Pizza Pie Tutorial

The following is from John Crudele at the NY Post (today's issue).

Full pizza pies are smaller than the "by the slice" pies. 16" versus 20". If you posit that a full pizza is $15 and a slice is $2.50, given the eight slices in a pie, then the per slice price is less. 6 cents versus 7 cents per square inch. The full pie is 201 square inches. The sliced pie is 304 square inches. Per slice that is 25.12 versus 39.25 square inches. So. even with the higher slice cost, you are getting more pie and it costs less per inch if you do the math. According to article, this is common practice. They say that is why they will never sell you the whole "on display" pie and you have to wait for a "fresh" one. Give it a looksy.