated too.
  
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fitgse@sh.itjust.works ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Food is crazy. My wife went to jersey mikes and got a sandwich for herself. It came out to $17.50!

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- sunzu@kbin.run ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  Fastfood lost their fucking minds lol
  
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StaySquared@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
You are the parent of your daughter… yet she dictates to you what she eats?

There’s your problem to begin with. You know what happened when I refused to eat what my mother made? Dealt with it… by not eating anything.

Yeah yeah here comes the downvotes from non-parents and parents who don’t know how to parent.

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- LordGimp@lemm.ee ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  A child with agency?!? Making decisions?!?? Not in MY white fright dystopia they wont!! I was abused and therefore I am entitled to abuse any child I see, because I am a child in my mind! Why would I ever address my own deficiencies when I have a political figure to scapegoat every decade or so?
  
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  - Nicoleism101@lemm.ee ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    🍿
    
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  - StaySquared@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    I’m Latino, wife is Arab… we are not the same as you gringos. Your child has authority over you, we have authority over our children. This is the way.
    
    Stay salty.
    
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- FlyingSquid@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  Intentionally denying food to a child is child abuse. So I hope you are a non-parent if that is how you think you should treat children.
  
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  - Holyginz@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    It’s a troll. I doubt they have a kid or married based on their responses. And if they do I feel bad for them. Most of the time if the comment is overly antagonistic they just want to get a rise out of someone since their life is empty and it’s the only way they can feel a spark of enjoyment in their life. You have done literally nothing wrong here and you don’t owe anyone an explanation.
    
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  - StaySquared@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    Intentionally? No… they have two options. Eat was has been made, or don’t. It is THEIR decision. lmao “child abuse”. Goodness that’s weak af.
    
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- FarmTaco@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  UP HILL, BOTH WAYS, IN THE SNOW
  
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- madcaesar@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  You were making a good point then went batshit 🤷‍♂️
  
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zipzoopaboop@lemmynsfw.com ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Then look at the price before confirming doofus

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- Burn_The_Right@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  OP is not complaining about accidentally buying something without checking the price. OP is very clearly complaining about insane inflation, which I will argue is completely manufactured by corporations, therefore warranting complaints from OP and the rest of us.
  
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01011@monero.town ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
I’m not a huge pizza person but paid $30 for a 10 inch from a pizzeria in Chicago a couple of months ago. It was tasty so I didn’t mind but it did seem quite a bit higher than the last time I had pizza.

I’d never give Domino’s that much for a pizza though, from what I recall their offerings are pretty subpar.

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- state_electrician@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  The local pizza place, a restaurant, has pizza Wednesdays. Every 11" pizza for 7 Euro and you have to pick it up, so you don’t have to tip anyone. That’s the only time I order pizza.
  
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  - uis@lemm.ee ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    Inches and Euro? UK?
    
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ASeriesOfPoorChoices@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
people who pay full price for corporate pizzas and complain about it are hilarious.

you obviously have internet access. there is no excuse to pay so much. Use their website. Install their app. Even in the 90s pre-internet there were an endless supply of flyer-coupons/discounts.

Full price is a tax on stupid, gullible or the lazy. You paid the lazy tax. 🤷‍♂️

That all said: yes, the lazy tax / full price prices are insane. I have no idea why anyone would pay them, especially with the difference coupons makes.

also: 1) tipping is a good thing to do 2) if you can’t afford to tip, don’t tip. If you can, do. I don’t factor BS into prices and complaints.

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- FlyingSquid@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  Apologies for being stupid, gullible and lazy for something I almost never do and haven’t done in years. Clearly I should keep abreast with the latest pizza ordering trends.
  
  Also, I used the internet to order the pizza, but I sure as hell am not installing their app.
  
  And I did tip them and I can afford it and I wasn’t complaining about it.
  
  It’s like you didn’t read anything I wrote. I’m surprised you didn’t tell me I should have gotten carry out.
  
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  - ASeriesOfPoorChoices@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    and to bring up another reading failure on your part (geezus, squid), I didn’t say “use the internet” I said “website”. website or app, two different options. I didn’t you should order both from the website (internet?) AND the app (there’s those faulty logic operators again). Either option - one of which you used - would have had vouchers/coupons on banner ads around the page. Bundles listed in with the normal menu. And so on.
    
    But mostly I’m facepalming for you having misread almost every single line in my comment - and then whining about ME not reading. 🤦‍♂️ ffs, squid.
    
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  - ASeriesOfPoorChoices@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    but seriously - given you basically live on the internet these days, what was your excuse for not spending 30 seconds to get a coupon code to put into the website?
    
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  - ASeriesOfPoorChoices@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    I said “or”, not “and”, but if you want to claim all 3, that’s up to you.
    
    I didn’t suggest you had a problem with tipping. You suggested you had a problem with paying too much overall, and included the tip as part of your rant.
    
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tiredofsametab@kbin.run ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Me, living in Japan: that's cheap for pizza and a side!

Not even any places deliver to where I live now so I have to drive a couple towns over.

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- FlyingSquid@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  Not even 5 years ago it would have been maybe $20 here.
  
  In general, people don’t live in Indiana because it’s a great place to live. People live here because it’s affordable. In our case, it’s our elderly parents, but the fact that things used to be cheaper here is another reason we moved back.
  
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Kcap@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
A domino’s employee told me to use coupon code 9193 at checkout, he said it’s the best one that all the employees use. Hope it helps y’all 🤷

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RizzRustbolt@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
8 dollars for bread and cheese is beyond “mildly” infuriating.

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Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Forget everything you said. Forget the prices. Forget the experience you had.

My first question is…why would you willingly order Dominoes? This is ghe same chain that just 2 years ago had a series of commercials where the core theme of the commetcials was “Hey, we know our pizzas taste like cardboard and are universally hated buuuuuuut, maybe buy a pizza? We’re self aware of our awfulness, and we’ll try to do better maybe!”

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- TheRealKuni@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  Dominos turned their shit around like, I dunno, 15 years ago or so. When they started making oven baked sandwiches.
  
  I honestly really like some of their pizzas. It’s not bad. They just know that it used to be, many years ago.
  
  It’s like when Buick made those commercials about how their new cars actually look good so people don’t realize they’re Buicks. When you have a reputation, sometimes it’s a good idea to acknowledge it.
  
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  - Cryophilia@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    Yeah the sandos and pasta are actually decent and with the coupons it’s a pretty good value.
    
    I’m not saying it’s good food, I’m saying it’s decent food and good value.
    
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- southsamurai@sh.itjust.works ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  Eh, they don’t suck as much now.
  
  They’re on par with any of the shitty chains tbh. Crust is okay, but not much more than that even with the various options for it. Sauce is acceptable, cheese is good, some of the toppings even can be called good to great for a chain pizza. Still not my top pick of the chains, but not as bad as Caesar’s at all lol. Better than freezer pizzas at least, though digiorno does a good enough stuffed crust if that’s your bag.
  
  There was a time dominoes was worse than Caesar’s. By a big margin, depending on the store.
  
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SpeedLimit55@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Dominoes has a choose any 2 or more for $6.99 each which includes medium 2 topping pizza, bread, chicken etc…. Check the coupons page next time www.dominos.com/en/pages/order/coupon

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Veedem@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
It would have only cost $22.40 if you picked it up yourself.

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- FlyingSquid@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  See “smell sensitive” in the body of the post.
  
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- audiomodder@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  1: read the post 2: that’s still a ridiculous price
  
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kameecoding@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Pizza prices shot through the roof and I honestly can’t say they are better than throwing a frozen pizza with some mozzarella added into the oven for less than half the total price.

it’s also a lesser serving, so healthier.

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- tobbue@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  8-10 Euro for a pizza would be great. A normal/medium sized pizza that is not a is 15-17 euros for me here. I haven’t ordered food for half a year now or so, it’s not worth the money anymore.
  
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  - dafo@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    Norway?
    
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- bjornsno@lemm.ee ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  
  it’s also a lesser serving, so healthier.
  
  I’m sorry but this is hilarious. You spent less money and you got less food? Fascinating 😄
  
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Buddahriffic@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
I don’t think I’ve ever seen a pizza place sell small pizzas for a decent value. They price them to not sell. I’m guessing because they aren’t as predictable for the amount of volume you might need.

It wouldn’t have been cheaper to go for bigger (ignoring deals), but it wouldn’t have been much more and you’d have leftover pizza for lunch the next day.

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uis@lemm.ee ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
25 cm pizze for about 1000 roubles? What the fuck? I can order 30 cm for 580 roubles (about 6$). Maybe even cheaper from other source.

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Kolanaki@yiffit.net ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
I expect that kind of price from a real pizza place; not from Dominos, Pizza Hut or Little Caesars. None of those pizzas are worth even half this ridiculous price. Their good for $5-6. They’re awful for anything more.

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TrippyFocus@lemmy.ml ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Dominos is really only worth it if you’re doing the 2 for $5.99 each deal. Although I think that’s even up to $6.99 now lol

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- sunzu@kbin.run ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  799 large one topping gang!
  
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s_s@lemmy.one ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
That’s what unhealthy hot food, delivered to your door should cost. It’s an extavagant service, it should be an extravagant price.

The problem is that all those extra fees and expenses just go straight into owner pockets instead of providing the employees with medical care, proper insurance and a real retirement.

If you want to save money, teach your daughter how to safely cook a frozen pizza. If she’s old enough to be home alone and answer the door when strangers show up, why can’t she fed herself?

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- TheOakTree@lemm.ee ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  3 days worth of food? Maybe 3 meals for a child, not 3 days.
  
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- FlyingSquid@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  I absolutely would not let my daughter answer the door for strangers if she was home alone. That’s a terrible idea.
  
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  - s_s@lemmy.one ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    You are best friends with all the dominos drivers?
    
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EatATaco@lemm.ee ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
You didn’t head off the question as to why you didn’t just pick it up. It looks your delivery costs were a whopping 28% of the total. If you ain’t cooking, you’ve probably got the time to drive. Or better yet walk or bike (obviously only if it’s close enough).

But that being said, I recommend always considering getting a large pie. Remember, the area grows with r^2^

So for 6 extra dollars (to get the 16 inch) you get the equivalent of 2.5 10" pizzas. And you have some leftovers. Granted this doesn’t make sense if no one else is going to eat it but her, but even going to a medium, you get almost an extra half pizza for 2 dollars. That probably would buy at least a second meal out of it for her.

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- FlyingSquid@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  
  You didn’t head off the question as to why you didn’t just pick it up.
  
  I didn’t?
  
  I’m suffering from a long-term illness where I can’t eat solid foods and am extremely smell sensitive.
  
  I didn’t really want to go into detail, but since you and others seem to need me to, here you go:
  
  If I get in my car with a pizza that already makes me ill just smelling it while carrying it out of the pizza place which makes me ill by going into, I’ll be lucky if I haven’t already heaved three times. Then I have to pull over every few minutes to heave some more. Generally, drivers behind me don’t care for that and I try to be polite as a driver.
  
  I hope this clears things up for anyone, but if you still have questions about why I didn’t put a pizza in my car anyway, I’ll do my best to explain it to you, but I would suggest starting to answer that question by sticking your fingers down your throat in short intervals.
  
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  - Dashi@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    To OPs defense, i didn’t put 1 and 1 together until you spelled it out either. Wouldn’t have crossed my mind that the smell in an enclosed space would bother you.
    
    Regardless of the rest i hope your daughter enjoyed her treat!
    
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  - EatATaco@lemm.ee ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    
    I didn’t?
    
    No, you didn’t. That was your explanation as to why you couldn’t cook. I presumed one reason you got pizza was because it was a smell you could tolerate. Expecting people to understand that your reasoning for not cooking was the same reason for not driving is ridiculous.
    
    I respect that and it makes sense. Why you had to be such a prick about it is beyond me.
    
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- Dkarma@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  Also op paid almost $8 for cheesy bread and almost a buck for each of their two sauces.
  
  This is not “just a pizza”
  
  Op go to Little Caesars, get a $5 pizza and stfu
  
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BonesOfTheMoon@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
That’s disgusting. We do get take out sometimes from local restaurants, but I’m in a city and we have lots of options, and I don’t mind paying a higher price for supporting them. But for some chain restaurant, that’s obscene. My SO went to Burger King the other night to try one of the whopper melts they have right now, and that plus fries and an Oreo shake thing was 19 dollars. Glad I’m vegan time and again.

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tobogganablaze@lemmus.org ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Damn, I wish I had such cheap food prices.

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- uis@lemm.ee ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  THAT’S CHEAP FOR YOU?!
  
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  - tobogganablaze@lemmus.org ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    Yeah, Switzerland food prices are insane.
    
    A similar sized pizza with the same toppings would cost me at least $20
    
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CubitOom@infosec.pub ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
I was just talking to my friends about this and the related food theory video on pizza chains.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=TT4AffJJugs

I might also recommend instacart from a restaurant supply store like restaurant depot. You can find a lot of interesting things there in the frozen section.

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