And Then There Were Two (99 Cent Pizza Now $1.49)
I promised I wouldn’t cry post about all the price increases, because there were just too many, and it is starting to sound like a broken record at this point… but some things are much bigger than a Price Hike List (which I put up on the left hand Navbar on Wednesday). For example- the $1 slice of pizza, which is hands down, the cheapest Midtown Lunch there is. Well, I’m sad to report that Z Deli on 8th Ave. btw. 48+40th has upped the cost of their slice from .99 to $1.49 (a 50% increase!!!), leaving 99 Cent Fresh Pizza (one location on 43th btw. Lex+3rd, and one out of bounds location behind Port Authority) and the Prince Deli (on 3rd Ave. btw. 43+44th) as the only two remaining purveyors of the $1 slice of pie in Midtown.
The Z Deli slice was barely worth $1, I can’t even fathom anybody paying $1.50- but more importantly, what will 99 Cent Fresh Pizza do if the cost of flour, and cheese continues to rise. Shut down, or change their name? Either would be incredibly upsetting…
Posted by Zach Brooks at 11:30 am, May 23rd, 2008 under *3rd Ave. btw 43+45th, 8th btw. 48+49th, Pizza, Price Hike, Z Deli.