Blog 2

When, where, and with whom? On a weekday, With my coworkers (6 guys), at the office, for lunch.

Emotional/physical needs: we wanted something that everyone would like and where we can split the cost. We also wanted to order something we can take home or snack on throughout the rest of the day.

Decision process: one of the guys suggested pizza, and we all quickly agreed. Another option that we considered was eating lunch at the company cafe or primos for sandwhiches. We decided on dominos because it was close to pick up and fhere was a special.

Kind of pizza: half supreme, half pepporoni

Pros/cons: the pizza was a little greasy but we all really enjoyed it. We had some left over and snacked on it in the afternoon. The slices were also big enough for everyone. I personally don't like onions and peppers and felt like there was alot of it on the supreme. It was a good choice overall.

Nickname: Humpday Fuel

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When, where, and with whom? On a Friday night, with my friend Brett, at her apartment in Bryn Mawr.

Emotional/physical needs: we wanted something easy and quick to eat before we went out to the bars

Decision process: my friend Brett decided on the kind of pizza before I got to her apartment. She felt like having mushroom pizza, so that's what was ordered. Another option was to go out to a restaurant for dinner.

Kind of pizza: half cheese, half mushrooms

Pros/cons: the only negative to the pizza was that the crust was too hard. I also did not feel too good to go out drinking afterwards, so perhaps it was not a good choice. But the pizza itself was good, overall

Nickname: the pregame slice

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When, where, and with whom? On a weekday night, on my own in my apartment, around dinner time.

Emotional/physical needs: I was extremely hungry after a long day at work and not in the mood to cook. I was craving comfort food

Decision process? I was the only one involved in the decision process since I was having dinner by myself. The deciding factor was that the pizza place (seasons pizza) is close to my apartment and delivers quickly. Another option was to order chinese. I was not in the mood for really sodium heavy food.

Kind of pizza: margharita pizza - mozzorella and tomato

Pros/cons: the pizza was the best I had in a while. I felt full and satisfied afterwards. It was a good choice.

Nickname: Yankee Comfort Food

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In my life, pizza is often used as a food to bring people together socially or in a work environment. More often than not, that is the reason pizza is ordered. The one time that I would like to order pizza but do not is when I am alone. Although I have ordered pizza on my own more than once, it is far and few inbetween. The reasons are that is it difficult to order one or two slices, and a young woman living on her own, I am not able to eat a full pie of pizza. 

Another situation where pizza can be order but is typically not ordered is when I am babysitting. Although it is an easy fix for children that are hungry, it is difficult to coordinate more than one child and what they favor when it comes to the kind or flavor of pizza.

Two things that pizza stores/shops can do to better meet those needs in those situations is to have the option to split the pizza into 4's (most places on allow half/half). Another option is to make personal sized pizza's to order for those living on there own that don't want a whole pie to go to waste.