![]() Fast food is now enjoyed by people of all socioeconomic levels. Much has been made of pizza‘s humble origins and the fact that it was the target of some rather scathing reviews early on by prominent historical figures, most notably Samuel Morse, co-inventor of the Morse code.Įven billionaires and famous people now enjoy the occasional Big Mac with a side of fries and a Coca-Cola. ![]() Pizza Started Out as ‘Fast Food’ Centuries Ago The way businesses like McDonald’s or Pizza Hut are structured gives them the ability to offer food customers love and which any employee with minimal training can prepare. Oftentimes, the chef either makes or breaks a regular sit-down restaurant, whereas fast- food places, on the other hand, are hardly constrained by such factors. ![]() If you’ve ever seen one of those programs where a celebrity chef tries to save a struggling family restaurant, you know how important it is to have a capable cook in charge of the kitchen. Very much like McDonald’s transitioned from having their cooks manually peel off the Russet potatoes that arrived at each restaurant in 50 and 100-pound burlap sacks, to making use of frozen french fries, so have chains like Pizza Hut adopted specialized equipment that ensures each pie has exactly the correct length and width.Ĭolorful charts affixed to the walls show exactly which ingredients to add, and in what order, and little measuring cups guarantee that neither too much nor too little of each topping is used: just the right amount, every single time. Overall, though, the basic principle is the same for all fast-food restaurants: processes need to be fully standardized, with precise instructions allowing even high-school students working their first part-time job to deliver food meeting each company’s quality criteria. In the case of Domino’s, it is delivered several times a week, and according to a video from 2014, at Pizza Hut, “pizza dough is made fresh at least five times a day.” (Certainly in New Zealand, where the store in the video is located.)Įverything is a spectrum rather than a binary, so on this particular count, Pizza Hut and, to a lesser extent, Domino’s probably find themselves leaning less toward the fast food-end of the spectrum.Ĭontrast this to, say, Burger King, where hamburger patties undergo a metamorphosis from fully frozen to fully cooked in under two minutes. The fact that these eateries use fresh dough is one advantage they have. Yes, places like Pizza Hut, Domino’s, and Papa John’s., all meet the relevant criteria: service is fast, service is minimal, and the food itself is highly standardized. Are Pizza Hut, Domino’s, Etc., Fast Food? Delivery pizza ordered from one of the large multinational chains, or frozen pizza sold at the supermarket, on the other hand, are the textbook definition of what constitutes fast food.Īctually, in the strictest sense, the pizza served by these contemporary fast-food pizza chains represents a return to the dish’s roots because pizza, as we know it today, was historically a type of affordable street food that could be consumed on the go.
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