3 Cheeses Every Pizza Should Have
What does a cow, a sheep, and a buffalo have in common? A pie.
If you are also crazy over white sauce piazzas, then you will agree that the mere thought of melting cheese on a pizza can turn any tomato sauce devotee into a white sauce fanatic in no time. But what makes white sauce pizzas interesting is not the pie itself, but the cheese the perfect trio of Due Latte, Fontina, and Buffala Mozzarella.
No home has gone to sleep without experiencing having pizza for dinner. It has become a staple food by most American homes and has saved thousands of dinner would-be disasters. The idea of being able to call a delivery on your way home or while waiting for your kids from school is just a relief.
Ask any chef and the answer is the same the secret ingredient that makes a pizza plain delicious is the cheese.
Have you ever wondered what pizza would be like if it were not for the cheese? Perhaps it will just be plain tomato sauce and flatbread.
Choosing the right cheese for your pizza is as important as making sure that the oven is heated at the right temperature. So if you want to have a great tasting pizza, use only the best of cheeses.
Fontina – cow
Fontina cheese is an Italian cheese that can be semisoft or firm, depending on where it was made and how long it was aged. Its flavor can also vary, from mild and creamy flavors to intense and pungent ones. It is one popular cheese used for several Italian dishes.
All Fontina cheeses are made from cow’s milk. The milk has to be raw, and be as fresh as possible. And because it melts extremely well without ruining its toothsome taste, it is a must in every pizza.
Due Latte or Robiola – sheep’s milk cheese
From northern Italy, this cheese came from the south of Alba. Most of the Due Latte cheese that we find today is a combination of cow’s and sheep’s milk. Although the blend is fine, traditionally Due Latte is made only from unpasteurized sheep milk.
Although it still tastes great, traditionally, Due Latte cheese is made from unpasteurized sheep milk. It is neither salty nor intense, but is mild and creamy, ideal for pizzas.
Buffala Mozzarella – cheese from buffalo’s milk
Saying that a pizza should have mozzarella cheese is an understatement. However, not just any mozzarella cheese will make a pizza taste great mozzarella cheese made from buffalo’s is milkier in taste and has higher moisture content compared to mozzarella from cow’s milk. It is richer and is sweeter than cow mozzarella too!
These three cheeses, the Due Latte, Fontina, and Buffala Mozzarella are the top 3 cheeses that is a must ingredient for any kind of pizza. Perhaps they are all melt well, or perhaps they have varying fat content that creates a perfect balance. But regardless of the reason, having all three cheeses on one single pizza is definitely going to be one mouthwatering experience.
Buy these three cheeses at your trusted cheese store.
Pizza Coupons Harrisburg Marketing Campaign
Looking over the internet marketing campaigns in the Harrisburg Pa. market it’s surprising how few independent pizza shops are using the latest coupon delivery techniques. Most Harrisburg pizza shops don’t even have a website. How can they get their menu in front of pizza hungry fans when they are searching frantically for a great pizza online?
Pizza coupons have been debated for years. Some shop owners don’t want to discount their prices, some don’t want to set up a program to deliver the coupons, some just don’t market their pizza shop at all.
There are 3 basic ways to deliver coupons.
1. Print ads. The Coupon Clipper, Val Pak, direct mail etc. Any of these can be effective, although they are also pricey.
2. Email lists. I really don’t understand why a pizza shop owner wouldn’t start a Pizza Club. It’s the perfect way to connect with your customers, every month. I know of a local food service business that opened just a few months ago and has over 700 members in their club. How did he do it? There is a computer in the store right beside the cash register where folks can sign up for the club and receive a coupon for joining. The owner reported over 12% redemption every month.
3. Text messaging. This is the latest and probably soon to be the most effective way to connect with hungry Harrisburg pizza fans. Text messaging has a very high open rate, can be sent to the hungry masses when they are out and about and isn’t very expensive to implement.
Here’s an excerpt from a recent article
Domino’s Pizza is rolling out a mobile coupon program that will serve its franchises nationwide.
…..services to send coupon codes to opted-in consumers via text message.
“We’re extremely satisfied with the results we are seeing with our text campaigns, as well as the overall growth of our mobile-ordering customer base,” said Rob Weisberg, vice president of multimedia marketing for Domino’s Pizza, Ann Arbor, MI.
Last year Domino’s more than tripled its number of opted-in consumers, the company claims. It plans to invest significantly in further growing its mobile consumer base.
According to Forrester Research, 30 percent of consumers would like to receive mobile coupons.
Redemption rates for mobile coupons range from 5 percent to 15 percent, which is much higher than typical print coupon rates of 1 percent or less.
Consumers must opt-in in order to participate in mobile coupon programs, accounting for higher redemption rates.
Paper coupon usage has declined 40 percent in the last few years due to lack of immediacy and the manual effort of clipping, according to the Food Marketing Institute.
Real-time offers, geographic targeting, personalization, time-of-day redemption tracking and a lower cost of delivery make mobile more compelling than traditional paper coupons.
The national pizza franchises, Pizza Hut, Domino’s and Papa John’s dominate the internet for searches and online marketing. While no Harrisburg pizza shop can match the spending of the big three, local pizza shops can compete if they make a plan and work it!
Does your favorite pizza shop in Harrisburg have a plan ? Do they contact you monthly with a great offer to entice you to buy?
Do you wish they did?
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Harrisburg Pizza Menu: Using Takeout Menus to Sell More Pizza
Most Harrisburg pizza shops don’t have a menu per se. It’s most common to order from a menu board hanging above the counter. All the selections are listed and most have very little description. Chinese restaurants do the same thing but their menu often has pictures.
Most pizza shops in Harrisburg Pa. Do have a takeout menu. These vary from 8 ½ by 11 black white photo copies to full color takeout menus. Full color takeout menus can cost $800 to $1,000 per 10,000 plus the charges for a professional graphic designer. Figure another $200-$400. They’re not cheap but it is a very effective marketing strategy.
For maximum results Harrisburg pizza shops should be putting a takeout menu in every pizza box that goes out, every sandwich bag that leaves their store and have them available at the counter.
If there was a way for the pizza shop owner to get these fantastic marketing tools for free wouldn’t that be a great deal? Well there is! If your business is pizza, Harrisburg Pa. Shop owners should be aware that PaAdmats offers full color takeout menus for no charge to the pizza shop.
What’s the catch? Well in exchange for a great looking full color takeout menu for your pizza shop they sell ads to local business around the border of the menu. These menu’s help increase sales of the Harrisburg pizza shop and also position the shop as an active member of the business community.
When a hungry customer is digging through the drawer looking for a menu to order dinner wouldn’t a good looking full color takeout menu help them pick your Harrisburg pizza shop?
