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Tiggum posted:What, in the context of pizza, is white sauce?
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Tiggum posted:What, in the context of pizza, is white sauce? You have a sad life. Re: Pizza Hut's new menu, I haven't tried the weird drizzles but the ginger crust dust is actually pretty good. It's not a terrible idea to make them stand out from the crowd, unfortunately Americans want really plain and simple pizza so it probably won't work.
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Apr 2, 2015 16:17
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Nostradingus posted:You have a sad life. I must have a sad life too, because I have never heard of white sauce for pizza 
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Apr 2, 2015 16:37
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Rondette posted:I must have a sad life too, because I have never heard of white sauce for pizza It's definitely not what most people think of when they think pizza, yeah, but you should try it if you get a chance at place you think is decent. It can be quite tasty!
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Apr 2, 2015 16:57
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Their latest ad campaign got me to try Pizza Hut again for the first time in about five years, mainly because they made it cheap and I was curious to see if they pulled off something better than Domino's latest attempt to update their pizza. I haven't felt inclined at all to try any of the super-complex creations at all; I went with their garlic butter (I think?) crust and it was on the verge of being too salty, but it was pretty good for the price. I was curious about the pretzel crust, but everyone seemed to have the same opinion on it: too drat salty. They should've cut the number of crust options in half and not even bothered with the "signature" or whatever bullshit.
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Apr 2, 2015 19:32
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you idiots have made me crave pizza  not from pizza hut though. just to be clear on that.
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Apr 2, 2015 19:53
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If Pizza Hut only sold their breadsticks they would be my favorite chain in the world.
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Apr 2, 2015 20:42
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Henchman of Santa posted:If Pizza Hut only sold their breadsticks they would be my favorite chain in the world. yo those mini pizza huts in college food courts and taco bells do
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Apr 2, 2015 20:56
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Yeah, like any place that labels themselves as a "Pizza Hut Express" (you often also see them at Targets next to the Starbucks) sell the bread ala carte. I've never really had a complaint about Pizza Hut (though the new menu sounds like a total trainwreck, excepting maybe that spinach bacon pretzel one). But then, I live in SE Michigan, birthplace of BOTH Domino's and Little Caesar's, and frankly, over here Pizza Hut was always treated more as an dine-in place, with mildly higher scale food, so the prices don't really bother anyone. Kinda like going to Red Robin for a burger that costs twice as much as Burger King.
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Apr 2, 2015 21:05
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I think trying to launch an upscale artisan-style menu for a restaurant whose primary virtue is being able to deliver large quantities of grease-soaked bread for cheap is probably bad marketing.
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Apr 2, 2015 21:12
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Now I'm curious if restaurants test any big changes in a local market or two before sending it out into the world. That said, "New Coke" was apparently a hit in taste tests, but flopped when released nationwide.
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Apr 2, 2015 21:20
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SimplyCosmic posted:Now I'm curious if restaurants test any big changes in a local market or two before sending it out into the world. That said, "New Coke" was apparently a hit in taste tests, but flopped when released nationwide. I've seen McDonald's do this quite often actually when trying new or different sandwiches, such as the Big n Tasty or the Arch Deluxe.
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Apr 2, 2015 21:21
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Choco1980 posted:I've seen McDonald's do this quite often actually when trying new or different sandwiches, such as the Big n Tasty or the Arch Deluxe.
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Apr 2, 2015 21:32
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Choco1980 posted:Yeah, like any place that labels themselves as a "Pizza Hut Express" (you often also see them at Targets next to the Starbucks) sell the bread ala carte. I meant that they shouldn't sell pizza at all. I'm sure you can get just breadsticks and they just look at you funny. Also, sup Detroit-area goon. You forgot Hungry Howie's, which is actually good if less widespread.
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Apr 2, 2015 23:27
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Henchman of Santa posted:I meant that they shouldn't sell pizza at all. I'm sure you can get just breadsticks and they just look at you funny. Hungry Howie's is pretty drat good but the only place they have one near me in NW Indiana has the worst parking. We have JJ's, though, which isn't the same but is pretty good.
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Apr 3, 2015 00:46
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LITERALLY A BIRD posted:you idiots have made me crave pizza Don't ha'te on p'hut.
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Apr 3, 2015 00:53
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Henchman of Santa posted:I meant that they shouldn't sell pizza at all. I'm sure you can get just breadsticks and they just look at you funny. Sup. Yeah, there's lots of good pizza places here (though the best ones aren't chains, or are very small, like less than 10 total locations.) I find it funny that there's a "detroit style" crust for pizza, but those two big franchises that come from the detroit area don't offer it. (It's a thick, soft deep dish crust with a crispy edge to it.)
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Apr 3, 2015 01:09
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People think Hungry Howies is good? Around here (NE Ohio) it's the joke pizza that's barely below Dominos. Although there was an area pretty close to me that was excited to get Dominos so we may be broken.
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Apr 3, 2015 01:12
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SimplyCosmic posted:Now I'm curious if restaurants test any big changes in a local market or two before sending it out into the world. That said, "New Coke" was apparently a hit in taste tests, but flopped when released nationwide. That's because it suffers from the Pepsi problem in taste tests. It's sweeter so when you get handed two 3oz cups of soda and drink them down you'll probably rate the sweeter one higher which is why Pepsi always won the big Pepsi taste test thing they did. However when you are drinking a glass of soda with your meal the cloying sweetness has time to build up. New Coke was an attempt to copy Pepsi because they wanted to fight the preconception of Coke as being "old" but then they forgot about the silent majority of not-teenagers who didn't wan't a cool hip soda that was way more sugary, they just wanted their loving Coke to taste the same.
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Apr 3, 2015 01:40
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This thread made me buy a pizza. Thanks thread.  But at least it wasn't Pizza Hut. It's gotten pretty bad lately.
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Apr 3, 2015 01:58
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SimplyCosmic posted:Now I'm curious if restaurants test any big changes in a local market or two before sending it out into the world. That said, "New Coke" was apparently a hit in taste tests, but flopped when released nationwide.
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Apr 3, 2015 03:20
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Choco1980 posted:Sup. Yeah, there's lots of good pizza places here (though the best ones aren't chains, or are very small, like less than 10 total locations.) I find it funny that there's a "detroit style" crust for pizza, but those two big franchises that come from the detroit area don't offer it. (It's a thick, soft deep dish crust with a crispy edge to it.) It's all about Buddy's. And speaking of Sea World from earlier... they did a thing: quote:SeaWorld is hitting back at an ex-trainer turned critic, including releasing a private video showing him using the N-word while drunk. http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-seaworld-critic-20150401-story.html Full vid on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CZnT41Mur50
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Apr 3, 2015 03:47
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Len posted:People think Hungry Howies is good? Around here (NE Ohio) it's the joke pizza that's barely below Dominos. Hungry Howie's flavored crust is dope. The Cleveland area also has good food in general but the rural parts of NE Ohio are a wasteland. Although Wooster at least has Coccia House, but that doesn't deliver.
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Apr 3, 2015 03:51
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Jesus Christ, that's desperate.
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Apr 3, 2015 03:51
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Zero One posted:And speaking of Sea World from earlier... they did a thing: I'm not sure I've ever seen a company poison the well so explicitly outside of fiction TV.
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Apr 3, 2015 04:03
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Besesoth posted:I'm not sure I've ever seen a company poison the well so explicitly outside of fiction TV. We can only hope Seaworld goes full Scientology.
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Apr 3, 2015 04:07
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Zero One posted:It's all about Buddy's. Sounds like Seaworld is resorting to blackmail to keep their reputation. I wouldn't be surprised if that documentary is the downfall of Seaworld as a whole. Kind of interesting to see how much of an impact Netflix has in that respect
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Apr 3, 2015 04:23
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Henchman of Santa posted:Hungry Howie's flavored crust is dope. The Cleveland area also has good food in general but the rural parts of NE Ohio are a wasteland. Although Wooster at least has Coccia House, but that doesn't deliver. Ummmmm... Fellow NE Ohio goons.... I think you're forgetting about a little place called Luigi's in Akron. I'd drive a monster truck through my child's funeral procession for that pizza...
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Apr 3, 2015 04:56
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GPTribefan posted:Ummmmm... Fellow NE Ohio goons.... I think you're forgetting about a little place called Luigi's in Akron. I'd drive a monster truck through my child's funeral procession for that pizza... I have never eaten in Akron.
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Apr 3, 2015 05:27
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I didn't know Pizza Hut had regional pricing. Here it's my go-to drunk food - eleven bucks for a large with any toppings. That's the cheapest in town besides the hot-n-ready mess. We have some pretty great local pizza places but sometimes you're swimming in steak and just want a hotdog.
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Apr 3, 2015 08:26
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SimplyCosmic posted:Now I'm curious if restaurants test any big changes in a local market or two before sending it out into the world. That said, "New Coke" was apparently a hit in taste tests, but flopped when released nationwide. The thing about New Coke that gets forgotten sometimes is that the problem wasn't with the New Coke itself, but the fact it replaced regular Coke when nobody actually wanted a replacement for regular Coke.
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Apr 3, 2015 08:52
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ALL-PRO SEXMAN posted:The thing about New Coke that gets forgotten sometimes is that the problem wasn't with the New Coke itself, but the fact it replaced regular Coke when nobody actually wanted a replacement for regular Coke. So there have been things I've heard on that end, probably just weird conspiracy theories, that part of the reason for that was to replace the classic coke recipe of sugar for splenda. I've never actually looked at the numbers, but is there any validity to that?
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Apr 3, 2015 10:00
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Metal Ray Sunshine posted:So there have been things I've heard on that end, probably just weird conspiracy theories, that part of the reason for that was to replace the classic coke recipe of sugar for splenda. I've never actually looked at the numbers, but is there any validity to that? A coke CEO once said that anyone who assumes a conspiracy simultaneously gives them too much and too little credit. There was no gain to the risk they would have taken on new coke that they did. All that happened was cokes sales were flagging to Pepsi and they thought they'd change the recipe. Market research shows most people never even tried new coke. While it may have been awful (or not) the real reason was people were just upset at the audacity of changing an American classic (even though it had already been adjusted over the years many times, their downfall was making a big deal about it). That's all that went into it. RagnarokAngel has a new favorite as of 11:13 on Apr 3, 2015 |
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Apr 3, 2015 11:11
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Let's not forget that other pizza companies can be dumb too.
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Apr 3, 2015 11:20
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Zero One posted:It's all about Buddy's. Aside from mentioning how awful this is on all sides, I love things like this. When you're with us, say the N-word with reckless abandon, but don't ever go against us or else. I mean, a number of those "This Sorority Girl/Fraternity Guy's Racist E-mail" things usually only get released because someone is trying to hurt their reputation, not because they actually have a problem with the content or what the person said.
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Apr 3, 2015 14:31
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Question Mark Mound posted:Let's not forget that other pizza companies can be dumb too. I think I see Pepperoni, Mushrooms and Ham? Way to be a trailblazer Tim.
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Apr 3, 2015 16:25
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Tweet Me Balls posted:Barrista: Hello! How would xe like xis coffee today? Haha
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Apr 3, 2015 16:33
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RagnarokAngel posted:A coke CEO once said that anyone who assumes a conspiracy simultaneously gives them too much and too little credit. There was no gain to the risk they would have taken on new coke that they did. All that happened was cokes sales were flagging to Pepsi and they thought they'd change the recipe. Market research shows most people never even tried new coke. While it may have been awful (or not) the real reason was people were just upset at the audacity of changing an American classic (even though it had already been adjusted over the years many times, their downfall was making a big deal about it). That's all that went into it. When I worked at a grocery store I once had an old man yell at me because we weren't carrying the old 7-up anymore. All they did was change the labeling. People get really upset at changing the slightest things they like.
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Apr 3, 2015 17:00
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Metal Ray Sunshine posted:So there have been things I've heard on that end, probably just weird conspiracy theories, that part of the reason for that was to replace the classic coke recipe of sugar for splenda. I've never actually looked at the numbers, but is there any validity to that? Sugar to high fructose corn syrup, but yes, that was a prominent theory. Snopes has an excellent page on New Coke. Like the Edsel, it's classic story of corporate America completely misreading the American public.
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ALL-PRO SEXMAN posted:The thing about New Coke that gets forgotten sometimes is that the problem wasn't with the New Coke itself, but the fact it replaced regular Coke when nobody actually wanted a replacement for regular Coke. What's interesting is that Diet Coke still uses the new Coke formula because new Coke was based on it and people get really pissed every time they try and change Diet Coke.
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