The price of a slice has gone up pretty drastically... its averaging $2.25 now.
The owner of the local shop where I usually go came over from Italy in 1985. A plain large pizza costs about $10.00 while slices are about $1.75, which is the going rate around here. He tod me that he's struggling not to raise prices in light of the escalating cost of flour.
Even SC's favorite pizza place, L&B Spumoni Gardens, has had to make an increase in the price of a slice by 25 cents to $2.25 because the price of ingredients has skyrocketed.
The cost of mozzarella and tomatoes, has shot up. Mozzarella has soared in price as much as 50%!!! And let's not forget that higher fuel prices also increase the cost of delivered goods -- getting something from point A to point B costs a lot more now.
All this pizza talk has put me in the mood for a pizza.
