How Much Would You Say It Cost to Make a $5 Domino's Pizza?

AlienC on 23/01/2017 - 21:45

So i am looking at my go to cheapest dinner option besides pasta / two minute noodles / cheese and bread and jalapenos and olives etc and was wondering.. How much do you reckon does it cost to make a $5 dominos pizza?

I usually order spicy veg / pepperoni or simply cheese but even also looking at the others i would say maybe $3 max? So i pay $2 for labour packaging and everything else is that right?

I know a garlic bread can go as cheap as $2 from woolies or coles maybe even lesser if there is some super special also tastes nicer better sometimes because its "fresher" when you eat it and not dried out by the time you get home or whatever.

Drinks are definitely a rip off like 2-4x more expensive than supermarket counter parts..

Some of the even more expensive pizzas are alright when on special but still definitely paying anger from $4 to $10 more if you just make it yourself.

So i was wondering ozbargain how much do you reckon it costs to make dominos cheapest pizzas? I am a terrible cook but if it will save me hundreds of dollars if not thousands of dollars over my lifetime maybe i should give it a shot and learn to make my own pizza.. I have tasted plenty of home made pizza..some good some bad all different imo compared to fast food.. actually the best pizza i ever had or tasted was in asia from a fast food place i was amazed at how good it was compared to some home grown italian restaurants and otherwise.. Everybody is different i suppose ymmv

TL;DR cheapest pizza in australia / how much to make it?

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  • tonyjzx on 24/01/2017 - 12:57

    All I know is that it costs more than $5.

    Once you add in the cost of the box, employees, store fitout, rent, electricity, franchise fees.

    The only thing is that when they use the coupons they get reimbursement from HQ but yeah… like many things these places survive by people buying at full cost.

    The coupons are just to get cashflow and the chance that the customer tags alone a drink or full priced garlic bread etc.

  • Ken1977 on 24/01/2017 - 14:40

    There was a time when our local pizza hut owner was complaining as it cost him $3 every time he made a pizza due to a phone line problems and pizza hut charging him for every call they made to his mobile.

  • Jakjakjak on 24/01/2017 - 17:22

    Just the cheese would cost you nearly $5.

  • johninmelb on 24/01/2017 - 18:08
    +3

    I was told many years ago that the metric in the hospitality industry was that the actual food could be no more than 10% of the selling price.

    I have no idea if that is still a useful metric. Wages, rent etc are the most expensive overheads in a restaurant.

    On that basis, it should cost Dominoes no more than 50 cents in ingredients for a $5 pizza.

    My partner makes our pizzas from scratch, they are way better than any bought one I have ever tasted, and are very filling.

    Finally, many of the meals I produce here from scratch, rarely cost more than $1.50 a serve tops. For example, last week I got a bulk tray of 24 sausages from Woolies for $3.00 in the markdowns. I can produce 12 serves of various meals like curried sausages, sausage casserole etc, from that for about 50-60 cents a serve including veges, rice, spices, etc etc. We make bulk meals and freeze, so we can eat them over a period of time. That way you don't eat the same thing over and over.

    I cannot understand how anyone who is short of money can think a $5 pizza is a cheap meal. One of my $1 meals would give you more food, and be way more healthy.

    • AlienC on 24/01/2017 - 18:28

      Damn i wish i had caught those deals.. Never seen sausage that cheap. When does your local supermarket do the markdowns?

      • johninmelb on 24/01/2017 - 20:16

        It is hard to predict when they will do markdowns. They used to do them around 9.30am most days, but a lot of people cottoned on to that, and were waiting around for the staff to come and do it. It is usually sometime during the morning when they do the restocking and marking down. Sometimes they will do another mark down during the afternoon I've noticed.

        With Aldi, you need to be there at 8.30am door open, to get the marked down bread, meat etc.

        I also occasionally get some mark downs, or good specials at Tasman Meats.

        I don't always get that lucky. But when I do, and I have freezer space, I stock up on whatever I can get that I know I can turn into meals. Being a pretty good cook, and having the creative ability to make meals out of the things I can get helps. Being able to create super cheap meals means that you have enough money left in the budget to have some occasional luxuries.

      • born2reign on 25/01/2017 - 09:34
        +1

        You've obviously never been to Roxy's nightclub in Parramatta, Sydney

        Sausage fest full of cheap habib's groping women left, right and center.

      • mskeggs on 25/01/2017 - 11:38

        I have 2 local woolies and a coles. (plus a coles I visit near work).
        Woolies is much, much more aggressive in markdowns, typically dropping 20% when use-by in 2 days, and 50% off when use-by is next day/today. This isn't an exact rule, as sometimes you will see use-by tomorrow that hasn't had the 2nd mark-down to 50% off.

        Coles on the other hand rarely does better than 20% mark down.

        I also see that one woolies is very diligent about markdowns, reliably generating discount meat nearly every day, the other is a bit more hit and miss.
        My guess is the hit & miss store has better stock control, choosing to run out of some items on occasion rather than over-stocking.

        Mid morning seems to be the best time to go, but it seems to vary by several hours depending who is doing that role on the day.
        The best is when I get marked down fruit and veggies (early in the morning) and marked down meat to make the whole meal on the cheap!

    • NickosFoivos on 25/01/2017 - 12:13
      +1

      Mate, you are a great cheapskate. No kidding!!!

  • lostn on 24/01/2017 - 22:02

    For you to make it yourself, would cost more than that. You don't have their equipment or do their volume. They'd make it significantly cheaper though, because they have to make a profit on it and pay for overheads.

    Couldn't give you an exact figure, sorry.

  • OzzyOzbourne on 24/01/2017 - 22:15

    $4.99

  • Jolakot on 24/01/2017 - 22:28

    You can get them for $3.33 all made and ready to be put in the oven at woolies, less if they're close to expiry. I quite like the Hawaiian and meat lovers.

    • AlienC on 24/01/2017 - 22:50

      Link?

      • Jolakot on 25/01/2017 - 10:35

        https://www.woolworths.com.au/Shop/Browse/eggs-dairy-fridge/… scroll to D for the others.

        Meat lovers, supreme, pepperoni, Hawaiian and cheese in some stores. Pepperoni is probably the worst, granted people I feed it to tend to like it, so maybe that's just me.

        Each one will run you about 1000kj/100g, it's a great diet food if you're like me and only need one giant meal a day as eating the entire thing will keep you from any form of snacking, with some room left over for breakfast cereal/fruit and dessert.

        3 for $9.99, usually $4.50 but they have been on that special for as long as I've been buying them.

  • ozeebee on 25/01/2017 - 00:49
    +1

    You should check out what Dominos or Pizza Hut charge here in the UK. At a minimum, the smallest pizza they sell is £14-£15 each. Pre-Brexit, that meant $30 per pizza!

    I miss the cheap Dominos days…

    • voteoften on 14/02/2017 - 04:59

      Yes, my daughter went to London and they had a 2for 1 Dominos voucher and it was still $40aud for two crappy pies.

  • afoveht on 25/01/2017 - 02:05

    Tip: most breadmaker appliances I've seen can make pizza dough. So simple and great dough too. Set it up for dough ready when you come home. Make sauce in larger batches when tinned tomatoes / passata is on special and then freeze and defrost as required. With a bit of a system in place you can get a pizza together in no time.

  • DiscoJango on 25/01/2017 - 08:57

    to to the butcher and just get raw meat which is cheaper than seasoned or cooked meat. eg: coles has chicken pieces for $5 for 1kg

    1kg of chicken is quite a bit!

    • John Kimble on 25/01/2017 - 09:12

      1kg of chicken is quite a bit!

      Haha, for sure, that'll last what, 10-20 pizzas?

    • strikerzebra on 02/02/2017 - 17:41

      What sort of chicken pieces ?

  • Gronk on 25/01/2017 - 09:14
    +2

    Making your own pizza is easy, but a bit messy because you need space and a fair bit of flour to roll your dough onto trays.

    In my experience making your own pizza at home isn't much cheaper, but it's definitely better quality, totally worthwhile.

  • [Deactivated] on 25/01/2017 - 09:47
    +2

    A few months ago I ordered Ham & Cheese for kids from Dominos, that was the last time I had Dominos (or any takeaway pizza). There was one or two small pieces of ham per slice. Kids didn't like the pizza and had to throw it in a bin.

    Since then, I have learned to make pizza from scratch. Kids love it, especially if they get to make their own pizzas. Tastes much better than Dominos too.

    So yeah, give it a shot. Totally worth it.

    • John Kimble on 25/01/2017 - 10:14

      I doubt very much the OP has kids.

      • [Deactivated] on 25/01/2017 - 10:18

        That seems to be the case, however, in my case the taste test was done by kids and the fact they liked it, is a proof that home cooked pizza is better than dominos.

        • [Deactivated] on 25/01/2017 - 12:18
          +1

          Someone's jealous because of any of the following reasons:

          • Don't have an oven.
          • Don't know how to cook.
          • Too lazy to cook.
          • Loves eating crap.
          • Scared to clean the kitchen.
        • Hirolol on 25/01/2017 - 19:29

          @ms:
          maybe they are hating because you spoke bad about pizza.

        • [Deactivated] on 25/01/2017 - 22:58

          @Hirolol:

          I think you are right.

      • itajac on 25/01/2017 - 13:45

        Lol! My kids love Dr.Oetker pizza , only buy them when on special <$5( bolognese, hawaiian and the cheese one with the pesto).Depends on how you've brought them up, I guess.

        • [Deactivated] on 25/01/2017 - 13:54

          My kids love Dr. Oetker pizza as well, however, as you mentioned, buy it when it's on special. This home cooked pizza is a new thing that I have started.

  • peterpeterpumpkin on 25/01/2017 - 10:44
    +2

    Nobody knows how Australia can be one of the most expensive places in the world for almost everything yet still offer some of the cheapest Dominoes in the developed world.

    I asked the 15 year old manager-on-duty if he had any idea but he couldn't understand my question and mumbled something about Pokemon.

    • ronnknee on 25/01/2017 - 16:03

      Adding on that, Pizza Hut is a treat in Asia. It costs an equivalent of $20 for a meal.

      However, the remark about the 15 year old and Pokemon wasn't necessary.

    • AlienC on 25/01/2017 - 23:55

      I know it is weird right..? When i was travelling overseas to visit relatives all the fast food places were priced like luxury restaurants and all the luxury restaurants and food court meals were priced like super cheap fast food it was weird

  • NickosFoivos on 25/01/2017 - 12:10

    Being very careful with my food, it is a wonder to me people eat pizza like dominos. Tastes like sh!t. But is freaking cheap.

    When i make pizza, I spend lots of money. No doubt. If I bought a 5 dollar pizza, that would have been a way cheaper option.

    I still prefer to make my own quality pizza. Tastes nicer, has better ingredients and is healthier.

  • plmko on 25/01/2017 - 14:48

    Cheap food for me is pretty much a rice cooker, some sort of stock (Kim chi soup wholly recommend) and rice. Whack on an egg and it's done.

    • scrimshaw on 25/01/2017 - 16:01
      +2

      I suggest throwing in some pickled Korean vegetables and turning it into a Bibimbap

      Get sum Fiber

    • AlienC on 25/01/2017 - 23:52

      Oh man special fried rice with egg is the bomb man.. I could eat that shit for days..

  • Architectonic on 25/01/2017 - 16:27

    The ingredients cost is likely less than $1/pizza (for the "value range"). Then the costs of labor, the storefront, the cut that Dominos Corp take etc. All up is is probably around $3 for the value range pizza these days (given scale of economy).

  • IMBI3 on 25/01/2017 - 16:41

    COGS 35% would be on the ballpark

  • 4agte on 25/01/2017 - 19:04
    +1

    I used manage a Pizza Hut store and pizzas cost anywhere from approx $2 to $4. That's is just ingredients. This was 15 years ago so those prices would have risen.

    Vouchers are designed to get someone into store to buy extra and hopefully return as a full paying customer

  • Randxyz123 on 25/01/2017 - 19:24
    +1

    If you are looking to save money make your own pizza.

    Pizza dough is easy as hell to make.

    Buy fresh ham, grated mozzarella cheese and some decent tomato paste. If you have tomatoes in your fridge that you didn't use that week then you can make your own fresh tomato sauce.

    Ingredients are probably around $15-20 but it'll make several meals and it will be SO Much nicer than dominos which is shit.

    • John Kimble on 25/01/2017 - 19:32

      Buy fresh ham

      What is "fresh ham"?

      grated mozzarella cheese

      Grated?! Who do you think we are? Millionaires?

  • Sinful on 25/01/2017 - 20:48

    $6 a day for 3 meals, if you want to eat on the cheap.

    https://diy.soylent.com/recipes/australian-soylent-10-improv…

    • scrimshaw on 25/01/2017 - 21:14

      Have you tried that? I'm genuinely curious as to whether it can fully replace your meals or if you should only use it as a meal supplement.

      • Sinful on 26/01/2017 - 10:34

        Ate it for a year and a half…. had regular dinners once or twice a week for the fun of it.

        Thought I would get sick of the same taste every day, but it was weird, it always tasted great.

        Felt full for hours with an empty stomach, then instantly at around the same time, I would feel really hungry.

        has floating lecithin in it, so if you think of it like a KFC crusher and shake it as you drink it, it will taste fine.

        Stopped taking it after a year and a half cause I was living with family and eating regular food again.

  • Question on 25/01/2017 - 21:30
    +1

    In my experience every home made or even caterer made pizza (made by caterers for some kind of event or cafeteria thing) has been a dissapointment. The base is usually not thick enough and the pizza usually ends up being too hard. They also skimp out on cheese.

    Dominos makes pizza that has a decent base and the cheese is melted, which is better than every non-pizza place I have tried.

    I've also tried pizzahut and eagle's boys, but they skimp out on cheese so their pizzas taste horrible.

    • AlienC on 25/01/2017 - 23:36

      I know what you mean bro. It is like too much of this or too little of that. From my experience the best pizzas have always been the ones with lots of cheese and heavily deep fried or oiled greased..toppings are great too but some people like some weird toppings man or like stuff that would go better in a pasta than a pizza hmm i dunno man

  • grabngo on 25/01/2017 - 21:46
    +1

    recently spoke to a pizza shop owner.
    he makes a gross of 35%
    hope this helps

  • [Deactivated] on 25/01/2017 - 22:11
    +1

    To make quick, cheap and tasty pizzas we use the $1.37 lebanese bread (wholemeal tastes best) from coles, a jar of 5 brothers 5 cheeses sauce and the topping we want. Buy yourself a mandolin and you will have everything chopped up in no time. This method is as quick and low fuss/mess as buying Dominos anyway. (I like thin'n'çrispy base - that's why this works for me)

    • AlienC on 25/01/2017 - 23:38

      Do you microwave it / nuke it? Or put in a pan or oven? Never tried the 5 brothers 5 cheeses sauce but it sounds amazing. I am fine with using a knife for now maybe imho i dont know why but from my limited experience it means easier and less clean up tbh also less stuff to put into care and storage.. But maybe i should give it a try. Hmm we will see

      • lyl-Lychee on 26/01/2017 - 00:03
        +1

        Put in a pre-heated 200 deg oven for 10-15mins.

        • [Deactivated] on 26/01/2017 - 06:08

          This ^ - cook that pizza in a nice hot oven til the cheese bubbles, I hate it when someone takes the pizza out and the cheese is only melty not bubbly. It only takes 10-15 (I go more toward 15mins for melty goodness).

          Edit: Final and most important tip: Cheese goes on the bottom! Just above the pizza sauce. You can spronkle a little on top to act as glue, but the main bulk goes on the bottom, it stops your ingredients steaming under a lid of cheese.

    • lyl-Lychee on 25/01/2017 - 23:54

      Yep I do 'pita bread' pizza as well :).

      To get the bread even more crispy, first brush it with some olive oil, then chuck it in a preheated over (or even on the fry pan) for a couple of minutes. Remove, then add toppings, then throw back in the oven.

  • [Deactivated] on 25/01/2017 - 22:55

    Mission pizza bases 2pk: $3.99r/$2.59s
    Woolworths pizza sauce 415g: $2.99
    Coles cheese pizza blend 700g: $7r

    For one:
    Pizza bass: $2r/$1.30s
    Pizza sauce (70g): $0.50
    Cheese (50g): $0.50

    Total: $3r/$2.30s + toppings

    R = retail
    S = special

    Note you can get 3 ready to cook pizzas for $9.99 at Woolworths currently. These are your best option I believe. You in theory could go cheaper by purchasing the above and making them yourself with 50-100g of pepperoni, but the time and effort isn't worth the $0.20 imo.

    • AlienC on 25/01/2017 - 23:39
      +1

      pizza bass

      Do you like to slappa da bass mon?

      Sorry i couldnt resist

      • [Deactivated] on 26/01/2017 - 06:10

        I like to catcha tha Feebas its a Poke-mon.

  • lyl-Lychee on 25/01/2017 - 23:46

    Op, I know your end goal is to save money, but can't help asking whether you'd invest between $50 - $200 on a pizza maker appliance?

    Overall I believe it'd be worth it for a crispy base, which you can't really get from a home oven (unless you have a giant professional brick oven at home like in the Domino's stores).

    Something like the breville BPZ600SIL? Or a cheaper brand.

    If I were you I'd wait til another 20% off on an ebay store deal pops up.

    • AlienC on 25/01/2017 - 23:49

      Not a huge huge fan of the crispy base.. I mean i will eat it over a gluten free base (now that was a wasted experience for me haha lol) but that is not saying much.

      I like deep pan or puff n pastry aka rotti pizzas mmm yum.. Thick crust is ok too just not too thick and it has to be well cooked or seasoned like a garlic bread greased up in butter mmm yeah

      • lyl-Lychee on 26/01/2017 - 00:02

        Oh I see. Well you can use the same appliances to well cook deep pan bases as well.

        Someone mentioned above but making your own pizza dough is actually pretty straight forward. Just mix and kneed about 4 ingredients together, put in a bowl to inflate, then can cut up chunks and leave in the freezer for ages until you want to cook it :)

        • AlienC on 26/01/2017 - 00:05

          Definitely.. Had some home cooked pizzas over the early holiday period and it was great and tasted like the bomb.. I have even got two pizza oven trays for use now.. Clean up was a bit messy but the end results was well worth it.

  • AlienC on 26/01/2017 - 00:06

    Next question (adventure for next month) haha lol: how to make special fried rice and mapo tofu

    • [Deactivated] on 26/01/2017 - 06:13
      +1

      Number one tip for fried rice, cook the rice the day before and fridge uncovered. Fridges draw out moisture when they cool things, so this dries up your already cooked rice so it does not break up when cooking fried rice.

      • AlienC on 26/01/2017 - 11:33

        When you say break up you mean like melt? Or what

        • [Deactivated] on 26/01/2017 - 11:58
          +1

          when the rice is freshly cooked, it tends to break into smooshy bits when you try to fry it.

        • AlienC on 26/01/2017 - 13:12

          @stormii: oooh i am fine with that..i prefer the smushy bits to day old rice..like pizza rice can taste pretty bad after a few days..but my main concern was it exploding or catching fire in the pan since hot oil and water don't play nice

        • scrimshaw on 26/01/2017 - 14:38
          +1

          smushed up rice is difficult to stir through on the frypan, you will end up something like dried up risotto instead of fried rice.

    • belongsinforums on 27/01/2017 - 23:19

      Fried rice needs a crapload of soy sauce and oyster sauce. Ez with frozen peas, bacon etc. Cook egg first omelette style, then chop up. Cook high heat using a wok for only a few minutes max.

    • belongsinforums on 27/01/2017 - 23:21

      Mapo tofu - just buy$1 sauce sachet, add water to cubed tofu, and bring to boil. Can add pork mince.

  • FatBlanket on 26/01/2017 - 08:21
    +2

    Whenever I make my own pizza I realise just how little toppings are on take away pizza. There's like less than half a mushroom and maybe a fifth of an onion …

  • supnigs super skids on 26/01/2017 - 11:59

    anchovies are super expensive! i bet it they would propably just break even with $5 a pizza. if the pizza contains anchovies, they may even make a loss

  • razorack999 on 26/01/2017 - 13:43

    Do any of you pizza aficionados have a recipe that you would care to share for making the pizza base? I read about one guy in NYC who swore his bases were the best- lost the recipe though.

    • John Kimble on 26/01/2017 - 17:57

      There's one that uses greek yogurt that is quick and easy my wife uses. I'm sure it's easy enough to google.

      • [Deactivated] on 30/01/2017 - 16:49

        If it is the same one I use sometime it is 50/50 yoghurt and flour with a pinch of salt, then add flour til the consistency you want (flour is not consistent, it will absorb moisture at to different degrees depending on many factors). Let it rest for an hour and use. It does not fluff up like a yeast or baking soda crust, for that I use a Foccacia dough, nice and fluffy.

  • lordezekiel on 26/01/2017 - 21:27
    +1

    Get some slices of white bread, cover with tomato sauce, layer on slices of cheese, microwave for 1-2 minutes.
    Perfection.
    Tastes better than most pizzas and is likely about as healthy.
    Probably cost you like 15 cents a piece/"slice".

    • niknah on 27/01/2017 - 13:44
      +1

      I do crackers with only cheese and some Italian spices on top. Microwave for 1min. No tomatos, just like pizzas in Italy.

  • beyondtool on 27/01/2017 - 01:53

    I used to make pizzas with Turkish bread cut in half. If you put the effort into making a decent pizza sauce it's an awesome meal and basic to do and cheap. I've moved into tacos, an excellent high calorie sustaining food that's very healthy if you use soft tortilla and lots of salad and beans.

  • MrGareth on 27/01/2017 - 09:40
    +2

    I'm cheap so my favourite pizza is the $5 pepperoni, deep pan with added garlic sauce and oregano. They let you add those two extra toppings for free :)

    One of those is enough for dinner, the next day's breakfast and lunch for me.

    Best way to reheat it - microwave it heat it up (makes it soggy), then fry it in a pan to crisp the bottom.

  • tsunamisurfer on 27/01/2017 - 12:57

    $5 for a pizza should be making the owner money, but its not because the price of labour in this country is so high. The minimum wage in Australia has to be pegged back to enable businesses to be more competitive.

    • [Deactivated] on 27/01/2017 - 20:14

      absolutely true.
      Domino's franchisees would be making next to nothing unless they're in a seriously remote location.
      I wonder if they have a different award like Maccas or KFC?

      Businesses in this country exist to:
      First pay taxes
      second pay wages (which earn more taxes for the gov)
      lastly make a measeley profit.

  • Hahuh on 27/01/2017 - 19:42

    They dont pay the exuberant prices like we do at the supermarkets

  • [Deactivated] on 27/01/2017 - 20:12

    You may save hundreds of dollars in the short term but your health and 'productivity' as a human will slip.
    You should grow and eat your own veggies with eggs if you want healthy and very cheap.
    Boiling water, and oven, a microwave, veggies and eggs is probably a good place to start.

  • goodbuy on 27/01/2017 - 22:50
    +1

    learn to cook proper food you lazy ass, then go hit up the fruit and veg market every weekend for real bargain eating

    • AlienC on 27/01/2017 - 23:04

      What's your recommendation?

      • goodbuy on 28/01/2017 - 00:02

        go buy a giant bag of flour, watch some youtube on how to make bread (or if you are asian go buy a giant bag of rice and a rice cooker)

        watch some more youtube on how to cook things, buy only groceries without GST (unprocessed stuff), cook in big batches

        • AlienC on 28/01/2017 - 01:08

          Can you get any more specifc? Preferably a beginners guide or noobie entry level

        • [Deactivated] on 30/01/2017 - 16:50

          @AlienC: Screw that, go keto - eat bacon erry day!

  • belongsinforums on 27/01/2017 - 23:14

    Every time I see this post,I feel like dominos

  • Mx2 on 28/01/2017 - 10:22

    I'd rather buy from a local independent store than a chain that imports cheese frozen from the across the world http://www.ausfoodnews.com.au/2010/10/20/dominos-slashes-the…

    As one that likes pipeapple on my pizza, I'd rather have Aussie pineapple too. Fairly sure their pineapple is imported from Thailand or the Philippines.

    On the plus side, full credit to them from finally removing FISH products from their bacon and BBQ sauce products.

    Old allergins https://www.dominos.com.au/media/89129/aus1912-allergen-broc…

    New As of this month https://www.dominos.com.au/media/90061/aus2260-ingredient-in…

    Although their prawn pizzas don't contain fish now? I guess prawns (seafood) are not technially fish. I might just give them a miss anyway - who knows whats in their imported products anyway? I am sure they are not using Aussie prawns, as most prawns sold here are imported (possible exception is green prawns which are commerically farmed here).

    Often wondered too. Chicken breast at Coles/Woolworths/Aldi is $8.69 to $9.00 a kilo when buying a min of 1kg. For beef, minced beef starts at $7 kg, decent steak starts at $25kg. Yet Domino's charge $2.95 EXTRA for about what 100gm of Chicken? So thats about $29.95 EXTRA for chicken. Makes me wonder how bad the beef must be to charge such a premium over chicken which is now one of the best priced QUALITY meats in a supermarket.

    I'd estimate that a Value Range pizza costs around $2 for the ingredients to make. They make a SMALL amount of money off a sale like this. But add an extra topping (like onion) and you pay $2 for what would cost them 5-10c for the topping. Plus because these cheap pizas TYPICALLY have to be ordered on line, it saves a FORTUNE in store wage costs. Most phone orders take at least 90 seconds to process an order - and could take 5 mins for a new customer. As a previous poster has said, making the pizza itself can be done in less than 30 seconds. Independent pizza stores have FAR less volume so the cost per customer to process an order is HEAPS higher. This is especially so because you need to make human contact to place an order.

    Also, selling pizza's for $5 has been a VERY successful long term strategy in killing off competition. Pizza Haven have gone. Eagle Boys and Pizza Hut franchisees argue amongst themselves as they struggle to stay in business. Maybe the new owners of the master franchise might focus on the customer a little more. Each sale gives Dominos better economies of sale, while making it harder for their competitors to bargain with suppliers as they lose market share and then become less important to own their suppliers.

    But hey OP, $5 is pretty cheap. Even if over the many years their pizzas have shunk from 14 inches, to 13 inches, to 12.5 inches, to 12 inches to now 11 inches for a "large" pizza. Has to be the best way to get saturated fat into your body for the lowest $. If thats whats important to you and your only consideration, you really cannot go wrong. Even a plain Whopper costs $6.20 now on its own at my local HJ's!

    Disclaimer - former employee over 10 years ago with no association in this time. Have maintained an active interest though from afar. Not employed in this industry since leaving.

    • Baysew on 28/01/2017 - 10:48
      +1

      TL;DR

      I'd estimate that a Value Range pizza costs around $2 for the ingredients to make

    • ggkfc on 28/01/2017 - 11:00

      i prefer buying whichever pizza is cheaper and equivalent in quality. when have local companies done any thing for locals other than fill their shareholder wallets?

      • Mx2 on 28/01/2017 - 13:24

        Domino's shareholders are sharemarket darlings. http://www.fool.com.au/2017/01/27/is-dominos-pizza-enterpris…

        Those wallets must be buldging!!! 1500% return in ten years.

        FYI - Dominos IS a local Australian Company. My local independent stores are sole traders, not companies. Dunno how they are doing.

  • chumbucket on 28/01/2017 - 11:34

    http://www.smh.com.au/business/retail/wage-fraud-pizza-hut-h…

    "The FWO said of 26 completed audits of Pizza Hut stores, only two franchisees were doing the right thing."

  • Oofy Doofy on 03/02/2017 - 12:50

    Chances are they are making around 30% margin, at worst, on even the cheapest pizza.

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