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NOOKS AND CRANNIESWhy does a round pizza come in a square box?

Cao Tien Quan, Quynh Giang, Quynh Luu, Nghe An, Vietnam

  • Round boxes are more fiddly to make and, if delivered flat, are much slower and more difficult to assemble.

    Philip Draycott, Leicester UK

  • Because it is simpler, cheaper and easier to make a square box than a round one (a square box can be formed from a single sheet of card ) and also it is easier to store, transport and pack square boxes which will remain in a flat state until needed and are quickly assembled at point of use. A round box by its very nature needs to be assembled from at the least four sections, or to be pressed to shape using special machinery. It also needs to be in two seperate parts, the container and the lid. Storing round boxes wastes space due to the unused volume inside, and the unused space between each box. Why not eat the pizza immediately in the resaurant and save the waste anyway?

    Ken, Ashford, Kent, UK

  • But do take heart. Some incredibly anal pizza manufacturer, obviously kept up all night over just this knotty problem, has chanced upon the obvious geometrical solution - the square pizza!

    John Bennett, Glasgow, Scotland

  • Handling and stacking square boxes is far easier than round boxes. Square boxes also look larger, and with frozen pizzas there is no way to use the space gained in the ice box for more frozen goods to sell.

    Ulrich Elkmann, D 48366 Lear Germany

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