re: Review - Mellow Mushroom Oak Street

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I've bartended and ran the books for two different local pizza places. I'm sure as hell not reading the silly banter, but would be glad to help answer questions regarding pricing.

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Oh

so Afro my main question is what are the food costs to make a standard 2-toppings pizza @ Domino's vs. Mellow Mushroom. educated guesses welcome.

I'm basing my $2 average price for a pie on the fact that dough = flour and water (flour is cheap .. water is free) .. sauce = tomatoes + water + spices (again, not expensive) .. toppings = meat and cheese .. that's the bulk of your cost but if you're buying smartly and from cheap a wholesale distributor it can't be very much per pie.

I'll hang up and listen

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Hell no, I would never associate myself with high end hipsters.

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So you take your pho to go?

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Oh

so Afro my main question is what are the food costs to make a standard 2-toppings pizza @ Domino's vs. Mellow Mushroom. educated guesses welcome.

I'm basing my $2 average price for a pie on the fact that dough = flour and water (flour is cheap .. water is free) .. sauce = tomatoes + water + spices (again, not expensive) .. toppings = meat and cheese .. that's the bulk of your cost but if you're buying smartly and from cheap a wholesale distributor it can't be very much per pie.

I'll hang up and listen

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Nice to see that you still haven't figured out that this is not what the issue was about. Good job.

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Whoa! Now you're saying just "food" costs? The cost of pizza is not just food cost. Seems like back-peddling here.

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Nah, I actually clarified that on page 4

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So Rohan, do you eat pizza at all? Do you think that a "high end" pizza place that sells a pizza for the same price point as MM has that much costlier ingredients?

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Nah, I actually clarified that on page 4

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Then what is your point? No one, at the very least certainly not me, argued that pizzas were not very cheap to make.

You're just trying to look like you were right.

Quick question. Is it worth my time to read this thread? TIA

Doubt it. No reason for this to be 11 pages. Never fails. Start a thread on some chain and it will explode. Sigh.

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Not to mention he is completely fixated on the cost now, like that was the issue at hand.

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He does this in every single argument on this board.

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So Rohan, do you eat pizza at all?

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yeah probably once or twice a month.

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Do you think that a "high end" pizza place that sells a pizza for the same price point as MM has that much costlier ingredients?

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Not more costly enough to warrant the subsequent increase in cost of the pizza to the consumer. At least not based on ingredients alone. But I understand they have to factor in rent, utilities, staff, etc. to the upcharge. That's all fine and dandy, that's the cost of doing business. What I'm saying is that the higher quality ingredients still don't result in a final product that is worth what they unfortunately have to charge to turn the profit they want .. at least not to me. I can get a better pizza for cheaper at other places.