Pizza cost
Pizza Tells You The State of Our Economy
Did you know that every time you order a Pizza you can tell the state of your economy? Often when you call your favorite Pizza Hut, Dominos, or perhaps even a small local Mom and Pop pizza joint for a delivery, you’ll take note of the price and forget about it right after you collect the cash from your wallet. Next week comes around and you’re craving the cheesy delight again, only this time the price of the order has gone up. Most don’t notice the increases because they’re small compared to the previous order, but over a period of time you may notice that your pizza has gone up over five to ten dollars within the past few years. Your pizza will tell you when you’re economy is in bad shape. Oil is important to all businesses that rely on their worker’s transportation and their product’s transportation. Pizza delivery is dependent on oil, and so is our economy.
Oil prices rise with your delivery costs, this means other products and people suffer the same increase. Another sign of a depressed economy is through tips. Pizza joints will usually employ young students looking to make money to pay off some of their education through tips. Since the prices are forced up to keep making a profit, the delivery guy will feel the pain more than the business. His tip is cut as consumers have less money to spend on him.
The effect of a student unable to pay his loans is devastating to our future and our economy. Decrease in consumer activity can also be shown through the price of your pizza. If less people start to order pizzas, the business will again start to increase the price. The people who can still order out are much wealthier and can afford the increase without worry. The basic premise is to force the rich to pay for the company’s survival, while the low income residents struggle to keep up with the rising costs. In turn less pizzas will be made, for more cost per pizza.
This slows down production and starts to hurt the jobs that the company provides. The companies that supply ingredients that go into the production of the pizza are also hurt as less orders are placed. All these problems are in direct relation to a bad economy. The next time you wonder how our economy is doing, forget the stock market, order a pizza.