New Domino's Pizza is better in my opinion...

It's been awhile since I posted something here. Since I do have some domino's pizza posts already, I figured I'd post my response to their new ingredients. You've seen the commercials right? They have changed the sauce, the cheese and even the bread.

Last night we ordered 2 medium 2 topping pizzas and an order of 10 chicken kickers with Ranch... each item was $5.99 for a total of $19.39 (pick up, not delivery). For the pizzas we did one with peperoni and pineapple... the second was bacon and mushrooms.

I was pleasantly surprised at the new style of domino's pizzas. I was already a fan of the old way, but the new ingredients made the pizza even better in my opinion. My favorite part is what they did with the crust... they seem to add extra butter around the crust and add some garlic bread type seasoning so it makes it like you are eating excellent garlic bread for the crust. Delicious!

Anyhow, I give it 9 stars out of 10... I even enjoyed it cold today for left overs.

Sneaky Domino's...

Just noticed that they conveniently show 2 or more toppings on their advertisement for 1-Topping pizzas... kind of sneaky if you ask me. That peperoni and pineapple pizza really made me hungry, but then I realized I couldn't order that with the 2XTUESDAY deal, since it's more than 1 topping. Thanks anyways Domino's.

Dominos Pizza online ordering impressed me today.

I've tried the whole online ordering of pizza before with different sites and not been that impressed...
My past experiences with this type of service has been sites that lack all the different options, and even seem to end up charging more than if I had bought it over the phone. Unbelievable right. Anyhow, I was looking up Dominos Pizza phone number online today and up popped a $5 off 1 large pizza if ordered online (I was going to go for the 3 mediums for $5.55 each and have left overs...) I decided to try the online order to see what the price would be... turned out to be $5.99 for 1 large. So that sounded great, and it would keep us from over eating. Then I found out you can earn points per $.01 spent ordering pizzas online at Dominos.. added bonus. And to top it all off they have this cool Pizza tracker which is accurate to 60 seconds.. even put the name of the person and time they put my pizza into the oven... pretty cool! Long story short, I recommend trying to order your next Dominos pizza online. I think you'll enjoy it!

Dominos 555 Deal verses 777 deal (Part 2 of 2)

Size of the 14 inch pizza (large) = pi * (7^2) = 153.93804 square inches
Size of the 12 inch pizza (medium) = pi * (6^2) = 113.097336 square inches.

153.93804 - 113.097336 = 40.840704 square inches less per pizza 555 deal compared to the 777 deal.

40.840704 * 3 = 122.522112 square inches total missing in the 555 deal verses the 777 deal.

If you take the amount missing from the 555 deal and divide by the total square inches in the 777 deal you get the following...
122.522112/461.81412 = 0.265306119
0.265306119 * 100% = 26.53% less pizza in the 555 deal verses the 777 deal.

$7 * 3 = $21
$5 * 3 = $15

It is $6 cheaper to get the 555 deal... so lets find out what percentage cheaper that is...
6/21 = 0.285714286
0.285714286 * 100% = 28.57%

So, the conclusion is the 555 deal cost 28.57% less than the 777 deal, but you only lose 26.53% of the pizza... therefore making the 555 deal a better deal, but not by much.

Just to hit it home... here is the price per square inch for each deal indicating the 555 deal gets you the most pizza for your money. Enjoy!
555 deal - $15 / 339.2920 sq. in. = 0.0442 ~ 4.4 cents per square inch
777 deal - $21 / 461.814 sq. in. = 0.0454 ~ 4.5 cents per square inch
444 deal - $12 / 235.6194 sq. in. = 0.0509 ~ 5.1 cents per square inch

**UPDATE**
I've been told that they actually charge $5.55 per pizza for the 555 and $7.77 for the 777... that would change the math a bit... see the following...

555 deal - $16.65 / 339.2920 sq. in. = 0.0442 ~ 4.907 cents per square inch
777 deal - $23.31 / 461.814 sq. in. = 0.0454 ~ 5.047 cents per square inch
444 deal - $12 / 235.6194 sq. in. = 0.0509 ~ 5.1 cents per square inch

It still leaves the 555 deal as the best option, with the 777 in second place, but the margins are not as big. Thanks!

(See Part 1 of 2 for more information)
Note: Delivery charge, Tip, and/or taxes have not been taken into account

Dominos 444 Deal verses 555 deal (Part 1 of 2)

The claim is that the new Domino's Pizza deal of 444 is a 'Recession-Buster' deal... lets find out...

The area of a pizza is calculated by 3.14 (pi) * radius squared...

Size of the 10 inch pizza = pi * (5^2) = 78.5398163 square inches

Size of the 12 inch pizza (medium) = pi * (6^2) = 113.097336 square inches.

So there are 34.5575197 square inches less per pizza in the 444 deal.
34.5575197 * 3 = 103.672559 square inches total missing in the 444 deal verses the 555 deal.

If you take the amount missing from the 444 deal and divide by the total square inches in the 555 deal you get the following...
103.672559 / 339.292008 = 0.305555559
0.305555559 * 100% = 30.555555559% less pizza in the 444 deal verses the 555 deal.

$5 * 3 = $15 for the 555 deal.
$4 * 3 = $12 for the 444 deal.

It is $3 cheaper to get the 444 deal... so lets find out what percentage cheaper that is...
3 / 15 = .2
.2 * 100% = It costs 20% less to get the 444 deal...

IT'S A SCAM! You pay 20% less for 30% less pizza! It's a better deal to do the 555 deal! They also have a 777 deal... I have not done the math on that one yet, but be looking for a later post to find out if it's a better deal than the 555 deal.

(See Part 2 of 2 for more information about the 777 deal and overall price per square inch)
Note: Delivery charge, Tip, and/or taxes have not been taken into account