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To: deeno who wrote (36405)	7/28/2005 2:40:34 AM
From: mishedlo	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 306849

Here is what I know. I like pizza. Preferably pepperoni. I will not pay $20 for it. But I will pay $14 for it with delivery. I prefer thick to pan and pan to stuffed. I have not tried stuffed crust. You could drop pizza on the floor upside down and I would pick it up and eat it, but I would not eat eggplants or spinach no matter how much damn cheeze you put on it. I think that california pizza with white sauce are not really pizza and I would not eat that crap either. The pizzas in the store are getting better and better and better. More competition. I can find brick oven pizza, stuffed pizza, etc etc etc frozen in the store for good prices. Then again I like pizza. I can buy Jacks pizza 4 for $10. Now that is a good price for pizza. I like pizza hut pizza, dominoes pizza, jacks pizza, and damn near most pizzas. I do not like particularly like stuffed pizza especially Nancy's but I would rather eat that flopped upside down on the floor than cooked cabbage or spinach or beets or even chicken with apricot sauce. I hate sauces in general. Except for pizza sauce. Now perhaps you get the idea and perhaps you do not. In case you do not get the idea, here it is. I like pizza. If it's a pepperoni pizza I will eat it no matter how bad it is. God bless pizza operators everywhere. Thank god we are finally discussing something of extreme merit on this board. Pizzas. Mish

To: deeno who wrote (36405)	7/29/2005 9:30:01 AM
From: Mike Johnston	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 306849

Deeno and you thought that this discussion is over .... I have know Idea. Just sticking up for pizza operators everywhere ;^D LOL I am the one that is sticking up for pizza operators. I have been worried that their margins are down and suggested that they raise their prices, while you have been saying that they make enough money already. I have stated a simple economic truth and i stand by it." Actually you used it as an analogy. And concluded that you dont see how they can stay in business.... I chose to say that your analogy was poor at best (actually wrong) and that you don't know anything about the Pizza business (or the auto business either). My analogy (even if poor) to General Motors was not "the economic truth" i was referring to. The economic truth is this: When costs increase while the price of final product stays the same, gross margin goes down. Of course this assumes that productivity does not increase and that the quality of the product is not compromised. Since pizza is made by hand and you cannot increase the speed of cooking, productivity pretty much stays the same, so it is not a factor.

To: deeno who wrote (36405)	7/29/2005 9:52:49 AM
From: Mike Johnston	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 306849

Since pizza subject has pretty much been exhausted.... Supposedly, inflation is only 2% per year, then how about this: in about 2 years the price of a coffee and 2 doughnut combo in Dunkin Donuts went up close to 50% ! It costs 2.98 vs 2.12. Tradelite will go nuts when he reads the above, but i already know what his response will be. Therefore i am already responding to him: Dear Tradelite, i went to DD today and i paid 2.98 for a coffee and a doughnut combo which is 50% more than 2 years ago. But you know what, although i would rather pay 2.12 , i gladly paid the higher price since that is what i wanted. In fact, i would gladly pay even $5 if i had to ( probably could not afford it if it was over $10) This is not a complaint, but simply an observation that there is inflation, contrary to what Ms Grace Zaccardi claims.