Slicin' It Up

Slicin’ It Up The Stats On Pizza

Designed by Kirsten Gustafson

About The Book Slicin’ It Up is a collection of information about the pizza preferences among my friends and family. The data was collected specifically for this project with the use of a simple survey I created using SurveyMonkey.

The survey was distributed primarily through Facebook and email. Since the data was collected from a limited range of respondents, it does not necessarily reflect that of the general population.

The data in the book has been broken up into several categories, including: Quantity, Size & Price, Preparation & Location, and The Perfect Pizza. There are also two pages titled Did you know? that contain fun facts about pizza.

These facts were not collected through the survey.

Quantity, Size, & Price

How often do you order pizza?

The average individual orders 33 large pizzas a year.

33

large pizzas per year

How much pizza do you eat?

they would be consuming approximately

66 slices

2

or 5 1/2 large pizzas

a year.

If each person ate 2 slices from every pizza they ordered...

That is equal to roughly 5 1/3 football fields.

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Using these numbers, we estimated that undergraduate students across the United States eat about 7 acres of pizza a day.

How much will you spend?

16% OF those surveyed spend

$5 - 10 on a pizza

34% OF

those surveyed spend $15 - 20 on a pizza

$5-10 $10-15 $15-20 $20-25

18-24 33% 41% 15% 11%

25-34 9% 55% 36% 0%

38% OF

those surveyed spend $10 - 15 on a pizza

11% OF those surveyed spend

$20 - 25 on a pizza

35-44 0% 33% 56% 11%

45-54 11% 33% 44% 11%

55-64 7% 29% 43% 21%

What size pizza do you order?

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Did you know?

According to Guinness World Records, the largest pizza ever made was created in Johannesburg, South Africa.

Diameter Flour Cheese Tomato Puree

122.7 ft 1,102 lbs 1,764 lbs 1,984 lbs

Preparation & Location

How is your pizza prepared?

49% prefer to make their pizza at home

48% like to have their pizza delivered

3% choose store bought as their #1 pizza

Which age prefers what?

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Did you know?

The longest delivery happened on November 19, 2004..

London, England

when Lucy Clough of Domino’s Pizza.. traveled 10,532 miles.

Melbourne, Australia

Where do you get your pizza?

Other Pizza Hut Local

Domino’s Aubree’s

Jet’s Papa Murphy’s Little Caesar’s

21% Papa Murphy’s 17% Pizza Hut 16% Jets

Papa John’s

13% Local 9% Domino’s 9% Aubrees

7% Papa John’s 4% Other 3% Little Caesars

The Perfect Pizza

Which crust is your favorite?

Roughly 2 in 5 people choose hand-tossed crust.

27% Thin Crust 42% Hand-Tossed Crust

19% Deep Dish Crust

13% Stuffed Crust

Which toppings are the best?

Top 5 most popular toppings.

52% 59% 62%

66%

92%

The “perfect pizza� contains cheese, pepperoni, sausage, mushrooms, and onion on a hand-tossed crust.

Sources Hoyt, Alia. “How Pizza Works.” HowStuffWorks.

HowStuffWorks.com, 04 Dec. 2007. Web. 18 Apr. 2014. <http://science.howstuffworks.com/innovation/edible-innovations/pizza4.htm>.