Pizza attributes - second opinion requested

[Ryk]

Not hiding, just busy, busy, busy ... and not PizzaHut but a small chain of 100 stores in the London area.

It's been a very interesting project with ZC!

[bigbadboy]

Have 2 options for each attribute:
'No onions' + 'With Onions'

'No Onions' would be the default and act as a 'remove' option.

[Ryk]

Ah, if only it were that easy!

Part of the problem is that there are 32 different toppings available which could be added to any pizza, but each pizza starts with a different set of toppings (about 4 or 5).

And that still doesn't get around the calculation problem of only changing the price when the extra toppings > removed toppings when above the basic price.

But thanks for the suggestion - there may be a direction to go in here.

[swguy]

Rick, are these guys retired actuaries or bond traders? I've never heard of a pricing scheme this complicated (for pizza, for heaven's sakes!).

[fairestcape]

Rick, have you ever taken a kid into a major sweetshop? They can't see the wood for the trees when there are 100000000's of options...

... take them to the corner shop where there's only a handful of options, and they're just as happy.

... why not offer a range of pizzas - say, 15 or 20 - where the composition of toppings for each pizza option is standard for that option.

Then allow a smaller range of additions / subtractions per pizza...

I can't see somebody ordering a Hawaiian pizza (pinapple) with extra mushrooms, pepperoni, chicken, olives, anchovies, artichokes, butter, ice-cream, cod-liver-oil, baking powder, cream, persil, linguini....