I remember when I was a child my dad left me home alone to go on a date with his then girlfriend. As an apology he ordered me a Bigfoot pizza and bought 2 new games for my SNES. I ended up eating the entire thing while playing my games. I'll never forget that night.
We lost many people during the 90s Giant Pizza War. Near the end, my younger sister decided to stay on the front lines. I retreated to a Famous Original Ray's enclave in the north. My sister and I both made it through, but still cannot talk about those times.
Man one of the great things about Little Caesars back in the day was instead of doing personal pan pizzas they offered you a slice for $1.79 you could get two slices of a large pizza and a large soft drink
Having worked at Domino's for a bit, the tracker is actually real time for the most part. At each station there is a computer that allows the employees to log which pizzas they are making or delivering to keep things organized. The "your pizza is in the oven" part starts when the first item they finished making is put into the oven. If it's just one pizza, it'll only take about 6 minutes to cook and get sliced and put into the box for delivery or pickup. Orders with lots of pizzas will take longer as the ovens can only fit about 6-8 pizzas at a time and multiple orders are prepared at a time. In most Domino's locations, every single pizza is inspected, cut, and boxed by the manager or long time employee to make sure each pizza is made as ordered. Pizzas do get remade if they aren't correct. I didn't mind that part because us employees got to eat the extra pizzas that didn't get sent out. As a highschool kid free pizza was a great job perk.
My husband was a manager at the Domino's in our town, and told me nothing but horror stories about the owner of that one. Things that made me never eat or let my kids eat the food from that particular store. I don't have a problem with them as a whole, and have never had an issue eating at any other store. I just can't forget what I was told about that store
You’re right about it being manual. I will say it will depend on the store how accurate it is though. The store I worked at the manager would always mark pizzas as being sent by drivers waaaaaaayyy before they were even made during a rush. The amount of times I had customers complaining that I had been out with their pizza for 50 mins, when I had picked it up straight out of the oven just 10 mins ago. I would always throw the manager under the bus by telling them how it worked. That guy caused so many problems for us. I hated that job and was happy the day I tossed that uniform on the managers desk 😂
I managed a Little Caesar's in the early 90's, K-Mart did a franchise deal with them and opened up a bunch of restaurants in the stores. The locations is was in those K-marts, were incredibly hard. We served breakfast pizza for employees and shoppers, a variety of Danishes (pre made), a bunch of stuff. We had hard ice cream, and had to make waffle cones daily, we had to make cookies daily. We also sold slices, but we had spaghetti with sauce, and lasagna we made in store. We also had sandwiches, not a lot, your basic ham and cheese, Italian style, a couple others. Some simple salads, add in a dining area, making coffee, Iced Tea, self serve soda fountain, and an Icee machine. It was a lot of moving parts. I forgot, need to make two public announcements an hour on the K-mart store wide system. Certain things we had to order from Blue Line the LC distributor, but other things I could do locally, like produce, etc. The focus on quality, internally and externally was extremely high. We did pepperoni bread, very labor intensive. They had a Caesar salad promotion. Crazy cheese (cream cheese and chives) with crazy bread. The products we put out were good. It was fun, we had very few complaints, the promotions came and went, and after about 18 months, they were sending me around to fix problem restaurants, using me as a training manager in grand openings, and didn't want to pay me for that. We parted ways on good terms. Maybe 2 years later I got hired by a corporate run restaurant, that was a complete nightmare, they had no standards (for the district I was in). What they were doing is why Little Caesar's is barely edible now. They skimped on everything, watered down sauce, shorting the weights on the dough balls, proofing time was arbitrary, pre sheeting the dough, less cheese, pepperoni stayed the same, people can count that, every other topping always told us to under weigh. It was run so bad, they did not know what to do, all of the locations in the area were closing.
Little Caesar's delivered where I lived in the 90's. My best friend was a delivery person there, so even though they weren't the best pizza in town, we always ordered from there anyway so that we could give him a decent tip.
...and birthday parties in the 90's were incredible for every reason you've seen in this video! 🥳 🍕 Also, when Pizza Hut's stuffed crust was briefly (in the test markets some of us were a part of, anyway) called "Mama Lorelli's Stuffed Crust Pizza," it had AWFUL sauce with an overabundance of stewed tomatoes chunks under the cheese, forced into every bite. Once they fixed it, they had absolute gold.
I’m surprised papa Johns isn’t on here. They used to be my go to in the 90s. They were so good back in the day, I absolutely loved their sausage pizzas. And if you called late, they would give out any food that they would have to throw out if you simply asked. Sadly the chain has gone seriously downhill
Great video, being a pizza fan ive always wondered how it was back then in the 90s with fast food chains being more popular than ever. Indeed Pizza hut had a distint taste back then.
Very real and believable dialogue that a very real and believable person would say It's funny cuz it's so surreal it's almost tragic. A Late-Stage Capitalism rimshot
I liked Little Caesar's back then and I still like it now. In my town we have two cheap pizza options, Little Caesar's and Zanzi's. Little Caesar's is by far my favorite of the two. Back in the 90's Pizza Hut had a taco pizza and when I tell you I'd do anything to get that again I'm not exaggerating lol. They had the best taco pizza I've ever had. Ah, the good old days!
Oh man I forgot about the weird Pizza Hut / Taco Bell Frankenstein establishments. They were all the rage in Texas when I was a kid. For some reason I remember the Pizza Hut pizza tasting so much better from the conjoined mutant fast food chains than now as a solely Pizza Hut establishment. I'm sure it's just faulty memory and/or childhood nostalgia. But what if there actually was some otherworldly Taco Bell proxy magic bestowing the Pizza Hut pizza..? Hmmmm
I remember from like 2000-2008, I never heard of Little Ceasar's, and I'd thought they'd gone out of business, but then they became even more popular than they were in the 90s right after that thanks to the $5 Hot N Ready campaign which was a huge hit.
We always had Pizza Inn growing up. We went there on Tuesday nights for the buffet and then usually ordered a pizza for take-out sometime during the weekend. The 1990s seem to be the peak era for pizza. It's still popular, but there are many more food options these days.
Jolt cola! LOL I havent heard anyone breathe those words in over 20 years! My school blamed Jolt for a student attacking a teacher, so they removed it.
The ending comment of liking better pizza vs more pizza for your value is so true. I used to get the thickest pizza I could possibly find. In the last year + I changed completely into a thin crust lover with better toppings!
Loved those Pizza Pizza from Little Caesars, nothing better than some left over cold pizza for next day or quick microwave for a bite for my college days. 😍🥰🍕🍕
Being a kid in metro-Detroit in the 90s - I was indoctrinated by Little Caesar’s as a kid. They had “Caesarland” which seemed like a cooler and higher end Chuck E Cheese (looking back though it’s probs the same lol). Either way crazy bread and Caesarland will always have a nostalgic place in my heart
I love this announcer - side note. Sounds to me a lot like Colbert! Makes everything more engaging. Thanks for all these awesome, entertaining videos. I'm learning a lot!
So... how does it taste lol? I remember loving it, but can't remember the taste. I've wanted it to come back for so long, but now I'm afraid it might ruin my memory of it. I totally remember getting it on a Saturday night, and watching Free Willy on HBO. I liked the pizza more than the movie hahaha.
@@michaelmcdermott5372 it was a much better quality pizza than what they have now. It tasted like real food. A fluffy crust, sauce just sweet enough to counter the greasy taste, thick juicy toppings and absolutely amazing cheese. It took up our whole kitchen counter whenever we brought it home.
@@michaelmcdermott5372 Bigfoot was a Flash in the Pan Gimmick. It may have earned Pepsi Co Tons of Revenue, but it was a Commercial BUST. I remember, it was HARD to cook properly and the Middle tasted like it was Doughy and undercooked.
Domino's $7.99 large 3 topping carry out deal is simply the best pizza deal of the past 10 years, and for that it will always be number one in my heart.
I came up in western Massachusetts, a place that still does party sized sheet pizzas like the old days. The kind that used to tape 2 large pizza boxes together to get it to fit the pie. It's a fad that never died there, though it did back off from the craziness of the wars. I still remember Liqouri's in West Springfield would offer a "crazy slice" which was a quarter of one of those pizzas for around $5. My 30 year old self would still take 3 servings to eat it all. When I moved away from there, I noticed that there were no "party size" pizzas anywhere and a lot of places do personal size instead.
Alright ill spill the beans. As a former Dominos GM, the only part of the pizza tracker that's a timer is the bake stage. That's always gonna be at 6 minutes no matter what. The "quality check" section is also bogus. It literally just means your food is sitting in the warmer until a driver picks it up. If your food is on "quality check" for a long time, no drivers are around to pick it up and it's just sitting there. The reason Domino's is #1 is because it exploits their managers so that most hours, its just one person running the entire store for a flat rate while Domino's absolutely reaps in all the profits since they only staff the kitchen for about 4-5 hours a day. Managers pull 60-80 hour work weeks and aren't given a budget to staff their stores to reduce this. It's sad that everyone thinks Domino's is a victor when really its just an exploiter. Some day the news will break..
Correct. I worked for Dominos again during COVID. BTW, Corporate Dominos sucks. ALWAYS has. Franchises are FAR Better. I worked FULL TIME during COVID, and I wasn't even a GM.
Little Caesars in the 90s tasted AMAZING even cold the next day, the closest i've ever come to experiencing that tast was in the mid 2010s at a Peter Piper Pizza, chain pizza has lost its flavor way imo.
Honestly surprised to see so many people talking about little Caesars. They were nowhere to be found here til late 00s. I'm intrigued to know what it tasted like. I always loved pizza hut esp the cheesy breadsticks + stuffed crust.
Funny, Little Caesars is still frigging good in my opinion, especially when it's hot and fresh. There is nothing like it. That crazy bread is still deadly addictive. I always get extra marinara sauce with it too.
I dunno in my area, the little ceasers never disappoints and their cheesy breadsticks are fantastic, really depends on where the chain is unfortunately
My family’s favourite use to be Monster bite pizza, from the Real Canadian Super Store. It was a made in store pizza that you had to bake at home in your own oven. We would buy one of those a less than half the price for the fancy restaurant pizzas, and we would get our own extra toppings and add them ourselves. It was the best pizza as far as we knew, and it was definitely better than nothing and all we could afford so we were happy 😊
The sad thing (or maybe good thing) is that at least around me (in the midwest) Pizza Hut lost out to Little Caesars and Dominos. I mean it's probably for the better, as the last time I ate in both of the "local" Pizza Huts, the pizza was horrible. Almost like eating cheese of a piece of cardboard. I would still rank the top two to be Domino's as #1 and Little Caesar's as #2. But with Domino's recent promotions of $7 or $8 pizzas, I almost find it to be more worthwhile than the somewhat plain pizzas that Little Caesar's offers for $6 (which is really only 3 types: cheese, sausage and pepperoni. If you want anything more, it adds to the cost to a point where you might as well get Dominos, which IMO tastes better than Little Caesars.)
The big cheese was groundbreaking as a grade school child. Definitely the cool thing to have at birthdays. Stuffed crust was amazing too, I loved eating it backwards like in the commercials.
Little Caesars was able to claw back from that late 90s decimation via doing what they were known best; cheap pizza. Only they decided to offer their pizza at a flat price: $5 (at the time in the late 2000s) for a pizza that could either be made ready for you or was available "Hot and Ready" most times of the day for quick and instant carryout. And, slowly but surely, they were able to bounce back.
I definitely remember the *Big Foot* pizza since I lived in a rural area and Pizza Hut was the only corporate pizza chain available in my area. The whole family loved getting one and scarfing it down LOL They were much better than whatever they're serving nowadays (better quality ingredients at a much lower price compared to today).
The Bigfoot pizza was actually pretty good, at least from the hut we used to get it from. We'd order them for work. They were cooked well from my memory. They inavertantly (or intentionally) reinvented indian bread for the crust. I love indian bread.
I just noticed something - the 1980's was the burger war between McDonald's, Burger King and Wendy's. The 1990's was the pizza wars between Pizza Hut, Domino's and Little Ceasar's. What fast food triad battled it out in the 1970's? The 1960's? The 2000's? The 2010's? EDIT - McDonald's and Pizza Hut were number 1. Burger King and Domino's were no. 2. Dispite being no. 3, Wendy's and Little Ceasar's caught up quickly... EDIT - Little Ceasar's, like Wendy's, offered more food - the burger patties were bigger and square shaped, while the pizzas were more plentiful...
Back in the 90s, long before they improved their recipes and ingredients, many people I knew referred to Domino's Pizza as "Death Disks". I liked them and Little Caesars about equally, but I liked Pizza Hut much more. My favorite pizza chain, however, was a regional one called La Rosa's, which is located in and near Ohio. It's about the only thing I miss about living there. As far as the giant pizzas, the only one I ever personally tried was the Bigfoot Pizza, and I was unimpressed, as the quality seem to be a big step down from the Hut's normal standards.
yeah mom and pops shops are the best, also my older brother used to refer to jack in the box as death in a box or jack in the crack depending on the time of day..lol
The ingredients were the same, but they were very spread out. We put more ingredients on 2 regular pies than went on a whole Bigfoot, so there was definitely less flavor in each slice. They also had thinner dough, and even with thinner dough they usually didn't cook properly.
I went to a boarding school in the 80s and sometimes we'd get Dominos - but the first time we ordered one while I was there, the older kids warned me about "the Dominos squirts." It was a real thing. Greasy pizza.
Did Pizza Hut really decrease their sales or did Papa Johns cut into them? Not that I am a fan particularly but their presence at the end seems mysteriously omitted.
I remember all these giant pizzas.. they came out when I was about 20 and living in my first bachelor pad with a buddy, so I ate plenty. And I also remember none of the M!@!# F@#!ing boxes would fit in the fridge if you had leftovers
Pizza chain Pizza these days is pretty much smaller than you expected, much tinier than you remember it. And it's probably because of these promotions I I am fondly reminiscing about from the 80s and 90s. Now, I order a large and it looks like a medium at best.
I remember when I was a Kid in the 90s Getting excited because we were going to Pizza Hut for dinner all you could eat pizza and ice cream those where the days good memories good times
I remember the Bigfoot pizza when I was working as a Pizza Hut driver in the mid 90s in college. I hated those. The warmer bags were enormous, barely fit in my car, and the people that ordered them were always cheap ba__ards that never tipped well. I once had to deliver 16 of them to a business. $0 tip for a literal car full of pizzas.
It’s amazing that Pizza Hut in recent times has brought back trademark pizza but yet one of the their biggest sellers the BIGFOOT PIZZA hasn’t made a return
where i live pizza hut has been dominating the market since i can remember, i have a lot of memories of going to pizza hut as a kid, and pizza Dominos wasn't really around much. but for some reason pizza Domino's pizza is way smaller compared to pizza hut and its kinda expensive for what you get, i don't know if its the same for other countries...
Little Caesars definitely had dine-in restaurants in the 90s. They probably still do. I think the one I went to was in Mountlake Terrace, WA, but it'ssimce closed down. I'd never had a better pizza in my life. Their cheese is as good as cartoon cheese when fresh. You never got that when you had to drive it home to eat it.
Some great ass memories indeed. Used to love sitting in Pizza Huts with their pan size awesomeness(tasted delicious then 👌). Stuffed crust was dope too. Something about those red cups full of cold ass pepsi 😆😋. Used to get The Big Foot alot during the summers. '93-'94 was full of cheesy krust,SNES, n Monday Night Raw/Nitro😄🤙
Papa johns is ranked 3rd today and 1st in my mind. Ever since my parents ordered a pizza from them and it came with that garlic sauce cup and a pepper i knew i would never buy pizza anywhere else. Exept little ceasars of course. You just cant beat that price and they have a specific flavor that reminds me of my childhood.
According to an article published recently that looks at 2023 sales it looked at the top 50 pizza stores ranked by financial success Pizza Hut was number 37 Little Caesar’s was number 29 Papa John’s was number 22 And dominos was number 15. Pizza Hut is now a distant 4th place in the big 4 pizza chains and your personal favorite is in second place as far as the big 4 are concerned ;)
oh man if you were a kid/teen in the early 90s then you went to at least one birthday party, or had one school pizzza party where they orders the Bigfoot pizza lol. that’s a core memory
Pizza Hut was the McDonald’s of the pizza industry back in the day. The dough was made in house, fresh, and it was top notch. But, once they went the cheaper route in a way for mass production to yield more profit, then that’s when the quality went drastically down. Pizza Hut still holds a special place in my heart as for as my childhood is concern. But now as a grown man (due to adult responsibilities and price) little Caesars have my heart.
Dominos’ delivery were so slow. I ordered from them twice in the 90’s and both times the wait was hours and it arrived cold. I can’t believe they survived.
We never ate dominoes. Pizza Hut sure, but we ate Round Table pizza way more than any other brand. Was a shock to see it wasn’t even mentioned as a major brand.
My favorite thing about the bigfoot pizza from pizza hut was the giant bread stick bag it came in was perfect . Pizza by the foot with little Caesars had the best box
Thoroughly enjoyed this bit of nostalgia! I was in 4th-5th grade during the peak of this, and every birthday party or sleepover I went to during that time featured Bigfoot pizza. I actually stopped eating pizza altogether for about 2 years because of this (ha, imagine a kid burned out on pizza). As I got older I realized this was a cheap way for hosts to feed a crowd. I also remember when Little Ceasars disappeared from our area in the mid-90s, they didn't come back until around 2007. Now I know why! Dominoes did a great job revamping itself with better ingredients, it has really set itself apart now.
Domino's was awesome until they changed their recipe back in 2009, and wow it just hasn't been the same since. Domino's isn't even trying to improve themselves anymore, they are just focused on pushing discounts and deals now rather than advertising quality products. As much as I hate to say it, the company was doing better when they were owned by Bain Capital.
In the 90's when Little C's first opened in my town,for the longest time I could get 2 square pizzas (about 14"x14") in a box together for $5.99 for both.
I remember the Pizza Wars in NYC in the 90's. There was much bloodshed. Different Mafia clans laundering money all over the city had turf wars. They would burn down each other's shops. Permitting became an issue too, the government started regulating it by making zoning laws that made it impossible to launder that much money.
I like Godfather's Pizza, Shakey's Pizza, Pizza Haven and Dominos Pizza in that order. Both Pizza Hut, Little Caesars were nasty as can be and still are to this very day.
Dominos also completely changed their pizza as well. I worked at Dominos before they changed their sauce and made their crust more buttery and garlicy. It was terrible pizza.
Little Caesar's still has their own brand of Detroit style deep dish (though, it's not as good as Jet's), and Domino's is just horrible. They must have made all that money with their "please buy from us once and we'll throw you free pizza!" campaign.
@@christiangonzales7429 Dominos was Mediocre in the 90s and 2000s. Its 80s Recipe was changed in 1993. I should know, I worked for them on again and off again during the '00s. The 2009 Recipe is Completely Ubiqious.
@@christiangonzales7429 I worked for Dominos on and off again throughout the 2000s and returned during COVID until Last Spring, I can tell you what happened, Dominos has changed their Recipes TWICE since their Inception in 1960. The First was in 1994, and the second was 2009. The Reason why everything completely changed in 2009, because the ingredients being used by '05 were extremely mediocre, and because the Oil Prices were really cutting into the budgets as Dominos back then used to take 10% of the Delivery Driver's Mileage. Dominos from 1960-1994 had a Round Table Pizza(An Oakland,CA based Pizza Chain) like Recipe. Their Menu was also Substandard, but they prided their Brand on Fast Free Delivery, the "30 Minutes or Less" was no Joke and lasted ALL the way until 1992. Dominos in the 80s Revolutionized Pizza Delivery(Pizza Hut didn't even Introduce Delivery Service until May of 1985!) and were ahead of the curve in Delivery Tactics. In December 1993 after 33 years, Dominos' Founder Tom Monahgan stepped down as CEO. and Founder due to 2 Wrongful Death Lawsuits regarding Fatal Crashes involving Delivery Drivers in 1989 and 1990 that was blamed on the company's "30 Minutes or Less" policy, with his departure, Domino's Ridded themselves of his old Recipe and started looking at ways to cut budget, Dominos also expanded its Menu(Buffalo Wings,Thin Crust and Deep Dish) and implemented new Marketing Tactics even launching its own Website on August 11,1995. In October 2005, about 6 weeks after Hurricane Katrina, the Pizza Delivery Business decided to go for broke and Add Delivery Charge to combat the Rising and Extreme Oil Prices and Crazy Gas Prices, EVERY major Chain decided this as 2005 marked the END of Free Delivery for Major Pizza Brands. By then, Dominos which had started IPO Trading on March 1,2004, were using Lackluster Ingredients from its 1994 Recipe, Dominos By '05 was relying heavily on its "555" promotion, By Late 2008, despite the Introduction of Desserts like Lava Cake and Oven Baked Sandwiches(Cinnasticks had launched in Early '01), Things weren't looking too good for the Brand or Company as Same Store Sales were down, In April 2009, Dominos was hit with a PR Nightmare when a Drugged out Methheaded Husband and Wife Couple who ran a Dominos Store in Durham,NC posted a TH-cam Video of themselves spitting in food, putting Snot in it, placing the Dough under their Armpits and talking about Urinating and Defecating in it. The Video caused people to falsely assume that Dominos Stores had POOR health code guidelines, it was so dire for Dominos that not only were the Couple immediately FIRED and BANNED from working for Dominos ever again shortly after the video's release, they were ARRESTED and put in Jail. The Meth couple kept insisting it was just a harmless prank and that they did not serve any of the food on the video to anyone, stating they made the video while the Store was Closed, Dominos themselves had to Upload a YT Statement on a Video defending their Brand and stating out right that they had fired the Couple and will do BETTER in Vetting managers at their stores. Current CEO Patrick Doyle realized something had to be done. Feedback Corporate Dominos was receiving regarding OA and CSR from Customers gradually berating Dominos, calling it "Cheap", "Lousy", and "Mediocre", it was then decided in May 2009 that the ENTIRE Recipe needed a Complete Overhaul, and the first order of Business was to do away with the Expensive Deep Dish, The 2nd Order was to Change the Garlic and Butter Bases being used, and the 3rd and final Order was to Do away with the Pizza Sauce Recipe that Tom Monahgan had created and pioneered 49 years ago, the New Sauce Recipe was going to be Zestier and have a special kick to it. On December 3,2009 Dominos launched this New Recipe and a new Self Deprecating Advertising Campaign called "Turnaround", It was a Surprise Success for Dominos. Completely turning their fortunes around. As it currently stands, Dominos has remained the #1 Pizza Delivery Chain since 2011 and it hasn't let up since then. I can let you in on its Secret: Since late '09, Dominos uses a Special Garlic Blend Sauce for its Hand Tossed Dough.
@@Tornado1994 Very interesting! A lot of insider information that I did not know about. I remember I noticed the garlic blend when they redid the recipe as well and was blown away by it. I guess I must be different from everyone else because I actually enjoyed the mediocre recipe more than the current one.
We used to go to little ceasers all the time, but they did not have that many locations so when I lived farther away I stopped going. I thought of pizza hut as more of a restaurant than take out so I did not go there as much. When I was there a teenager our favorite place for pizza was called Sorentos.it was so cheap and the food was good. Most of the time we played keno and it was never a question if one of us would win We got angry with each other when one guy won too much. We were too intelligent to loose altogether though so we walked out feeling like we had done a number on the place and most of the time I guess that we did☺
A friend of mine who worked at Pizza Hut at the time told me never to order the Bigfoot pizza. He said they used inferior ingredients and fattier cheese than the regular pizzas.
the bigfoot pizza was good... it was my favorite to order as a child and i think also other children liked it the most. never even heard of little ceasers big cheese because picking up pizza in person was not fun. the whole point of ordering pizza was to have it delivered which seemed to be special and fun back in the 90s
I worked at a couple different Domino's as a delivery driver. The tracker was correct, whenever a pizza was sent from station to station we had to hit a button to move it along.
In Canada we have a 4th competitor, Pizza Pizza, whose pizza a lot of pizza snobs really don't like. There was a lawsuit when Little Caesars started using their name as a slogan.
I remember when I was a child my dad left me home alone to go on a date with his then girlfriend. As an apology he ordered me a Bigfoot pizza and bought 2 new games for my SNES. I ended up eating the entire thing while playing my games. I'll never forget that night.
That’s great that even his small attempt to provide gave you a good memory. No effort a parent gives is ever too small.
That is an amazing memory that reignited many of my own.
haha nice
What I want to know is how a child survived eating that much pizza without exploding.
@@IRLTheGreatZarquon you've never ate your bodyweight in pizza?
We lost many people during the 90s Giant Pizza War. Near the end, my younger sister decided to stay on the front lines. I retreated to a Famous Original Ray's enclave in the north. My sister and I both made it through, but still cannot talk about those times.
Thank you for telling your story. We appreciate your bravery!
Pizza Hut used to be good till they changed their ingredients. Nothing beats a Pan Pizza from the 80's.
They also made their restaurants into grey concrete blocks instead of keeping the inviting interior design.
@@G-Mastah-Fash the one by my house still looks the same. Lol
Pizza Hut was my favorite as a kid (80's and 90's), it's the last chain place I would get a pizza from now, even worse than Little Caesars
Nothing beats a pizza from a non-chain pizza shop.
Canadian pizza huts are still remarkably similar to the way they used to be in the 80's.
Man one of the great things about Little Caesars back in the day was instead of doing personal pan pizzas they offered you a slice for $1.79 you could get two slices of a large pizza and a large soft drink
@Bold One For me, Little Caesars and Domino’s is the best in my book! While Papa Johns, I don’t think I’ve tried Papa Johns, and Pizza Hut YET…
@@kevinbejkoxdxd1514 if you havent tried the others yet you cant really say theres a best lol
Pizza after the 80's and 90's just never tasted the same, like tears in rain.
Having worked at Domino's for a bit, the tracker is actually real time for the most part. At each station there is a computer that allows the employees to log which pizzas they are making or delivering to keep things organized. The "your pizza is in the oven" part starts when the first item they finished making is put into the oven. If it's just one pizza, it'll only take about 6 minutes to cook and get sliced and put into the box for delivery or pickup. Orders with lots of pizzas will take longer as the ovens can only fit about 6-8 pizzas at a time and multiple orders are prepared at a time. In most Domino's locations, every single pizza is inspected, cut, and boxed by the manager or long time employee to make sure each pizza is made as ordered. Pizzas do get remade if they aren't correct. I didn't mind that part because us employees got to eat the extra pizzas that didn't get sent out. As a highschool kid free pizza was a great job perk.
Me too
I relished the messed up orders. Although I did raise an eyebrow a couple times when I saw what some of the toppings were.
My husband was a manager at the Domino's in our town, and told me nothing but horror stories about the owner of that one. Things that made me never eat or let my kids eat the food from that particular store. I don't have a problem with them as a whole, and have never had an issue eating at any other store. I just can't forget what I was told about that store
You’re right about it being manual. I will say it will depend on the store how accurate it is though. The store I worked at the manager would always mark pizzas as being sent by drivers waaaaaaayyy before they were even made during a rush. The amount of times I had customers complaining that I had been out with their pizza for 50 mins, when I had picked it up straight out of the oven just 10 mins ago. I would always throw the manager under the bus by telling them how it worked. That guy caused so many problems for us.
I hated that job and was happy the day I tossed that uniform on the managers desk 😂
@@robertmccracken3763 Yeah, that manager was being a dick just to abuse the system just to make it look like they weren't behind on orders.
I managed a Little Caesar's in the early 90's, K-Mart did a franchise deal with them and opened up a bunch of restaurants in the stores. The locations is was in those K-marts, were incredibly hard. We served breakfast pizza for employees and shoppers, a variety of Danishes (pre made), a bunch of stuff. We had hard ice cream, and had to make waffle cones daily, we had to make cookies daily. We also sold slices, but we had spaghetti with sauce, and lasagna we made in store. We also had sandwiches, not a lot, your basic ham and cheese, Italian style, a couple others. Some simple salads, add in a dining area, making coffee, Iced Tea, self serve soda fountain, and an Icee machine. It was a lot of moving parts. I forgot, need to make two public announcements an hour on the K-mart store wide system.
Certain things we had to order from Blue Line the LC distributor, but other things I could do locally, like produce, etc. The focus on quality, internally and externally was extremely high. We did pepperoni bread, very labor intensive. They had a Caesar salad promotion. Crazy cheese (cream cheese and chives) with crazy bread. The products we put out were good. It was fun, we had very few complaints, the promotions came and went, and after about 18 months, they were sending me around to fix problem restaurants, using me as a training manager in grand openings, and didn't want to pay me for that. We parted ways on good terms.
Maybe 2 years later I got hired by a corporate run restaurant, that was a complete nightmare, they had no standards (for the district I was in). What they were doing is why Little Caesar's is barely edible now. They skimped on everything, watered down sauce, shorting the weights on the dough balls, proofing time was arbitrary, pre sheeting the dough, less cheese, pepperoni stayed the same, people can count that, every other topping always told us to under weigh. It was run so bad, they did not know what to do, all of the locations in the area were closing.
WHAAT?! My kmarts never had food!!! What a rip
Little Caesar's delivered where I lived in the 90's. My best friend was a delivery person there, so even though they weren't the best pizza in town, we always ordered from there anyway so that we could give him a decent tip.
They had a brief window in the '90s where they tried to offer delivery, but it didn't last.
...and birthday parties in the 90's were incredible for every reason you've seen in this video! 🥳 🍕
Also, when Pizza Hut's stuffed crust was briefly (in the test markets some of us were a part of, anyway) called "Mama Lorelli's Stuffed Crust Pizza," it had AWFUL sauce with an overabundance of stewed tomatoes chunks under the cheese, forced into every bite. Once they fixed it, they had absolute gold.
The stuffed crust was just awful.
I remember that awful sauce, turned me off of Pizza Hut for a year or two.
I’m surprised papa Johns isn’t on here. They used to be my go to in the 90s. They were so good back in the day, I absolutely loved their sausage pizzas. And if you called late, they would give out any food that they would have to throw out if you simply asked. Sadly the chain has gone seriously downhill
Great video, being a pizza fan ive always wondered how it was back then in the 90s with fast food chains being more popular than ever. Indeed Pizza hut had a distint taste back then.
The fresh slices at the buffet where the cheese was burnt just enough to have a crisp here and there 🤤🤤🤤
“No, we don’t have Crystal Pepsi, we’re Dominos!” Why is this so funny to me?
marketing
Ikr, who the hell calls a place for crystal Pepsi?
Very real and believable dialogue that a very real and believable person would say
It's funny cuz it's so surreal it's almost tragic. A Late-Stage Capitalism rimshot
The sassy delivery?
@@BarnacleBoy42069 We were young and dumb in those days! ( now we are OLD and dumb) LOL
I liked Little Caesar's back then and I still like it now. In my town we have two cheap pizza options, Little Caesar's and Zanzi's. Little Caesar's is by far my favorite of the two. Back in the 90's Pizza Hut had a taco pizza and when I tell you I'd do anything to get that again I'm not exaggerating lol. They had the best taco pizza I've ever had. Ah, the good old days!
Little Caesars then, Little Caesars now, and Little Caesars forever!♥️🍕🏆
(As far as fast food pizza goes, lol!)
Oh man I forgot about the weird Pizza Hut / Taco Bell Frankenstein establishments. They were all the rage in Texas when I was a kid. For some reason I remember the Pizza Hut pizza tasting so much better from the conjoined mutant fast food chains than now as a solely Pizza Hut establishment. I'm sure it's just faulty memory and/or childhood nostalgia. But what if there actually was some otherworldly Taco Bell proxy magic bestowing the Pizza Hut pizza..? Hmmmm
@@javiermontiero4982 in Canada we had KFC/Taco Bell ones, it did not make the KFC better lmao
@@javiermontiero4982 Definitely something interesting to consider....🙂
Ew their pizza is gross and taste like dog food, it sits under a heat lamp
I remember from like 2000-2008, I never heard of Little Ceasar's, and I'd thought they'd gone out of business, but then they became even more popular than they were in the 90s right after that thanks to the $5 Hot N Ready campaign which was a huge hit.
We always had Pizza Inn growing up. We went there on Tuesday nights for the buffet and then usually ordered a pizza for take-out sometime during the weekend. The 1990s seem to be the peak era for pizza. It's still popular, but there are many more food options these days.
The Bigfoot pizza was amazing as a kid! With Jolt Cola it was the perfect combo. I was so sad when it disappeared.
Jolt cola! LOL I havent heard anyone breathe those words in over 20 years! My school blamed Jolt for a student attacking a teacher, so they removed it.
Jolt has double the caffeine I think.
If you were feeling crazy, you could get a Nitro Cola, with triple the caffeine.
@@inconnu4961 oh brother, that’s ridiculous
It tasted Soggy and Doughy. I remember.
The ending comment of liking better pizza vs more pizza for your value is so true. I used to get the thickest pizza I could possibly find. In the last year + I changed completely into a thin crust lover with better toppings!
Loved those Pizza Pizza from Little Caesars, nothing better than some left over cold pizza for next day or quick microwave for a bite for my college days. 😍🥰🍕🍕
Being a kid in metro-Detroit in the 90s - I was indoctrinated by Little Caesar’s as a kid. They had “Caesarland” which seemed like a cooler and higher end Chuck E Cheese (looking back though it’s probs the same lol). Either way crazy bread and Caesarland will always have a nostalgic place in my heart
Ahhhh. So this explains why my area didn't have any in the 90s. I take it they were focusing on low-income areas.
@@TheBrandonn lol weird flex but ok - glad mommy and daddy had you living your best privileged life 🤣
To this day, stuffed crust is still the most genius breakthrough in the history of pizza.
The NewYorker from Pizza Hut... Hands down! I miss eating AT Pizza Hut so much! That's where my wife and I went for our first date, in 2006!
I love this announcer - side note. Sounds to me a lot like Colbert! Makes everything more engaging. Thanks for all these awesome, entertaining videos. I'm learning a lot!
I remember exactly how the Bigfoot tasted. We got it every weekend until it was discontinued.
So... how does it taste lol? I remember loving it, but can't remember the taste. I've wanted it to come back for so long, but now I'm afraid it might ruin my memory of it. I totally remember getting it on a Saturday night, and watching Free Willy on HBO. I liked the pizza more than the movie hahaha.
@@michaelmcdermott5372 it was a much better quality pizza than what they have now. It tasted like real food. A fluffy crust, sauce just sweet enough to counter the greasy taste, thick juicy toppings and absolutely amazing cheese. It took up our whole kitchen counter whenever we brought it home.
@@michaelmcdermott5372 Bigfoot was a Flash in the Pan Gimmick. It may have earned Pepsi Co Tons of Revenue, but it was a Commercial BUST. I remember, it was HARD to cook properly and the Middle tasted like it was Doughy and undercooked.
@@Tornado1994 A commercial bust that earned tons in revenue?
That's... um... I'm not sure how to explain this in a way you can understand.
Domino's $7.99 large 3 topping carry out deal is simply the best pizza deal of the past 10 years, and for that it will always be number one in my heart.
The Pizza Wars of the 1990s have many parallels to the Burger Wars of the 1980s, where innovation is concerned...
I came up in western Massachusetts, a place that still does party sized sheet pizzas like the old days. The kind that used to tape 2 large pizza boxes together to get it to fit the pie. It's a fad that never died there, though it did back off from the craziness of the wars. I still remember Liqouri's in West Springfield would offer a "crazy slice" which was a quarter of one of those pizzas for around $5. My 30 year old self would still take 3 servings to eat it all. When I moved away from there, I noticed that there were no "party size" pizzas anywhere and a lot of places do personal size instead.
Alright ill spill the beans. As a former Dominos GM, the only part of the pizza tracker that's a timer is the bake stage. That's always gonna be at 6 minutes no matter what. The "quality check" section is also bogus. It literally just means your food is sitting in the warmer until a driver picks it up. If your food is on "quality check" for a long time, no drivers are around to pick it up and it's just sitting there. The reason Domino's is #1 is because it exploits their managers so that most hours, its just one person running the entire store for a flat rate while Domino's absolutely reaps in all the profits since they only staff the kitchen for about 4-5 hours a day. Managers pull 60-80 hour work weeks and aren't given a budget to staff their stores to reduce this. It's sad that everyone thinks Domino's is a victor when really its just an exploiter. Some day the news will break..
That explains a lot.
That's rough. I don't know what's wrong with the owners of retail and food service chains treating their employees so harshly.
Correct. I worked for Dominos again during COVID. BTW, Corporate Dominos sucks. ALWAYS has. Franchises are FAR Better.
I worked FULL TIME during COVID, and I wasn't even a GM.
Got a Pizza Hut ad before this. Pizza Hut will always be my go to. Helps my best boss ever was a GM at the Hut
Little Caesars in the 90s tasted AMAZING even cold the next day, the closest i've ever come to experiencing that tast was in the mid 2010s at a Peter Piper Pizza, chain pizza has lost its flavor way imo.
Cold supreme LC pizza the next morning was a beautiful thing.
You’re right about Peter Piper’s
Honestly surprised to see so many people talking about little Caesars. They were nowhere to be found here til late 00s. I'm intrigued to know what it tasted like. I always loved pizza hut esp the cheesy breadsticks + stuffed crust.
Domino’s has stepped up its game IMO, especially in the pan pizza department
Funny, Little Caesars is still frigging good in my opinion, especially when it's hot and fresh. There is nothing like it. That crazy bread is still deadly addictive. I always get extra marinara sauce with it too.
I dunno in my area, the little ceasers never disappoints and their cheesy breadsticks are fantastic, really depends on where the chain is unfortunately
My family’s favourite use to be Monster bite pizza, from the Real Canadian Super Store. It was a made in store pizza that you had to bake at home in your own oven. We would buy one of those a less than half the price for the fancy restaurant pizzas, and we would get our own extra toppings and add them ourselves. It was the best pizza as far as we knew, and it was definitely better than nothing and all we could afford so we were happy 😊
The sad thing (or maybe good thing) is that at least around me (in the midwest) Pizza Hut lost out to Little Caesars and Dominos. I mean it's probably for the better, as the last time I ate in both of the "local" Pizza Huts, the pizza was horrible. Almost like eating cheese of a piece of cardboard. I would still rank the top two to be Domino's as #1 and Little Caesar's as #2. But with Domino's recent promotions of $7 or $8 pizzas, I almost find it to be more worthwhile than the somewhat plain pizzas that Little Caesar's offers for $6 (which is really only 3 types: cheese, sausage and pepperoni. If you want anything more, it adds to the cost to a point where you might as well get Dominos, which IMO tastes better than Little Caesars.)
The big cheese was groundbreaking as a grade school child. Definitely the cool thing to have at birthdays. Stuffed crust was amazing too, I loved eating it backwards like in the commercials.
Awesome video!!
I wonder what WHF can dig up on the candy industry 🤔
Little Caesars was able to claw back from that late 90s decimation via doing what they were known best; cheap pizza. Only they decided to offer their pizza at a flat price: $5 (at the time in the late 2000s) for a pizza that could either be made ready for you or was available "Hot and Ready" most times of the day for quick and instant carryout. And, slowly but surely, they were able to bounce back.
So that’s how Reggie came up with the Bigfoot pizza.
Stuffed crust was the tier 1 pizza of the 90's.
Since this channel is still relatively you I gotta say, the writing and narration is phenomenal.
The tracker absolutely does work now, at least. But that's no surprise.
I definitely remember the *Big Foot* pizza since I lived in a rural area and Pizza Hut was the only corporate pizza chain available in my area. The whole family loved getting one and scarfing it down LOL They were much better than whatever they're serving nowadays (better quality ingredients at a much lower price compared to today).
The Bigfoot pizza was actually pretty good, at least from the hut we used to get it from. We'd order them for work. They were cooked well from my memory. They inavertantly (or intentionally) reinvented indian bread for the crust. I love indian bread.
… Indian bread? Like fry bread?
I just noticed something - the 1980's was the burger war between McDonald's, Burger King and Wendy's. The 1990's was the pizza wars between Pizza Hut, Domino's and Little Ceasar's. What fast food triad battled it out in the 1970's? The 1960's? The 2000's? The 2010's?
EDIT - McDonald's and Pizza Hut were number 1. Burger King and Domino's were no. 2. Dispite being no. 3, Wendy's and Little Ceasar's caught up quickly...
EDIT - Little Ceasar's, like Wendy's, offered more food - the burger patties were bigger and square shaped, while the pizzas were more plentiful...
Back in the 90s, long before they improved their recipes and ingredients, many people I knew referred to Domino's Pizza as "Death Disks". I liked them and Little Caesars about equally, but I liked Pizza Hut much more. My favorite pizza chain, however, was a regional one called La Rosa's, which is located in and near Ohio. It's about the only thing I miss about living there. As far as the giant pizzas, the only one I ever personally tried was the Bigfoot Pizza, and I was unimpressed, as the quality seem to be a big step down from the Hut's normal standards.
yeah mom and pops shops are the best, also my older brother used to refer to jack in the box as death in a box or jack in the crack depending on the time of day..lol
The ingredients were the same, but they were very spread out. We put more ingredients on 2 regular pies than went on a whole Bigfoot, so there was definitely less flavor in each slice. They also had thinner dough, and even with thinner dough they usually didn't cook properly.
@@mstaehlefl Now that you've explained that, my impressions from the time make perfect sense! Thank you!
I went to a boarding school in the 80s and sometimes we'd get Dominos - but the first time we ordered one while I was there, the older kids warned me about "the Dominos squirts." It was a real thing. Greasy pizza.
I loved Domino’s back then
Never ever ordered Pizza Hut
I don’t like the dominos recipe
Did Pizza Hut really decrease their sales or did Papa Johns cut into them? Not that I am a fan particularly but their presence at the end seems mysteriously omitted.
In my humble opinion, Domino’s won the war by introducing buffalo wings.
i think you are right about this! The buffalo wing craze!
And their pan pizza. It’s essentially the only thing I order from them anymore, except when I have a craving for their cheesy bread
Domino's resurgence also needs to be heavily contributed to updating their recipe on the 00s.
I remember all these giant pizzas.. they came out when I was about 20 and living in my first bachelor pad with a buddy, so I ate plenty.
And I also remember none of the M!@!# F@#!ing boxes would fit in the fridge if you had leftovers
Pizza chain Pizza these days is pretty much smaller than you expected, much tinier than you remember it. And it's probably because of these promotions I I am fondly reminiscing about from the 80s and 90s. Now, I order a large and it looks like a medium at best.
I remember when I was a Kid in the 90s
Getting excited because we were going to Pizza Hut for dinner all you could eat pizza and ice cream those where the days good memories good times
I remember the Bigfoot pizza when I was working as a Pizza Hut driver in the mid 90s in college. I hated those. The warmer bags were enormous, barely fit in my car, and the people that ordered them were always cheap ba__ards that never tipped well. I once had to deliver 16 of them to a business. $0 tip for a literal car full of pizzas.
This reminds me of competitions at school as a kid (reading, highest test scores etc.), where the winning class got to have a pizza party.
It’s amazing that Pizza Hut in recent times has brought back trademark pizza but yet one of the their biggest sellers the BIGFOOT PIZZA hasn’t made a return
where i live pizza hut has been dominating the market since i can remember, i have a lot of memories of going to pizza hut as a kid, and pizza Dominos wasn't really around much. but for some reason pizza Domino's pizza is way smaller compared to pizza hut and its kinda expensive for what you get, i don't know if its the same for other countries...
Pizza Hut on Friday with a Blockbuster rental was always the best.
I hope to see Weird History Food eventually do a video on the idiotic "chicken sandwich wars"
Hey, they didn’t call him Colonel Sanders for nothing!
I remember the pizza wars. Game pro magazine, TGIF, skateboarding, crystal pepsi,
Kid cuisines, dunkaroos...damn! The 90s fucking ruled!!!!
I took a pizza shrapnel during the Pizza Wars. It was delicious though.
Loved the Interner Historian vibes of this video
Little Caesars definitely had dine-in restaurants in the 90s. They probably still do. I think the one I went to was in Mountlake Terrace, WA, but it'ssimce closed down. I'd never had a better pizza in my life. Their cheese is as good as cartoon cheese when fresh. You never got that when you had to drive it home to eat it.
French bread pizza was an insane craze, and not that great. Made some last year and eh not a fan anymore.
The dominantor was also a type of pizza offered by Domino's in the UK in the mid 2000s. It had a layer of cheese sauce throughout the whole pizza base
We are the survivors. Hail to the ‘za!
Some great ass memories indeed. Used to love sitting in Pizza Huts with their pan size awesomeness(tasted delicious then 👌). Stuffed crust was dope too. Something about those red cups full of cold ass pepsi 😆😋. Used to get The Big Foot alot during the summers. '93-'94 was full of cheesy krust,SNES, n Monday Night Raw/Nitro😄🤙
I'm so thankful that I live in an area with good local pizza.
Could you guys do an episode about the “History of Mountain Dew” please?
2:56 Little Caesars pizza was also available in Kmart.
Papa johns is ranked 3rd today and 1st in my mind. Ever since my parents ordered a pizza from them and it came with that garlic sauce cup and a pepper i knew i would never buy pizza anywhere else.
Exept little ceasars of course. You just cant beat that price and they have a specific flavor that reminds me of my childhood.
According to an article published recently that looks at 2023 sales it looked at the top 50 pizza stores ranked by financial success
Pizza Hut was number 37
Little Caesar’s was number 29
Papa John’s was number 22
And dominos was number 15.
Pizza Hut is now a distant 4th place in the big 4 pizza chains and your personal favorite is in second place as far as the big 4 are concerned ;)
oh man if you were a kid/teen in the early 90s then you went to at least one birthday party, or had one school pizzza party where they orders the Bigfoot pizza lol. that’s a core memory
Pizza Hut was the McDonald’s of the pizza industry back in the day. The dough was made in house, fresh, and it was top notch. But, once they went the cheaper route in a way for mass production to yield more profit, then that’s when the quality went drastically down. Pizza Hut still holds a special place in my heart as for as my childhood is concern. But now as a grown man (due to adult responsibilities and price) little Caesars have my heart.
Dominos’ delivery were so slow. I ordered from them twice in the 90’s and both times the wait was hours and it arrived cold. I can’t believe they survived.
I remember those options were still available in the early 2000's when I was still in elementary.
You Got my subscription with that Big 3 Goodfellas pic 😂
We never ate dominoes. Pizza Hut sure, but we ate Round Table pizza way more than any other brand. Was a shock to see it wasn’t even mentioned as a major brand.
I'd take pizza hut and little Ceasars over domino's any day. Them and papa John's has always been gross
Supposedly, Dominoes isnt as gross anymore, but cant remember the last time I had it.
My favorite thing about the bigfoot pizza from pizza hut was the giant bread stick bag it came in was perfect .
Pizza by the foot with little Caesars had the best box
Thoroughly enjoyed this bit of nostalgia! I was in 4th-5th grade during the peak of this, and every birthday party or sleepover I went to during that time featured Bigfoot pizza. I actually stopped eating pizza altogether for about 2 years because of this (ha, imagine a kid burned out on pizza). As I got older I realized this was a cheap way for hosts to feed a crowd. I also remember when Little Ceasars disappeared from our area in the mid-90s, they didn't come back until around 2007. Now I know why! Dominoes did a great job revamping itself with better ingredients, it has really set itself apart now.
i Remember the insider from Pizza HUT That Nobody even Remembers Anymore' NOT Even the Staff at Pizza HUT Remembers That...
That's so weird, the big foot pizza is the only thing in this video I had never heard of, and the 90s was my childhood.
not even a mention of Pizza by the foot family loved that
Domino's was awesome until they changed their recipe back in 2009, and wow it just hasn't been the same since. Domino's isn't even trying to improve themselves anymore, they are just focused on pushing discounts and deals now rather than advertising quality products. As much as I hate to say it, the company was doing better when they were owned by Bain Capital.
In the 90's when Little C's first opened in my town,for the longest time I could get 2 square pizzas (about 14"x14") in a box together for $5.99 for both.
I remember the Pizza Wars in NYC in the 90's. There was much bloodshed. Different Mafia clans laundering money all over the city had turf wars. They would burn down each other's shops. Permitting became an issue too, the government started regulating it by making zoning laws that made it impossible to launder that much money.
Might be interesting to have a 90s flashback and bring back these pizzas for a limited time.
I like Godfather's Pizza, Shakey's Pizza, Pizza Haven and Dominos Pizza in that order.
Both Pizza Hut, Little Caesars were nasty as can be and still are to this very day.
I remember Godfather's Pizza slices were huge!
There is a Bigfoot Museum in Hastings, Nebraska, I went there for my 40th birthday. Harriett "Bigfoot Lady" McFeely was really nice and a great guide.
I remember when Pizza Hut tasted good…the 90s…the good ole days.
Here in NY we allways went local. you only got to Dominos if its 1 am on friday and you want a pizza now.
The "dough measuring" comment is underrated lol...
Dominos also completely changed their pizza as well. I worked at Dominos before they changed their sauce and made their crust more buttery and garlicy. It was terrible pizza.
Little Caesar's still has their own brand of Detroit style deep dish (though, it's not as good as Jet's), and Domino's is just horrible. They must have made all that money with their "please buy from us once and we'll throw you free pizza!" campaign.
Domino's was awesome until the huge recipe change back in 2009. I miss the old Domino's.
@@christiangonzales7429 Dominos was Mediocre in the 90s and 2000s. Its 80s Recipe was changed in 1993. I should know, I worked for them on again and off again during the '00s. The 2009 Recipe is Completely Ubiqious.
@@Tornado1994 I personally enjoyed their older recipe from back then. What was it in the 2009 recipe that made it so different from the old one?
@@christiangonzales7429 I worked for Dominos on and off again throughout the 2000s and returned during COVID until Last Spring, I can tell you what happened, Dominos has changed their Recipes TWICE since their Inception in 1960. The First was in 1994, and the second was 2009. The Reason why everything completely changed in 2009, because the ingredients being used by '05 were extremely mediocre, and because the Oil Prices were really cutting into the budgets as Dominos back then used to take 10% of the Delivery Driver's Mileage.
Dominos from 1960-1994 had a Round Table Pizza(An Oakland,CA based Pizza Chain) like Recipe. Their Menu was also Substandard, but they prided their Brand on Fast Free Delivery, the "30 Minutes or Less" was no Joke and lasted ALL the way until 1992. Dominos in the 80s Revolutionized Pizza Delivery(Pizza Hut didn't even Introduce Delivery Service until May of 1985!) and were ahead of the curve in Delivery Tactics.
In December 1993 after 33 years, Dominos' Founder Tom Monahgan stepped down as CEO. and Founder due to 2 Wrongful Death Lawsuits regarding Fatal Crashes involving Delivery Drivers in 1989 and 1990 that was blamed on the company's "30 Minutes or Less" policy, with his departure, Domino's Ridded themselves of his old Recipe and started looking at ways to cut budget, Dominos also expanded its Menu(Buffalo Wings,Thin Crust and Deep Dish) and implemented new Marketing Tactics even launching its own Website on August 11,1995.
In October 2005, about 6 weeks after Hurricane Katrina, the Pizza Delivery Business decided to go for broke and Add Delivery Charge to combat the Rising and Extreme Oil Prices and Crazy Gas Prices, EVERY major Chain decided this as 2005 marked the END of Free Delivery for Major Pizza Brands. By then, Dominos which had started IPO Trading on March 1,2004, were using Lackluster Ingredients from its 1994 Recipe, Dominos By '05 was relying heavily on its "555" promotion, By Late 2008, despite the Introduction of Desserts like Lava Cake and Oven Baked Sandwiches(Cinnasticks had launched in Early '01), Things weren't looking too good for the Brand or Company as Same Store Sales were down, In April 2009, Dominos was hit with a PR Nightmare when a Drugged out Methheaded Husband and Wife Couple who ran a Dominos Store in Durham,NC posted a TH-cam Video of themselves spitting in food, putting Snot in it, placing the Dough under their Armpits and talking about Urinating and Defecating in it. The Video caused people to falsely assume that Dominos Stores had POOR health code guidelines, it was so dire for Dominos that not only were the Couple immediately FIRED and BANNED from working for Dominos ever again shortly after the video's release, they were ARRESTED and put in Jail. The Meth couple kept insisting it was just a harmless prank and that they did not serve any of the food on the video to anyone, stating they made the video while the Store was Closed, Dominos themselves had to Upload a YT Statement on a Video defending their Brand and stating out right that they had fired the Couple and will do BETTER in Vetting managers at their stores.
Current CEO Patrick Doyle realized something had to be done. Feedback Corporate Dominos was receiving regarding OA and CSR from Customers gradually berating Dominos, calling it "Cheap", "Lousy", and "Mediocre", it was then decided in May 2009 that the ENTIRE Recipe needed a Complete Overhaul, and the first order of Business was to do away with the Expensive Deep Dish, The 2nd Order was to Change the Garlic and Butter Bases being used, and the 3rd and final Order was to Do away with the Pizza Sauce Recipe that Tom Monahgan had created and pioneered 49 years ago, the New Sauce Recipe was going to be Zestier and have a special kick to it.
On December 3,2009 Dominos launched this New Recipe and a new Self Deprecating Advertising Campaign called "Turnaround", It was a Surprise Success for Dominos. Completely turning their fortunes around. As it currently stands, Dominos has remained the #1 Pizza Delivery Chain since 2011 and it hasn't let up since then.
I can let you in on its Secret: Since late '09, Dominos uses a Special Garlic Blend Sauce for its Hand Tossed Dough.
@@Tornado1994 Very interesting! A lot of insider information that I did not know about. I remember I noticed the garlic blend when they redid the recipe as well and was blown away by it. I guess I must be different from everyone else because I actually enjoyed the mediocre recipe more than the current one.
I miss that Bigfoot pizza from Pizza Hut. You never know what you had until it's no longer around. 😢
We used to go to little ceasers all the time, but they did not have that many locations so when I lived farther away I stopped going. I thought of pizza hut as more of a restaurant than take out so I did not go there as much. When I was there a teenager our favorite place for pizza was called Sorentos.it was so cheap and the food was good. Most of the time we played keno and it was never a question if one of us would win We got angry with each other when one guy won too much. We were too intelligent to loose altogether though so we walked out feeling like we had done a number on the place and most of the time I guess that we did☺
A friend of mine who worked at Pizza Hut at the time told me never to order the Bigfoot pizza. He said they used inferior ingredients and fattier cheese than the regular pizzas.
the bigfoot pizza was good... it was my favorite to order as a child and i think also other children liked it the most. never even heard of little ceasers big cheese because picking up pizza in person was not fun. the whole point of ordering pizza was to have it delivered which seemed to be special and fun back in the 90s
What about Pizza Hut's promotional PlayStation demo discs they had in the mid-late 90's?
Pizza hut was a big part of Saturday nights of my childhood. Its nowhere near that anymore sadly
I worked at a couple different Domino's as a delivery driver. The tracker was correct, whenever a pizza was sent from station to station we had to hit a button to move it along.
I loved the Bigfoot Pizza as a teenager. It was pretty good for its price.
In Canada we have a 4th competitor, Pizza Pizza, whose pizza a lot of pizza snobs really don't like. There was a lawsuit when Little Caesars started using their name as a slogan.
Mad I missed out on stuff like this. Was born in 1999. Never will I get such sweet pizza/food deals today. Instead immense shrinkflation.
Ha Ha .. Just Subbed :-) This Guy is a character !
School pizza hut slices are STILL the best pizza ever. Just like school Taco Bell Chilitos