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Just an FYI: cheese is the most expensive ingredient in/on a pizza, so this makes perfect sense. Reason: think of all the gallons of milk and processing it tak
by burntrelish1273 9y ago
Just an FYI: cheese is the most expensive ingredient in/on a pizza, so this makes perfect sense.
Reason: think of all the gallons of milk and processing it takes to make an unit of cheese.
Source: Someone whom worked at a Pizza Hut in South San Jose in high-school.
PS: Another interesting business model (in Texas) is Braum's, which is a large co-op ice cream/restaurant/convenience store chain run on behalf of a consortium of dairy farmers. This cuts out middlemen and is basically direct-to-consumer. The prices are much lower than similar SKUs in local grocery stores and the quality is quite high.
- kurttheviking 9y agoWhich is a similar model to UDF (United Dairy Farmers) in Ohio[1]. Sidebar: if you find yourself in southern Ohio near a UDF, go ahead and give the cookie dough ice cream a try. You won't be disappointed. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Dairy_Farmers https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Dairy_Farmers
- burntrelish1273 9y agoNice https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Braum's https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Braum's 128 stores in Oklahoma 99 in Texas 27 in Kansas 13 in Arkansas 13 in Missouri
- burntrelish1273 9y agoHave also heard good things about Penn State's creamery: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penn_State_University_Creamery https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penn_State_University_Creamery More dairy companies: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_dairy_product_companies_in_the_United_States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_dairy_product_companie...
- conradev 9y agoWawa also started as a dairy farm
- caseysoftware 9y agoAlso, from the article: > Price has long been Leprino's biggest advantage, and a large one since cheese accounts for about 40% of a pizza's cost.
- techsupporter 9y agoDon't mean to nitpick but Braum's isn't a co-op/consortium. It's a single family's massively-integrated retail operation. They own and operate basically all of their farms and ranches along with the manufacturing plants for their containers and even their delivery fleet. Braum is the last name of the guy who founded it. (Oh, and it's not Texan. Braum's is an Okie brand; they don't open up stores more than about 300 miles from their central farms in Oklahoma.)
- solotronics 9y agoalso interesting they like investing in the commercial real estate they use for the stores, somewhat like McDonald's in that respect
- burntrelish1273 9y agoEverything before the word "but" is BS. I never said it was based in Texas, you read the wikipedia and acted like an expert. It's a vertically-integrated supply-chain.
- techsupporter 9y agoI worked for Braum's for four years in Fort Worth, Texas. It was my first "real" job after high school. They have a little book that they give employees that describes the company and the history. The company describes itself like I did. Would you like a picture as proof of my bona fides? Please don't assume malice.
- kevin_thibedeau 9y agoOn the internet nobody knows you're an expert.
- cylinder 9y agoYou got salty quickly. There's quite a distinction between a private family business with a vertically integrated supply chain and a farmers cooperative operating a chain of ice cream shop, and I'm glad he pointed that out.
- mtempleton 9y agoIt would not be the highest priced item on all pizzas, but by volume * price this appears to be true.
- emptybits 9y ago| "cheese is the most expensive ingredient in/on a pizza" I agree. Usually. ;-) Just for fun, I offer the menu for a nearby (Vancouver) pizza joint that includes several triple-digit-dollar 12" pizzas, right up to the $850 Seenay. http://www.stevestonpizza.com/menu-english/ http://www.stevestonpizza.com/menu-english/
- pmorici 9y agoMaybe the US government should stop propping up cheese prices and release cheese from the national stock pile. http://money.cnn.com/2016/08/23/pf/government-cheese-surplus/ http://money.cnn.com/2016/08/23/pf/government-cheese-surplus...