Note I did not buy any food for myself.

To head off questions:

  1. 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.

  2. She’s extremely picky and refused to let me order anything but pizza.

  3. 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.

  4. 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.

  5. 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.

  • walden@sub.wetshaving.socialEnglish
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    8 days ago

    Devil’s advocate:

    That’s $24.85 before tip. I don’t know how much tax was or if you tipped on top of tax.

    I was curious so went to their website for where I live. I live in a high/average cost of living place:

    Small Pizza w/2 toppings - $13.49
    Stuffed Cheesy Bread - $8.99
    2 sauces - $1.58
    20% tip - $4.81

    Total for me without tax would be $28.87. Add tax (call it 7%?) on the subtotal only (not the tip), and the total (including tip) is $30.55.

    Food - $24.06
    Tax - $1.68
    Tip - 4.81

    I guess the question is, is $13.50 expensive for a small pizza? A local joint near me charges $22 for a small with two toppings. The pizza is $14, and toppings are $4 each.

    A small pizza and a cheesy bread is a LOT of food for one person, so you could argue that even though you didn’t order food for yourself, you’ll be able to eat some leftovers, so that’s a plus.

    • Flying Squid@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
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      8 days ago

      You’re missing things- There’s the $3.49 delivery charge. There’s the fact that each sauce cost $0.75 when you could get at least one for free pre-COVID. Also pre-COVID, I could get this pizza for significantly below $10. There is no reason for it to have gotten this much more expensive in 10 years.

      Also, tax is on the image. It was $1.92.