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Re: Tech Startup Slice Helps Local Pizzerias Get Online

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Post by woolvalley »

ahi wrote: post #118
lordnacho wrote: post #97

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yeah my thought as well. You'd think with a huge business like Domino's you could afford to pay quite a few devs top dollar. Perhaps it's the fact that Detroit is not known as a nice place to live that's the problem?

Their HQ is actually in Ann Arbor which is nice so long as you don't want big city accoutrements. Pay isn't terrible especially considering cost of living. As far as I can tell their recruiting problem is how many people want to work for pizza corp?

Pay as well as FAGAM and you'll find a lot who would love to get the FAGAM pay while living at Ann Arbor costs.

Re: Tech Startup Slice Helps Local Pizzerias Get Online

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Post by halfjoking »

tjmehta wrote: post #13

Sliceline?

If only this company could get $100 million in funding so venture capitalists can subsidize my pizzas.

That's what I was thinking when I saw Sliceline... because venture capitalists already subsidize my transportation (cheap Uber) and movie tickets (Moviepass) why not subsidize my pizza?

Re: Tech Startup Slice Helps Local Pizzerias Get Online

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Post by lainga »

ebikelaw wrote: post #79
ardit33 wrote: post #4

Fun fact, some of the best "italian" pizzeria's in NYC are actually owned and/or run by Albanians. There is a whole generation of Albanians that moved in Italy (after the 90s), learned the trade there and eventually moved in NYC and opened their places. Fun fact number 2: A lot of greek places in NYC are actually operated by albanians. (for the same reasons as above). The main reason is marketing: People in the US kn…

Albania and Italy are only as far apart as New York and Philadelphia, and Albania and Greece are adjacent. Americans are not inclined to draw a distinction between regions separated by so little distance. It would be like you saying that you have a favorite Mission-style taqueria in Tirana, and I countered that it's actually run by people from Sacramento. There is no difference!

>No distinction between Albania and Italy

Il Duce ha sempre ragione!

Re: Tech Startup Slice Helps Local Pizzerias Get Online

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Post by dragonwriter »

JackCh wrote: post #63

Maybe I'm just out of touch, but the appeal of online pizza ordering is something I can't wrap my mind around. Calling and placing an order using the traditional telephone method seems far easier to me. I do it often, more often than I should. Furthermore it seems better for the business since presumably the phone company takes a much smaller cut of the sale than whatever web platform they may be using. Is it because…

> Maybe I'm just out of touch, but the appeal of online pizza ordering is something I can't wrap my mind around.

Online pizza ordering could be awesome, and good for pizzerias, because most of them are limited on phone staff at the times the most people order which can make the phone order process inconvenient (and filled with long hold delays) unless you avoid ordering at busy times which, by definition, lots of people don't.

OTOH, most online ordering systems for pizza seemed to designed for maximum UX horror, making calling a better experience even at busy times. But online ordering should be a win through asynchrony.

Re: Tech Startup Slice Helps Local Pizzerias Get Online

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Post by jonknee »

ahi wrote: post #118
lordnacho wrote: post #97

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yeah my thought as well. You'd think with a huge business like Domino's you could afford to pay quite a few devs top dollar. Perhaps it's the fact that Detroit is not known as a nice place to live that's the problem?

Their HQ is actually in Ann Arbor which is nice so long as you don't want big city accoutrements. Pay isn't terrible especially considering cost of living. As far as I can tell their recruiting problem is how many people want to work for pizza corp?

To be honest, making APIs for selling pizza doesn't seem so bad compared to working for a monstrous company like Facebook or Uber. That said, I'd never want to be anywhere near Ann Arbor.

Re: Tech Startup Slice Helps Local Pizzerias Get Online

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Post by oxymoran »

Reedx wrote: post #83
covercash wrote: post #34

I hate Slice. They basically came in and registered similar domains to existing pizza shops but because they are better at SEO than the mom & pop places, their results out rank the real sites. They even went in and updated unclaimed listings on yelp, google, Foursquare, etc. and put their site. That would be fine if the pizza shops were on board with this. But none of the shops I order from had any clue their orders…

Gross. I wonder if they were the inspiration for Sliceline or if that was just a happy coincidence?

Na that was just a pun. ;)

Re: Tech Startup Slice Helps Local Pizzerias Get Online

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Post by CPLX »

ebikelaw wrote: post #79
ardit33 wrote: post #4

Fun fact, some of the best "italian" pizzeria's in NYC are actually owned and/or run by Albanians. There is a whole generation of Albanians that moved in Italy (after the 90s), learned the trade there and eventually moved in NYC and opened their places. Fun fact number 2: A lot of greek places in NYC are actually operated by albanians. (for the same reasons as above). The main reason is marketing: People in the US kn…

Albania and Italy are only as far apart as New York and Philadelphia, and Albania and Greece are adjacent. Americans are not inclined to draw a distinction between regions separated by so little distance. It would be like you saying that you have a favorite Mission-style taqueria in Tirana, and I countered that it's actually run by people from Sacramento. There is no difference!

By this same logic there is little difference between food from southern England and northern France.

Re: Tech Startup Slice Helps Local Pizzerias Get Online

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Post by paulcole »

Fifer82 wrote: post #98
paulcole wrote: post #55

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> Fake cheese, Fake chicken, Fake mushrooms What exactly do you think is on their pizza?

In the UK? Analog Cheese, Water Pumped Chicken, Ultra Hydrated mushrooms. If I am paying 3 pound for a pizza, I expect it to be shit. If I am paying 10 pound, I expect it to be reasonable.

Cheese you don't like. Chicken you don't like. Mushrooms you don't like.

That doesn't make those things "fake."

Re: Tech Startup Slice Helps Local Pizzerias Get Online

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Post by cpeterso »

benatkin wrote: post #29
ardit33 wrote: post #4

Fun fact, some of the best "italian" pizzeria's in NYC are actually owned and/or run by Albanians. There is a whole generation of Albanians that moved in Italy (after the 90s), learned the trade there and eventually moved in NYC and opened their places. Fun fact number 2: A lot of greek places in NYC are actually operated by albanians. (for the same reasons as above). The main reason is marketing: People in the US kn…

In SF the only pizza place I ate at over a six-month period was owned by jwz, and the only pizza slices I ate were vegan ones. I'm not vegan, but I'm slightly lactose intolerant (or something). I think that pizza is probably a blind spot for many SF/SV startup people. Not surprised this startup is based in NYC. Is there an avocado toast startup? Edit: come to think of it I had vegan pizza in NYC a year and a half ago…

Not quite an avocado toast startup, but The Melt is a grilled cheese startup:

https://themelt.com/

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