One pizza enthusiast gained internet fame after revealing a clever trick to get more Domino's pizza for your money.
Simon Harris shared his money-saving pizza hack on X, formerly known as Twitter, and it quickly garnered over one million views.
The secret lies in mathematics, a subject that might make many people switch off. He began his tweet: “Maths is important.
He explained: "Domino's charges £5.99 for a six-inch diameter cheesy garlic bread, which equals 28.26 square inches or approximately 21p per square inch."
Simon continued: “You can also create your own small (9.5 inches in diameter) pizza for £8, and you can remove the tomato sauce, and then add garlic spread and mozzarella while keeping the thick crust, which is 70.85 square inches of cheesy garlic bread, working out at 11p per square inch - this is basically half the price per square inch.
You pay an extra £2.01 (33 percent more), but you get 150.7 percent more cheesy garlic bread.
Simon mentioned that, by the way, you would have to pay the store 150 percent more for cheesy garlic bread.
He went on to say that if you're hosting a gathering and want an even larger serving, Domino's currently offers a deal where any medium-sized pizza is £10.
Simon says (see what we did there): “This is 102.5 square inches of cheesy garlic bread, which is 10p per square inch.
“Any large pizza (13.5 inches) is £12, which is 143.07 square inches of cheesy garlic bread, which is 8p per square inch.”
So, the lesson here is clear: NEVER more than one garlic bread side from Domino’s when you can easily create your custom pizza for a lower cost by omitting the tomato sauce and adding garlic spread and mozzarella.
Here is his post:
Maths is important. Domino’s charges £5.99 for a cheesy garlic bread side order, which is six inches in diameter, which is 28.26 square inches of cheesy garlic bread, working out at 21p per square inch.
You can also create your own small (9.5 inches in diameter) pizza for £8, and you can remove the tomato sauce, and then add garlic spread and mozzarella while keeping the thick crust, which is 70.85 square inches of cheesy garlic bread, working out at 11p per square inch - this is basically half the price per square inch. You’re paying £2.01 more (33%), but you’re getting 150.7% more cheesy garlic bread.
If you’re feeding a few people or whatever, creating your own cheesy garlic bread becomes an even better proposition. At the moment, any medium pizza (11.5 inches) is £10, which is 102.5 square inches of cheesy garlic bread, which is 10p per square inch. Any large pizza (13.5 inches) is £12, which is 143.07 square inches of cheesy garlic bread, which is 8p per square inch.
Whichever way you look at it, it simply doesn’t pay to order one or more of the regular cheesy garlic bread sides.
I’m working with pi being 3.14 rounding to two decimal places elsewhere and using ‘delivery’ prices only, and as you can see the end product is basically the same thing. I’m going by the prices at my local branch, and these could vary across the UK, but the concept itself that creating your own garlic bread beats the standard menu should remain.
Thank you for attending my TED talk. Goodnight.
Following his post, many users also share their thoughts and opinions.
One person said: We’ve been doing this for years too! Even better is a pepperoni pizza with garlic spread
A second wrote: I can get 2 12inch pizzas and garlic bread with cheese for less than what dominos asks for one pizza That's maths
A third commented: Do the 2.49 savior pizza and you get the same along cheaper!!! I have been doing that for years lol
Someone else said: Let me get some bread with sauce and cheese and meat and for my side I want bread and for dessert, I'll have more bread, please. Pizza places should be called Everything Bread and Bread stores
Another said: I always cut my pizza into 4 slices and not 8 as I can't manage 8
