re: Why can't frozen pizzas have properly placed pepperonis?

It's frozen pizza, and like others have said, it's probably done with a machine, and I'd add frozen, shipped all over the country before it gets to you and thus the pepperonis have become a unit unto themselves.

Try Papa Murphy's next time. MUCH better pizza you can bake yourself and probably relative in price if you compared it by weight and toppings and better in freshness at the very least.