CJ and his family have tolerated subpar service from a local Pizza Hut for years because of the convenience: this Pizza Hut is just a three-minute drive away from their house. Well, placing orders from this outlet should be convenient in theory, but his last delivery order was missing the ordered Que Papa potato bites, and somehow took much too long to show up, nearly everyone in the store claims to be a manager, and the delivery person took all of the cash CJ’s son handed him instead of giving some change. Yet the story actually gets worse from there. [More]
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Pizzeria Owner Arrested For Releasing Mice In Competing Shops
By 3.1.11
The owner of a Philadelphia-area pizzeria got served a slice of cold, hard justice yesterday when he was caught allegedly trying to release mice at two competing pizza shops. [More]
Domino's Burglar Leaves Trail Of Chips & Sauce Straight To His Door
By 2.28.11
The police in Ojai, CA, didn’t need David Caruso’s CSI skills, sunglasses, or witticisms to find the man who broke into the local Domino’s Pizza. [More]
Consumer Reports Devours 800 Slices Of Frozen Pizza So You Don't Have To
By 2.4.11
In addition to the millions of slices of pizza being delivered and picked up from pizzerias around the country on Super Bowl Sunday, plenty of football-watching folks will be tossing a frozen pie in to the oven. For those still wondering which frozen pizza to purchase, the labcoat-lovin’ testers at Consumer Reports recently pigged out on the stuff, with surprising results. [More]
DiGiorno’s Pizza And Cookies Combo Is Watershed Moment In American Obesity
By 1.26.11 — Updated: 8.5.14
DiGiorno is rolling out a new combo box that includes both frozen pizza and a batch of Toll House chocolate chip cookie dough. While you heat up your pizza, why not also make a side of cookies? The only thing this is missing is a side of lard dipping sauce. Yes, you would dip both products in it. [More]
If You Like Free Papa John's, Pray For The Super Bowl To Go Into Overtime
By 1.25.11
Some people (read: me) would say there’s little reason to watch this year’s Super Bowl due to the general lack of Eagles-ness. But for those who are fans of Papa John’s pizza, at least there’s the possibility of free pizza to give them a reason to check out the game. [More]
When Should You Warn Others Away From A Business?
By 1.13.11
Nathan wonders: if a company makes repeated errors, then attempts to make things right, should you still warn others against patronizing them? He tells Consumerist that a chain pizza place failed to apply his coupon on four separate orders. He failed to notice at the time, and the restaurant manager offered a refund and free pizza once he called them on it. But should he recommend the place to others? What would you do? [More]
Dedicated Domino's Driver Scales Icy Hill To Deliver Pizza
By 12.23.10
Some of you may remember the Domino’s driver who slogged through a couple feet of flood water while making his rounds. Well, here’s his cold-weather counterpart. [More]
Pizza Hut Receipt: "Careful This Gal Is A Bitch"
By 12.9.10
Apparently, at one Nebraska Pizza Hut, complaining about a botched order makes you a bitch. When one customer called to complain about her order, she received a credit for free pizza. That pizza arrived with a special message on the receipt: “CAREFUL THIS GAL IS A BITCH.” She chose not to eat the pizza that came with that message, afraid it had been tampered with.
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Pizza Store Robbers Need To Learn That 'Dough' Doesn't Always Mean Cash
By 11.23.10
Every day in this good country, masked robbers make off with sacks of dough (aka cash) from fast food joints and pizza places. But a would-be pizzeria thief in Staten Island has learned that sometimes dough just means dough. [More]
Domino's Booger Woman Gets Sentenced
By 11.22.10
On Friday the woman who narrated the Domino’s booger video that made national headlines plead guilty and received sentencing. [More]
Save $2 Per Pizza Hut Pizza By Avoiding Lingo
By 10.26.10
Pizza Hut charges $10 for large pizzas with three toppings or less, but ups the price to $12 for specialty pizzas. Josh checks in with the simple yet astute tip to avoid ordering a specialty by name, instead just getting the the three toppings to make the pizza qualify for a $10 order. [More]
KFC, McDonald's, Wendy's, Taco Bell And A&W Combine To Make The World's Worst Pizza
By 10.20.10
In June, we wrote about the Frankenburger, an experiment in which the Village Voice attempted to form a Voltron sandwich from the best bits of many fast food burgers. But the folks behind this video seem to be on the hunt for the most atrocious combination of fast foods — and they just might have succeeded. [More]
Pizza Place Employee Forces Customer To Undress, Beats With Pipe
By 10.18.10
A Dallas-area pizza parlor employee forced an elderly customer to undress and beat him with a pipe after he tried to pay for his $17.60 meal with someone else’s credit card. According to the police report, the worker did it because he was “sick and tired of this type of thing happening at his business.” [More]
Domino's, Where 5 Cheeses Just Aren't Enough
By 10.14.10
Fresh off revamping its image with deep discounts and an “okay, we kinda sucked there for a while” ad campaign, Domino’s Pizza has gotten back into the gimmick pizza biz with the announcement of its new Wisconsin 6 Cheese pie. [More]
Papa John's Deploys Anchovy Shrink Ray
By 10.1.10
Some people like to eat anchovies. Reader H., for example. While H. likes to eat anchovies, however, he’s deeply disappointed that Papa John’s charges enough for the little fishies to disappoint even Philip J. Fry. [More]
Papa John's Gives Me Free Pizza, Soda To Make Up For Closing Early
By 9.21.10
Mike’s late-night call to Papa John’s yielded no immediate cure for his munchies because the store had closed early. But due to a guilty employee and a screw-up the next day, the call yielded a bounty of free lunch. [More]
Fired Domino's Worker Torches Two Of Its Stores
By 9.14.10
A disgruntled ex-Domino’s Pizza employee was arrested after starting fires inside two of the chain’s stores. The blazes began when he came to the places after hours and lit piles of pizza boxes on fire. [More]
