Based on RSVPs received thus far, and ones still trickling in, and impending deadlines, we'll likely end up with between 30 and 45 pizza eating folks (I'll update count a bit after 6:00 A.M.).
Anyway, here's information on the present "base order" (for 29 to 31 people), and also matrix to cover adjusting order from 29 to 81 people.
North Beach Pizza, "Base" order - for ~30 (29 to 31) people: (all pizzas, large) 2 North Beach Special 2 Barbary Coast Special 2 Aloha Special 2 Vegetarian Special 1 Plain Cheese 1 half tray big salad (dressings on the side)
adjustments for more people - range of people & pizza counts (salad and Plain Cheese stays the same):
29 32 35 39 42 45 49 52 55 59 62 65 69 72 75 79 range of people - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - eating 31 34 38 41 44 48 51 54 58 61 64 68 71 74 78 81 pizza 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 total large pizzas: 2 3 4 4 5 5 6 7 8 8 8 9 9 9 10 10 North Beach Special 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 5 Barbary Coast Special 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 Aloha Special 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 Vegetarian Special 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Plain Cheese 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 half tray big salad
order details: All pizzas include mozzarella cheese and tomato sauce, unless stated otherwise. North Beach Special (Pepperoni, green pepper, sausage, mushrooms and onions) Barbary Coast Special (BBQ Sauce, Chicken, Bacon Pieces, Green Onions & Red Onions) Aloha Special (Canadian bacon, ham, and pineapple) Vegetarian Special (Fresh tomatoes, green peppers, onions, black olives and mushrooms) Plain Cheese half tray big salad - dressings on the side complimentary and requested: Paper Plates & Napkins (& bowls for salad) Plastic Utensils Crushed Red Pepper Parmesan Cheese
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Think we should consider the following revision in order to add more veggie friendly pizza & salad.
1 Full Salad Tray - $32.95 2 Pepperoni - $18.45 each 1 Barbary Coast Special - $26.30 2 Ham & Pineapple - $19.95 (less than aloha) 2 Veggie - $24.45 2 Cheese - $16.95
Assuming 30 people at $10 per person after tax & 10% tip, this leaves $40 for soda. I believe that I can bring soda bought at Costco from Untangle, which should make it easy to fit into the budget.
As we need to add additional pizza, I suggest we first add an additional cheese, and then pepperoni.
Just my opinion, but :-) ...
Yeah, if we want to tweak the balance of pizza types, that's likely fine.
I'd be inclined to skip the pepperoni pizza, though (my opinion, but I think most folks would prefer the North Beach Special over Pepperoni, and with 4 types of pizza in addition to plain cheese, I think everyone that can handle pizza, tomato, and cheese would likely find something they'd at least consider satisfactory).
The "half tray" salad serves 6 ... I'm guestimating 80% of the folks won't touch the salad, but 20% will ... so, ... guestimating the half tray would be about right for 30 folks. I'd say if we're 45 or more, sure, go for the full tray ... under 45, or closer to 30 than 45 ... I'd guestimate that we'd end up with leftover salad ... but just my gustimate, I could be a fair bit off there.
Ham & Pineapple vs. Aloha Special - I'd be inclined to go for the Aloha Special. In some cases, one can do same mix of toppings at a (slightly) lower price than their Specials, but from what I've seen they're quite generous with their toppings on their Specials - and I think most folks really like that (much better than many other places that can be rather skimpy on the toppings). Doing a custom set of toppings (ordering by individual toppings) I suspect may result in less generous set of toppings ... so I'd think it likely a bit safer and likely to be a bit more satisfying results, sticking with their house specials. The Aloha special is also both Canadian bacon *and* ham - which I'd also guestimate most folks would prefer to *just* ham (and presumably about half as much meat in the ham and pineapple case, and a somewhat saltier balance).
And yes, I think pusing the balance a bit more on the vegetarian side can be a good and safe thing :-). I was guestimating the balance. Most especially, their Vegitarian special is likely something that will also well appeal to the omnivores (it's got quite a nice mix of stuff on it), so ... better "too much" Vegitarian Special in the mix, than too little.
Anyway, I'll leave it to you to finalize. I've gathered up the RSVP info, putting together total on pizza eating RSVPers, and also list of email addresses, if you want to drop them a reminder (I'll send that to you off-list).
In any case, that "matrix" I did should be a very good guide for number of large pizzas in total for N pizza eaters; the mix of pizzas is "just" my recommended mix (opinions can and will vary :-)).
Thanks for your work and attention on this!
Quoting "Andrew Fife" AFife@untangle.com:
Think we should consider the following revision in order to add more veggie friendly pizza & salad.
1 Full Salad Tray - $32.95 2 Pepperoni - $18.45 each 1 Barbary Coast Special - $26.30 2 Ham & Pineapple - $19.95 (less than aloha) 2 Veggie - $24.45 2 Cheese - $16.95
Assuming 30 people at $10 per person after tax & 10% tip, this leaves $40 for soda. I believe that I can bring soda bought at Costco from Untangle, which should make it easy to fit into the budget.
As we need to add additional pizza, I suggest we first add an additional cheese, and then pepperoni.