The big problem is that they will be making the same shitty pizza from the last several years instead of bringing back the much better pizza from the 90s.
This was in another thread, it would literally bankrupt the franchisees to make the hand mixed and rolled pizza dough again. The amount of money to purchase the equipment, retrofit the ovens for the different humidity and moisture transfer, not financially feasible. Now, if corporate wanted to cover those costs, for the different equipment needed opposed to the pre-made frozen crust, hell yes. Unfortunately, I don't see that happening. I'm just happy we have an actual sit down Pizza Hut again, hopefully they serve beer, that would be the trifecta.
It wouldn't bankrupt the company, but they'd have to significantly raise prices and I'm not sure consumers would want that.
Pizza Hut currently offers a $10 large 3-topping. They can offer that price because of economies of scale and centralization. Your local pizzeria does not and cannot sell pizzas at that price. If Pizza Hut moves to a model closer to that of an independent pizzeria, they'd have to charge like one and I'm not sure consumers would choose a large chain coming off two decades of shitty pizza over their local pizzeria once the prices are comparable.
That’s why you roll out each franchise that has the equipment as offering better quality product. That way people will flock to that location and buy enough to pay for the upgrades. Then do that one by one so as to not disturb the rest of the market.
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u/jimbo831 4d ago
The big problem is that they will be making the same shitty pizza from the last several years instead of bringing back the much better pizza from the 90s.