{"title":"Some Pizzerias Are Shortchanging Customers With Smaller Pizzas","content":"
An investigation into pizza sizes reveals that some pizzerias are selling 28-inch pies while charging for 30-inch ones, turning a simple dinner order into a lesson in consumer trust.
My attention was recently drawn to an Instagram post advising people to measure their 30-inch pizza because certain pizzerias in town were lying and selling 28-inch pizza and charging for the price of a 30-inch pizza. The claim seemed almost too brazen to be true. After all, we are talking about a difference of two inches, not something you would casually overlook on a tape measure. But the post gained traction, and enough people chimed in with similar suspicions that it warranted a closer look. Further inquiry about this had to be done.
In order for me to investigate this claim and not believe in hearsay, I ordered a 30-inch pizza from one of their competitors and to my utmost surprise, the claim was true, as it was a 28-inch pizza as opposed to the 30-inch pizza I ordered and paid for. Two inches might not sound like much on paper, but consider the math. A circle's area is calculated using pi times the radius squared, so a 30-inch pizza gives you roughly 706 square inches of food. A 28-inch pizza yields about 615 square inches. That is a difference of over 90 square inches, which translates to roughly thirteen percent less pizza. Imagine paying full price for a meal and receiving thirteen percent less every single time. Over months and years of repeat orders, the shortfall adds up to real money taken straight from customers' wallets.
This further buttressed the claim that they have been lying to all of their customers and passing off a 28-inch pizza as a 30-inch pizza for years. How awful that certain pizzerias could be so comfortable at cheating people out of their hard-earned money and not getting the value for what they paid for. What makes this particularly frustrating is the sheer audacity involved. This is not a case of a topping being missed or a crust coming out a little overdone. It is a systematic decision to advertise one product and deliver another, hoping that nobody will ever pull out a measuring tape to verify.
Needless to say I ordered a 30-inch pizza from Napoli Pizzeria and I got exactly what I paid for, a 30-inch pizza. Not only that, to my shock they had a 36-inch pizza as well! Way to up their game. Disclaimer for their 36-inch is that you need double doors to accept delivery. The dough was perfect and the toppings were fresh. Well done Napoli Pizzeria. In an industry where shortcuts are temptingly easy, finding an establishment that respects its customers enough to deliver on its promises is refreshingly rare.
Below is the link to the initial post I saw that made me investigate this.
https://www.instagram.com/p/CCecagPh3rm/
Below is the link to Napoli Pizzeria website, a place where you can trust your order since 2005.
I don't mean to discredit particular pizza places but it is shameful and unfair that pizzerias would pass off a 28-inch pizza as a 30-inch because they don't have the boxes or tools for the 30-inch pizza. If your business model relies on quietly shortchanging every customer who walks through the door or places an order, the problem is not with supply costs or logistics. The problem is with the values guiding the business itself.
Conclusively, I will only be ordering from the place I can trust, Napoli Pizzeria, who care about their establishment, customers and quality of food. Not others who are looking to cheat their customers for a quick buck. Trust is the currency that keeps people coming back, and once a business breaks it, no amount of clever marketing can rebuild what was lost.
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