Delivering the perfect pizza experience We’ve been living in unprecedented times, with restaurants closed, pubs closed, coffee shops closed and dining out, as we once took for granted, off the menu for months on end
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have envisaged the situation we found ourselves in, or the level of importance we’ve been placing on takeaway and home delivery. But one thing we can be certain of, is that there is no lessening of the standards expected by at-home diners. In fact, quite the opposite, as we increasingly demand restaurant quality food delivered to our home.
ut as we slowly return to a ‘new normal’ and start thinking again about ‘eating out’, we’ve
To the rescue…the humble pizza
also become accustomed to expecting a much
Throughout the many months where the pandemic
enhanced choice of food-to-our-door, including
impacted on all our lives, one area that threw itself into
many of the same dishes we would expect to enjoy in a
the breach, adopting the notion of ‘keep calm and carry
restaurant.
on’ is…pizza!
With Deliveroo, Just Eat, Uber Eats and countless
Perhaps it’s because many of the key ingredients
independents all providing web and app-based services,
remained relatively easy to come by. Maybe it’s because it
investment in home delivery has been staggering. But not
hasn’t been a particularly labour-intensive food to prepare.
even the best prepared of multi-national operators could
Or perhaps it’s simply that pizza is the most popular
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Fastfood Professional • August and September 2021
August and September 2021 • Fastfood Professional
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