Following up on its coverage of the Cleveland Papa John's "Crybaby" debacle, the food humor blog So Good discovers that the chain's apologetic 23¢ pizza offer only applies to consenting adults. Ironically, the pizza chain is refusing to give out pizza to any actual crying babies. Don't be ageist, Papa John's; children are people, too.... More
That's a lotta dough: Papa John's passes $1 billion mark in online sales. Kind of amazing, really, especially considering that PJ's has the worst online ordering system of the big three. That's a seven-year total, and the chain announced the news yesterday. "In 2001, the chain's online sales totaled $20.4 million. Last year, its online sales approached $400 million."... More
The news: Some Cleveland Cavaliers fans are boycotting Papa John's because of a T-shirt circulated at the Cavs-Washington Wizards game on Friday night. Behind the news: The shirt had the word "crybaby" emblazoned above James's number, 23, and was distributed by a local Papa John's as a way to help fans distract James during Friday's game. "Crybaby" was a reference to James's waterworks and whining over being fouled excessively hard in a previous game. The shirt nonsense didn't get much play until John Eick from the blog So Good posted about it and had Cleveland fans rallying against the... More
As an oblivious English-speaking gringo, I'd never really thought about what you'd do as a Spanish-speaking pizza fiend. Well, Domino's thought about it and is now delivering en español. By dialing 888-DOMINOS, those who hablar the language can now reach an automated voice system that's probably as annoying in Spanish as these things are in English. I wouldn't know, as my high school-level español is pretty weak. That familiar doo-da-loo-doo-da-loo-doo-da-loo-doop sound that the system makes while "thinking," however, sounds the same in either language.... More
The Walk of Shame: Carrying a Crunchy Cheesy Crust pizza, a Stuffed Crust with pepperoni, and a Super Supreme Pan Pizza back to the office for taste-testing. Thought I'd share with you my experience trying to get three specialty pizzas from Pizza Hut yesterday for the chain pizza taste-off we did. Of the three major nationwide chains, Pizza Hut was the most difficult. It has almost no presence in New York City. And why should it? If you ran the place and knew there were vastly superior pizzas on almost every block of the Big Apple, why would you... More
With all the options available from the nationwide pizza chains, things can get a little confusing. More
I wish this AppleTV hack had screenshots or a video demo: 0.3.0 Brings in the much awaited Pizza on Demand (POD for short) This exciting feature will allow you to order pizza from Domino's and Papa John's directly from your AppleTV! Currently it is only possible to order one pizza with multiple toppings, this will change in the future as long as we can still develop plugins in AppleTV 2.0.Installation: Pizza on Demand has a few essential requirements before it can function properly. 1. WebKit (Choose install software from the POD menu and then webkit installer) 2. Safari 3.0.3 or... More
Pizza Hut now offering nationwide mobile ordering. If you're curious and dig the Hut, here's what you need to do: 1. Visit PizzaHut.com and create an account if you don't already have one. 2. Add your mobile phone number to your account. 3. Set up a Pizza Playlist to name and save your favorite order.Now, you're ready... just 2 quick steps to text your order.1. Enter the letter "O," followed by a space and the name of your Playlist choice (ex: O FAV). 2. Send to 749488 (749HUT). Now all three major nationwide pizza chains have some form of text... More
Unlimited = five toppings.... More
Heh. Had you there for a minute, eh? Because, given the Oreo Dessert Pizza, the Crispy Melt, and all that, this Thanksgiving Feast Pizza mocked up by The Onion is not entirely implausible.... More
