Bizzare pizza meal deals

[ChevronB19]

Shoot me by all means, but I live a long way away from takeaways that deliver, and Papa Johns is one of the few that do. I truly wish we had more options. But…

Online, I ordered pizza related stuff, and it came to 38.08 under a ‘deal’ plus a delivery cost.

Website failed, so I rang them, placed the exact order (mentioning the deal) and it came out to 42.08.

Person on the phone suggested adding a large bottle of Pepsi (which I don’t like) and it came down to 32.08?

Obviously I’m happy the guy gave me that tip, but what the hell? By getting something that on their own website would be 2.69 in addition to the original order, saves me a tenner?

[Gary29]

Co-op are doing a £5 pizza meal deal - Two pizzas and 4 Budweisers for a fiver.

They're selling the 4 Buds for £5.50 on their own.

[Zetec-S]

Yep, it's very odd, I'm sure they make it difficult on purpose. On the rare occasion we order a Domino's we spend more time trying to work out which meal deal is the most cost effective than we do deciding what pizza to order.

[blue_haddock]

Its not just meal deals that do this kind of crazy stuff.

A year or so ago Virgin Media tried to hike my price massively so i threatened to cancel etc.

Got the cancelations team call me and looked to do a deal so i said ditch the landline from my package as we have never used it and dont even have a physical phone anymore.

Cost went up as it was part of the package!

[simon_harris]

blue_haddock said:

Its not just meal deals that do this kind of crazy stuff.

A year or so ago Virgin Media tried to hike my price massively so i threatened to cancel etc.

Got the cancelations team call me and looked to do a deal so i said ditch the landline from my package as we have never used it and dont even have a physical phone anymore.

Cost went up as it was part of the package!

We have been with virgin for the last 9 years - have never had , fitted or used a landline in all that time. As you say the package cost goes up if we try and remove it.

[wyson]

I think Aldi is the only large chain that deals with food that doesn’t have some form of this practice.

With fast food the latest thing is different pricing tiers using their app vs ordering at the counter. At KFC, I often go into the store, find an app only ‘deal’ and get my food faster than people who queue.

[wyson]

Zetec-S said:

Yep, it's very odd, I'm sure they make it difficult on purpose. On the rare occasion we order a Domino's we spend more time trying to work out which meal deal is the most cost effective than we do deciding what pizza to order.

If it wasn’t for the guy on the till alerting the OP to the ‘deal’, that branch would have made an extra £10. Some price sensitive people would not have ordered at all for £42 but would have ordered for £32. So it wouldn’t be good for them to not have a deal in place.

I’ve also ordered more than I need because of a ‘deal’. Bet for a pizza, the overheads are proportionately a lot higher than the cost of raw ingredients. So it makes sense for them to offer 2 pizzas for £20 rather than 1 pizza for £15. Squeeze out an extra £3 profit where a punter might have just stopped at 1 pizza without the ‘deal’.

Edited by wyson on Monday 8th July 14:00

[Fastchas]

Gary29 said:

Co-op are doing a £5 pizza meal deal - Two pizzas and 4 Budweisers for a fiver.

They're selling the 4 Buds for £5.50 on their own.

Basically, they're paying you to drink Bud, which seems fair to me.

[fat80b]

Gary29 said:

Co-op are doing a £5 pizza meal deal - Two pizzas and 4 Budweisers for a fiver.

They're selling the 4 Buds for £5.50 on their own.

lol - was going to post this - I keep going to the co-op and accidentally coming home with this deal myself !

[droopsnoot]

Gary29 said:

Co-op are doing a £5 pizza meal deal - Two pizzas and 4 Budweisers for a fiver.

They're selling the 4 Buds for £5.50 on their own.

I got an email about this and followed the link, whereupon everything seemed to be full price and there was no sign of it being £5 for the package, but it is certainly there in the shops. I was going to go and get some, but I remembered that the pizzas I really like are £2.50 each all the time, and I don't like Budweiser. Seems a waste, on that basis.

[Saleen836]

simon_harris said:

blue_haddock said:

Its not just meal deals that do this kind of crazy stuff.

A year or so ago Virgin Media tried to hike my price massively so i threatened to cancel etc.

Got the cancelations team call me and looked to do a deal so i said ditch the landline from my package as we have never used it and dont even have a physical phone anymore.

Cost went up as it was part of the package!

We have been with virgin for the last 9 years - have never had , fitted or used a landline in all that time. As you say the package cost goes up if we try and remove it.

Easy money for Virgin to do this, they knmow at least 90% never use the landline so even with free weekend calls it is money in the bank, I have a landline with free weekend calls but don't even have a phone plugged in

[r3g]

Saleen836 said:

Easy money for Virgin to do this, they knmow at least 90% never use the landline so even with free weekend calls it is money in the bank, I have a landline with free weekend calls but don't even have a phone plugged in

It doesn't cost them anything because it's simply a bit of VOIP software with a UK geographical number attached to it, so all you're getting is internet in reality. You're basically paying twice for the same service.

[Super Sonic]

I went into Millets to get some washing and reproofing stuff for my coat, it was ridiculously expensive but the till girl said "if you buy something else you get it half price, Kendall mint cake is only a pound"
Basically they were giving me fifteen quid to eat a mint cake.

[eharding]

droopsnoot said:

Gary29 said:

Co-op are doing a £5 pizza meal deal - Two pizzas and 4 Budweisers for a fiver.

They're selling the 4 Buds for £5.50 on their own.

I got an email about this and followed the link, whereupon everything seemed to be full price and there was no sign of it being £5 for the package, but it is certainly there in the shops. I was going to go and get some, but I remembered that the pizzas I really like are £2.50 each all the time, and I don't like Budweiser. Seems a waste, on that basis.

The beer, curry and and a movie offer the Co-op were running earlier in the year was pretty good value. Four cans of 1664 (not a huge fan, but OK with the curry), 2 x curry mains and 2 x curry sides for a tenner, and then a £5 Amazon voucher if you uploaded a photo of your receipt to a redemption site - just a simple £5 voucher, didn't have to be redeemed on an Amazon Video purchase, meaning you effectively got the beer and curry for a fiver. Even if you factor in the Amazon tax on the purchase using the voucher, that's still not bad.

Edited by eharding on Tuesday 9th July 00:12

[alangla]

Asda, might be Euro 2024 match days only, pizza from the deli is £4, 2 pizzas, plus a large bottle of coke, £6! No doubt if you went to the till without the drink it would be £8 or similar.
On the OPs situation with a takeaway pizza, the Dominos app is an absolute minefield, you’re having to do a load of mental arithmetic on which meal deals are worth having, whether random unwanted items will make it cheaper and whether it’s worth picking the stuff up vs delivery

[JKRolling]

ChevronB19 said:

Shoot me by all means, but I live a long way away from takeaways that deliver, and Papa Johns is one of the few that do. I truly wish we had more options. But…

Online, I ordered pizza related stuff, and it came to 38.08 under a ‘deal’ plus a delivery cost.

Website failed, so I rang them, placed the exact order (mentioning the deal) and it came out to 42.08.

Person on the phone suggested adding a large bottle of Pepsi (which I don’t like) and it came down to 32.08?

Obviously I’m happy the guy gave me that tip, but what the hell? By getting something that on their own website would be 2.69 in addition to the original order, saves me a tenner?

You might be interested in this. Bit more expensive than shop bought but cheaper than takeaway and quite a bit better in my opinion.

https://shop.rudyspizza.co.uk/

[Dogwatch]

Had something similar in’Spoons many years ago. Added a pint to a meal and the bill reduced!

[scjgreen]

JKRolling said:

You might be interested in this. Bit more expensive than shop bought but cheaper than takeaway and quite a bit better in my opinion.

https://shop.rudyspizza.co.uk/

Almost £8 for a Pizza and they still want over a Fiver for delivery....

[JKRolling]

scjgreen said:

Almost £8 for a Pizza and they still want over a Fiver for delivery....

True, and you need to buy 4 or more and they freeze well. So essentially depending what you have it’s about £9 or less per pizza for close to restaurant quality pizza. If you don’t live close to decent delivery options then I don’t think it’s too bad.

[richhead]

JKRolling said:

True, and you need to buy 4 or more and they freeze well. So essentially depending what you have it’s about £9 or less per pizza for close to restaurant quality pizza. If you don’t live close to decent delivery options then I don’t think it’s too bad.

youve been going to the wrong restaurants