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32. The margin on pizza is 90%. Cheapest thing you can make

Thu Feb 20, 2014, 08:28 AM

Feb 2014

3 super thin slices of pepperoni adds $1.25 or $1.50 to the price of a slice. In other words 10 cents worth of processed pork fat and connective tissue and red food dye gets sold for $1.50.

1 in 8 Americans will eat pizza today, and most of that pizza will be mediocre yet people keep coming back. Pizza is the T-ball of retail food, so easy.

If they can't make a profit selling pizza then they SHOULD quit, but possibly this is all a play to get their rents reduced (or rolled back) and get other concessions from their vendors.

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Sbarro Inc. pizza chain closing 155 locations, mostly in mall food courts [View all] Redfairen Feb 2014 OP

Is there a list of places affected? Timez Squarez Feb 2014 #1

Always seemed pretty good as far as Mall Food goes. marble falls Feb 2014 #2

their pizza does not taste good at all, it almost has no taste to it JI7 Feb 2014 #3

wow you have bad taste in pizza wilt the stilt Feb 2014 #7

dominoes is better than papa johns and papa johns is better than sbarro, but they all suck JI7 Feb 2014 #9

And Dominoes is basically Kelvin Mace Feb 2014 #16

Nah benh57 Feb 2014 #21

I had it as airport food once and agree it's tasteless wordpix Feb 2014 #18

I've had it and it's not great pizza . . . brush Feb 2014 #24

Too bad. The one my family and I sometimes go to in Maine is fine. And it always seems pretty busy. RBInMaine Feb 2014 #35

Hard to believe what people outside New York... JackRiddler Feb 2014 #44

I think this might say more about the malls than about the pizza Maeve Feb 2014 #4

That, and the pizza market is totally saturated Brother Buzz Feb 2014 #20

True, but not at malls Renew Deal Feb 2014 #30

Sbarfo's is closing 155 stores!?!? DeSwiss Feb 2014 #5

The margin on pizza is 90%. Cheapest thing you can make KurtNYC Feb 2014 #32

Bingo.... sendero Feb 2014 #34

The one near me in Maine is fine. Actually quite good. May depend on location. RBInMaine Feb 2014 #36

The one near me in Maine is fine. Maybe some differences between locations. ??? RBInMaine Feb 2014 #38

They are the closest to NY Pizza in Florida HockeyMom Feb 2014 #6

Read post 24. Sbarro's is not close to typical NYC pizza. nt brush Feb 2014 #25

Born, raised, and spent 28 years in NYC HockeyMom Feb 2014 #42

I don't have to tell you brush Feb 2014 #43

No pizza is bad pizza* Inkfreak Feb 2014 #8

Too bad shenmue Feb 2014 #10

I was just debating on whether I should try Papa J's new.... Left Coast2020 Feb 2014 #11

Papa GOP John. I'll pass. TeamPooka Feb 2014 #15

I just had Papa John's Cheeseburger Pizza yeoman6987 Feb 2014 #19

Message auto-removed Name removed Feb 2014 #12

They just closed one in the busiest mall in Century City CA. What's their excuse for that one? nt TeamPooka Feb 2014 #13

I'm sorry to hear that, more jobs lost. Beacool Feb 2014 #14

sbarro v papa john v pizza hut Warren Stupidity Feb 2014 #17

Best to worst: 1. Sbarro, 2. Pizza Hut, 3. Papa John Renew Deal Feb 2014 #29

They are a franchised business too, so some small business people will be taking a bite. n/t DebJ Feb 2014 #22

their pizza was terrible anyway n/t JesterCS Feb 2014 #23

The one near me in Maine is fine. For some reason there may be differences between locations. ??? RBInMaine Feb 2014 #37

Mostly in mall food courts? liberal N proud Feb 2014 #26

There are some on the street in NYC Renew Deal Feb 2014 #28

When in New York, one should eat New York Pizza liberal N proud Feb 2014 #31

I agree Renew Deal Feb 2014 #39

That's sad Renew Deal Feb 2014 #27

This has everything to do with the destruction of the middle class Moliere Feb 2014 #33

Never heard of them. Sounds like that's a good thing JimDandy Feb 2014 #40

I like their spaghetti and meatballs mainer Feb 2014 #41

I saw one in Moscow in 2002. kwassa Feb 2014 #45

No Sharro Pizza for Texas? Loaded Liberal Dem Feb 2014 #46