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How 'bout those little things they put in the middle of pizzas to stop them from getting crushed? Too bad I'm not a journalist, because that would make for an a

by drcode 10y ago

How 'bout those little things they put in the middle of pizzas to stop them from getting crushed? Too bad I'm not a journalist, because that would make for an awesome story. /s

noarchy 10y ago
Where I live (in Canada) they tend to use balls of dough in the middle of the pizza to get the same effect, instead of the piece of plastic I've seen elsewhere.
- djrogers 10y ago
  Where in Canada? Turns out it's a pretty big country ;-) I grew up in the Vancouver area and never saw dough balls. [1] comments like this are a bit of a peeve of mine as they contribute to the global mental picture of Canada as one homogeneous biosphere instead of a huge land mass with many different cultures and environments. Ever heard this one - "Oh, you're from Canada? My brother in law is from Canada; Jake Unrau - ever met him?"
  - ChoGGi 10y ago
    I'ved lived in Toronto and Calgary, never seen any balls of dough (visited out East, no balls that I remember). Always those little plastic things or naught.
  - noarchy 10y ago
    Apologies, I had meant to include my area in my original post. I'm in the Ottawa-Gatineau area. I've seen this done around Montreal, too.
CydeWeys 10y ago
What's the point of this comment? Packaging/shipping technology is hugely important, because the annual amount of landfill waste involved is staggeringly large. There's also a big economic component to it. And as the article says, this is a $5.6 billion industry in the US alone that is growing larger with every passing year.
- Spooky23 10y ago
  The whole premise is a guilt ridden exercise in navel gazing. We've collectively decided that ordering everything online provides us with time and cost efficiency. Those things aren't free.
- drcode 10y ago
  A story on shipping as a factor in online sales, walking through the history of shipping strategies and packing techniques would be a super interesting story... ...but this does not (to me) appear to be that story- This seems like a story created by a journalist noticing the air cushions in his amazon package, making two phone calls to pad the story a bit, and then sending it to their editor as a finished work.
jpatokal 10y ago
There actually is a reasonably interesting story about them: http://www.americanscientist.org/issues/pub/2011/4/a-round-pie-in-a-square-box/1 http://www.americanscientist.org/issues/pub/2011/4/a-round-p... And the word you're looking for is "pizza saver".

by drcode 10y ago

How 'bout those little things they put in the middle of pizzas to stop them from getting crushed? Too bad I'm not a journalist, because that would make for an awesome story. /s

noarchy 10y ago

Where I live (in Canada) they tend to use balls of dough in the middle of the pizza to get the same effect, instead of the piece of plastic I've seen elsewhere.

djrogers 10y ago
Where in Canada? Turns out it's a pretty big country ;-) I grew up in the Vancouver area and never saw dough balls. [1] comments like this are a bit of a peeve of mine as they contribute to the global mental picture of Canada as one homogeneous biosphere instead of a huge land mass with many different cultures and environments. Ever heard this one - "Oh, you're from Canada? My brother in law is from Canada; Jake Unrau - ever met him?"
- ChoGGi 10y ago
  I'ved lived in Toronto and Calgary, never seen any balls of dough (visited out East, no balls that I remember). Always those little plastic things or naught.
- noarchy 10y ago
  Apologies, I had meant to include my area in my original post. I'm in the Ottawa-Gatineau area. I've seen this done around Montreal, too.

CydeWeys 10y ago

What's the point of this comment? Packaging/shipping technology is hugely important, because the annual amount of landfill waste involved is staggeringly large. There's also a big economic component to it. And as the article says, this is a $5.6 billion industry in the US alone that is growing larger with every passing year.

Spooky23 10y ago
The whole premise is a guilt ridden exercise in navel gazing. We've collectively decided that ordering everything online provides us with time and cost efficiency. Those things aren't free.
drcode 10y ago
A story on shipping as a factor in online sales, walking through the history of shipping strategies and packing techniques would be a super interesting story... ...but this does not (to me) appear to be that story- This seems like a story created by a journalist noticing the air cushions in his amazon package, making two phone calls to pad the story a bit, and then sending it to their editor as a finished work.

jpatokal 10y ago

There actually is a reasonably interesting story about them: http://www.americanscientist.org/issues/pub/2011/4/a-round-pie-in-a-square-box/1 http://www.americanscientist.org/issues/pub/2011/4/a-round-p... And the word you're looking for is "pizza saver".