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Why does a round pizza come in a square box?
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if a round pizza was delivered in a round box it would have to be a lot bigger than nessecary in order to be able to get your fingers in to get it out - in a square box it's quite neat but you have gaps in the corners to make a start of getting it out to eat it.Z |
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over a year ago
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"It could have a hole in the bottom under the first slice to poke it up with thus releasing access to the second.
There must be a better reason  "
And girls are gonna trust their man to use his finger to poke it up with... yeah right!  |
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By *ig bad OP Man
over a year ago
Up North :-) |
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So why do the supermarkets sell some of theirs in shrinkwrap?"
I think the box folding is the nearest at a guess. It must be cheaper and easier to make. Unless there is another reason??  |
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"It could have a hole in the bottom under the first slice to poke it up with thus releasing access to the second.
There must be a better reason
And girls are gonna trust their man to use his finger to poke it up with... yeah right! "
Honest, this pizza does have anchovies on it. |
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"It could have a hole in the bottom under the first slice to poke it up with thus releasing access to the second.
There must be a better reason
And girls are gonna trust their man to use his finger to poke it up with... yeah right!
Honest, this pizza does have anchovies on it."
Nice cheese, Gromit  |
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In Italy where I have some family they more often than not make square pizzas and put them on round plates!
It's a mad mad world!
As for the boxes being square its much cheaper to make a square box than a rounded one, the physical structure of paper means it's much easier to manipulate in straight sections. The machinery involved to automate the production of round sided boxes would be a prohibitive cost.
Plus it is easier getting your fingers in! |
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"In Italy where I have some family they more often than not make square pizzas and put them on round plates!
It's a mad mad world!
As for the boxes being square its much cheaper to make a square box than a rounded one, the physical structure of paper means it's much easier to manipulate in straight sections. The machinery involved to automate the production of round sided boxes would be a prohibitive cost.
Plus it is easier getting your fingers in!"
what he said, i've done work for the packaging industry and its simply down to cost to produce said square box. |
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Square boxes are also better at stacking up, more efficient for takeaways on a Friday night when requiring dozens of boxes readily assembled for the sake of speed. |
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Square boxes are easier to make, ship and store flat. Round boxes typically have to be pre-made and are more bulky to transport
I guess it would be possible to make a round box that is hinged and locks but would be really expensive ? |
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"In Italy where I have some family they more often than not make square pizzas and put them on round plates!
It's a mad mad world!
As for the boxes being square its much cheaper to make a square box than a rounded one, the physical structure of paper means it's much easier to manipulate in straight sections. The machinery involved to automate the production of round sided boxes would be a prohibitive cost.
Plus it is easier getting your fingers in!
what he said, i've done work for the packaging industry and its simply down to cost to produce said square box."
oi Mally - I said cost first - where's my credit??? lol |
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Plus, with stacking square boxes up, piles of them can be pushed tight together, eliminating wasted space. Even with the tightest formation possible, circular boxes would leave funny little shapes inbetween. |
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In truth, they make em square so that :
1. they don't roll around in the delivery van, and
2. they don't roll off of yer table, and like toast, land face down on yer carpet. Whereupon all sorts of nasties would adhere to your pizza and give it a funny taste. |
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Square boxes are far easier to make so its that shape to keep the cost down. Cakes and other round things come in square boxes too if you look in the shops. |
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"Square boxes are far easier to make so its that shape to keep the cost down. Cakes and other round things come in square boxes too if you look in the shops."
I beg to differ but my two fruit flans came in an oblong box. |
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"Square boxes are far easier to make so its that shape to keep the cost down. Cakes and other round things come in square boxes too if you look in the shops.
I beg to differ but my two fruit flans came in an oblong box. "
Fruit flans for a fruit bat!! |
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By (user no longer on site)
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I beg to differ but my two fruit flans came in an oblong box.
Fruit flans for a fruit bat!!
Rather wish i had said tarts now, someone may have offered a refill "
Ooooo you mean like, what kind of tarts, or what kind of box tarts cum in!!  |
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