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At first glance, it looks like a solution to a particularly first-world problem: To eliminate the sogginess in pizzas caused by dwell time (i.e. the interim period it spends waiting to be delivered), startup Zume Pizza has launched a delivery truck equipped with 56 specially designed ovens to guarantee that their pies arrive at customers' doorsteps fresh out of the oven, literally.
Only in Silicon Valley, right?
But hang on. This isn't really about lukewarm pies. It's about disrupting a US$38 billion market that is currently dominated by big-box chains. In fact, the Big Four in the US – Domino's, Little Caesars, Papa John's and Pizza Hut – currently control around 40 percent of the market. And while there are many ways to go about doing this, founders Julia Collins and Alex Garden have chosen to focus on the food-delivery experience, and for good reason: the surge in mobile ordering and demand for food delivery. In fact, digital ordering is growing 300 percent faster than dine-in traffic. At Domino's alone, more than 50 percent of its US customers order via digital platforms. Collins, who has a restaurant background, believes that Zume's advantage lies in its ability to deliver on price, quality and speed.
Customer: Why are all the toppings piled on one side? Driver: Got cut off in traffic...
(Score: 3, Informative) by Snotnose on Thursday October 06 2016, @02:08AM
Why? Because I do my groceries/library run on fridays and Little Caesars is on the way home. Why once a month? Because I'm typically done by 9:45 or so (library opens at 9:30), LC opens at 10, and I don't want to wait 15 minutes with groceries in the car (and if you get there at opening you have a 10 minute wait time for the first pizza to be ready). About once a month something happens such that I'm late and LC is open when I drive by it.
Not the best pizza in the world, but $5 for 3 tasty enough meals works for me. Plus, once a month means my waistline stays about where it is.
The point to my post? It hit rum O'clock early today and I'm feeling garrulous.
When the dust settled America realized it was saved by a porn star.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday October 06 2016, @02:15AM
There is a Pizza Hut about a half mile away, we order online (usually there are special deals) every few months when we are too tired to shop & cook. Pick up ourselves (even tired out, we aren't that lazy), so it's not soggy after sitting in some delivery oven.
Can't imagine that Zume pizza oven truck is going to be cheaper, or better, than what comes out of a normal pizza oven--but if the franchise comes here I'm sure we'll try it once.
(Score: 2) by richtopia on Thursday October 06 2016, @04:47AM
I do enjoy Detroit style deep dish, and Little Caesar's is the only option outside of Michigan. It isn't Buddy's, but I will take it.
(Score: 2) by art guerrilla on Thursday October 06 2016, @10:22AM
detroit-style deep dish ? ? ?
i think some chicagoans in the studio audience may have a bone to pick with you...
(Score: 3, Informative) by richtopia on Thursday October 06 2016, @04:06PM
Detroit style deep dish is distinctly unique from Chicago style deep dish. Detroit style is about an inch deep with a thick crust but toppings in thickness comparable to New York style. The key is that the pan is oiled and the pizza should be twice baked. The crust's texture after that is unique from both styles.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Detroit-style_pizza [wikipedia.org]
(Score: 2) by art guerrilla on Friday October 07 2016, @12:06AM
i guess i stand corrected, heard of -and ate- plenty of 'chicago style' deep dish, but never heard of 'detroit style'...
your description, though, sounds pretty much like the local (florida) 'chicago style' deep dish we get here...
have i been eating detroit-style all these years and not known it ? ? ?
(asked SWMBO, she is originally from toledo, and says she never heard of it; she googled it, and there it is, and excepting the (stupid) idea of putting the pizza sauce on top, and being rectangular, seems like a chicago style... i guess she says google says chicago is a thick pie, while detroit is more flatbread... chicago style for me, thank you...)
(Score: 2) by PartTimeZombie on Thursday October 06 2016, @11:51PM
Now listen here snotnose.
Make your mind up, either be Informative, Interesting or Funny, but not in the same post. It makes modding too hard.