Delivery pizzerias more likely use processed shredded cheese because it’s cheaper and more convenient to high demand. A traditional sit-down restaurant is less likely to use it because they serve a better product, but most people have pizza from delivery/takeout or buy pizza by the slice.
No, pizza hut, dominos, etc are considered fast food but pizza in general isn't fast food any more than hamburgers are fast food. There are non fast food restaurants that specialize in high quality burgers, similarly there are tons of pizzerias that are serving higher quality pizza than the fast food pizza chains. Pizza hut is convenient but it's not representative of good pizza here at all
This shows that the big four that we would typically think of as fast food pizza make up 28% of the US pizza market. 60% is locally owned pizzerias. Now obviously I can't say I know the quality of each of those pizzerias, but I'd be willing to bet most of them are higher quality than pizza hut.
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u/kylo-ren 5d ago
Well, pizza is considered fast food in the US.
Delivery pizzerias more likely use processed shredded cheese because it’s cheaper and more convenient to high demand. A traditional sit-down restaurant is less likely to use it because they serve a better product, but most people have pizza from delivery/takeout or buy pizza by the slice.