A fresh slice of pizza is hard to beat, but local places like Tania’s in Royal Oak say orders aren’t popping off like they used to, and there may be a few reasons as to why.
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Local pizzerias feeling the effects of customers downsizing their orders
Whether it’s by the slice or the whole pie, Tania’s Pizza in Royal Oak, which opened in 1987, has been serving it up fresh for nearly four decades.
Current owner Amos Sheena took over the family business in 2011, and while a lot has changed over the years, he said one thing stands out recently: customers are ordering smaller pizzas with fewer toppings.
“I do believe people are buying smaller increments, like the small pizzas that we sell are greater than the last three years, medium pizzas are greater than the last three years,” Sheena said.
Benito’s owner, Jamie Muter, is just down the road from Tania’s. He said he’s seeing the same thing…