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Page 6/The Battalion/Tuesday, April 10,1984 Si Student pizza sales soar in Bryan-College Station By SUZY FISK Reporter “It’s good to eat and you don’t have to cook or clean up.” “My roommate and I crave it at midnight, at least once a week.” The first comment is from i Bill Booth, a senior education i major from Houston, and the ! second is from Karla Martin, a | sophomore jounalism major | from Rendon. They are talking about pizza, a fast food growth industry in the Bryan-College Station area. Nine pizza places deliver in 30 minutes or less to dorms and apartments around Texas A&M. “Domino’s has the fastest de livery in town,” says Dave Ma lone, assistant manager Of Dom ino’s. Delivery is 90 percent of Domino’s business. However, Allison Maffit, manager of the local Pizza Ex- RESTAURANT press, says his pizza store is the only one in town with a pizza truck. The truck delivers pizza in 15 minutes to dorms, apart ments or houses in College Sta tion. Pizza Express also makes most of its sales by delivery. Pizza Hut’s delivery sales jump when the weather is bad, says assistant manager Debbie Ross. Pizza Hut, a restaurant with a dining room, also has de livery and carry-out which bring in 40 percent of its sales. A new pizza spot, Double Daves’ Pizzaworks will open sometime in April. Double Daves’ will be geared toward college students, says co-owner Dave Atkinson. Double Daves’ will add itself to the delivery list ^ M tri-state reasonable prices “Quality Health Food” Taste our Lemon Chicken! SELECT GROUP W) JLARGC OH SMALL & PARTIES AND BANQUETS WELCOMED SuMSUfAte/l Wtri Serving wine and beer upx Softball Shirts 846-8345 Mon. - Sun. 11 am - 2 pm 50% OFF Mon. - Sat. 5 pm - 10 pm 2023 Texas Ave., J 3805 TEXAS AV. - BRYAN Townshire Center 779-8775 for apartments, houses, dorms and businesses. Besides deliv ering pizza, Double Daves’ also will deliver pizza variations, such as calzone, pepperoni rolls and Parisian pizza. For those with a thirst for a cold brew, Double Daves’ will deliver do mestic and imported beer any where but on campus. This will be the second new pizza place to open locally since tne beginning of this semester. Altogether there are now at least 20 pizza locations in Bryan-College Sta tion. Dana LeMoine, a junior chemical engineering major from Spring believes that vari ety and competition are healthy for the pizza market. “I think it’s great that the market is expanding because the competition improves qual ity, service and advertised spe cials, LeMoine says. Quality is important to Bob Cannon, manager of Mama’s Pizza Place, which does not de liver. Cannon says he doesn’t want to lose the flavor of the pizza by sticking it in a card- ooard box and letting it sit for 30 minutes before it reaches the customer. He has no plans to deliver because he says the qual ity of the pizza would be lost. Mama’s has been serving locally for six years and has managed to stay above budget, even when students leave for summer. “We must be doing some thing right,” Cannon says. Mike Espinoza, manager of TAIN/I SEIM First Campus ^ Entertainment § Network In Texas! The MSC Video Tape Committee will air the first campus television network in your ne To do it, we help. If you have an interest in Video/TV Production, §§ like to write, act, direct, sell or market products, we want you ! Find out more. Come to the first meeting, Tues., April 10, at T- » . IS in room 30B Rudder. L Ar Muj Michael N students, fac in 206 Me enirepreneu sion will folk Entrepreneu Th« Theatre A liet April 10 available at t and $4 for nc Dep Photo by BILL HUGHl Pizza delivery is nothing new to B-CS, but one pizza place will soon begin delivering beer along with its pizza to everywhere but on campus. Pizza Inn, thinks he also is doing something right since he believes “delivery is where it’s at.” “The competition is pretty fierce,” Espinoza says. Mary Esquivl, day manager for Mr. Gatti’s Pizza in College Station, says many students, bank personnel and Skaggs’ employees come for the lunch special. Esquivl says Gatti’s cus tomers come in not only for the lunch special, but also to watch soap operas on the big screen television. Mr. Gatti’s depends on delivery sales for 55 percent of its business. Carry-outs and sales of the restuarant make up the rest of the sales. Donna Fisher, manager and owner of Pasta’s says the lunch buffet is open to everyone but mainly students, construction workers and business people come to eat and to watch “All My Children.” The People Book and direct mail coupons help in advertis ing and is a big incentive for customers at many of the pizza places. “Since I’m always eating out, pizza coupons are a big money saver for me because I like pizza so much,” says Susan Kuch, a freshman agricultural jo lism major from Gonzales. Espinoza says Pizza Innn pons are an incentive tocusta ers especially since delii started a month ago. Chanel pizza sticks coupons on eti d(X)i on campus twice ami says Carl Dopyera, assist manager of Chanello’s, add that those coupons bring about 15 percent of thebe ness. Chanello’s has deir and carry-out with 90 per« of its business in delivery. 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