[frookenhauer]

Hi guys,

I'm about to open a pizza delivery business and I was looking for some help and ideas. I have taken off the suit and tie and shirt and will be donning an apron with a will. The business itself will consist of pizzas, southern fried chicken and somewhere along the way curries and biryanis. A bit of a mish mash food wise, but it'll fly and others have done it and with some success I might add. So what id like to hear is favourite pizzas, pizza styles, stone baked or not, stuffed crust, dominator, new ideas, etc. And the real toughie...A name for the business. Crazy and wacky ideas are welcome cos from out of those come the real innovations.

I have a partner, so I do not have total control, but you might get a pizza named after you if it'll fly. I mean who wouldn't want to eat a Cougar special, a Tehol surprise or a Hoosier Meaty.

So far on the shortlist for a name is Empire Pizzas and Pizza aces or Ace pizzas, damn i need help...pretty please

[Aptorian]

I... what... I don't even...

[Coco with marshmallows]

hmmm..... possible names:

Pizza the action.....

Frook's Fry Hut.....

(by the way - offer fried pizzas. a well known Scottish delicacy. they're awesome.)

make a massive Malazan themed pizza and call it:

Rake's progress.

[Shinrei]

Actually, coco might be on to something. Amidst all of the other "local favorite" types of pizza on your menu, you could offer "ultra local" favorites from different places in the world.

Like, the Chicago Pan-Style
The Japanese Shrimp-Mayo
The Scottish Fried Pizza
The Italian somethingorother (I've had pizza in italy, but I don't actually know what's "traditional" other than margharita, which should be on your menu already anyways).
The Canadians probably have a ketchup pizza. Ask Rodeo.

[Shinrei]

Sorry for the double post, but here's the description of one of the best pizzas I've ever had. It's called the "Fetalicious".

"Our Top Seller! Chunky tomato sauce topped with fresh Spinach leaves, diced Red Onion, ripe Tomato, sliced Mushroom & our House Blend and Feta cheeses. An all around favorite!"

Another great one is the gyro pizza, served with a side of yoghurt sauce to dip. That sucker helped me gain the freshman 10 pounds in college.

This post has been edited by Shinrei: 21 June 2009 - 02:15 PM

[Illuyankas]

Wheel of Bacon pizza. One strip of bacon per slice.

[Mushroom]

Salmon Pizza.

Goes surprisingly well.

[Yellow]

I used to have a link to an article about "None pizza, left beef" which was hilarious... but the site has been discontinued

Anyway, Frook, make sure you have an online ordering system. It gets the lazy vote every time!

[caladanbrood]

We had a takeaway menu a while back with the most hilarious mis-spellings ever, and even some random german words thrown in for good luck. You should do that, but on purpose

[Slow Ben]

Barbeque...chicken...pizza.

[waydoug]

Donair Pizza's, ummmmmmmmmmm, donairs.

Well there's my vote.
A name? Pizza the Hut, Pizza azziP, Pizza Eatza. :chicky:

[amphibian]

I always wanted to order from "Oh No! Pizza!".

My favorite pizza is the dependable chicken broccoli. So good to bolt two big slices after hours of grappling.

[Slow Ben]

Just name the place Frook's. Its catchy and no one will get it....and be intrigued.

[Yellow]

Actually, that's not a bad idea. It has a ring to it.

[Cause]

Are you all about the delivery? If so that should be shown in your name e.g. Scooters.

[Aptorian]

You should get a rig with a targetting system that allows you to shoot pizza's across town. People can text you their coordinates and then, via GPS, you can find their location and fire food their way.

People of your town should learn to associate the sound of a state of the art rocket launcher with dinner... and tremble in awe.

[D'rek]

Dunno much about what brits like for pizza, it really does vary a lot geogrphically, ie the Italian pizza sauce is very pasta-ish while the american pizza sauce is still fairly maranara-ish, but quite different from pasta sauces and not very chunky. Then the aussies have like barbecue sauce instead of pizza sauce altogether. Definitely keep in mind where people are from when they make some suggestions!

I like the name "Frookie's", it actually is quite catchy. Otherwise, I can only suggest some sort of math joke about the equation for the volume of a cylinder-shaped pizza where the radius is represented by variable 'z' and the height is represented by variable 'a'.

Spoiler

Volume = pi*(z^2)*a = pizza

Business-wise, just make sure you have lots of easy ordering options, so a simple and easy-to-use online ordering system, a telephone system and also allow walk-ins. Make sure that someone is always visible from the entrance and the ordering/paying counter, because a} people get weirded out if they enter and cant see anyone, and b} whatever employee that is can also see when someone comes in and give them prompt service which customers will always appreciate (subconsciously. If you're rural its not as much an issue, but most places these days offer big individual slices instead of (or in addition to) personal pizzas and its becoming a more and more popular choice so would be a good thing to offer.

[Thelomen Toblerone]

Consider steak slices as an option. They can be as thin as you like, but men have trouble reading the word "steak" and not choosing it.

Also, you MUST have a pizza with BBQ sauce instead of tomato/pizza sauce. Goes well with steak slices, onions, and green pepper. That's my favourite atm.

Also, garlic bread.Make yours GOOD. With cheese, preferably. I cannot stress to you how much good garlic bread features in my pizza place selection.

[Aptorian]

You should make a Children of the Dead Seed pizza. Make sure to include plenty of human flesh and spilled man juice. It's sure to become a hit.

[Morgoth]

I second that. Have a good garlic bread and make people notice it, and it will be a reason to pick your place over the other twenty aroud .. but then I love garlic


Oh yeah, will there be a malazan discount?