Cheap, cheaper and cheapest: Your options for affordable pizza

Love pizza?  Here are three affordable options.

Cheap…

Take Away

My favourite take away or delivery pizza place is Pizzaville.  They offer delicious pizzas and have great deals, such as a Large, 3-topping pizza for $10.99 - every night of the week.  You can’t get a deal like that anywhere else in this city.  The best way to cut down on costs when ordering pizza is to avoid delivery costs. Just pick it up yourself and you will avoid delivery fees and tips.

…Cheaper…

In the freezer

A homemade pizza with leftover Italian sausage, tomatoes and onions

I’ll be the first to admit that I actually buy the occasional frozen pizza.  Why?  Because as we all know, there are inevitably nights where you just don’t feel like cooking, and you order a pizza to save time and energy.  If you have a frozen pizza in your freezer, you can just slide one in to the oven for less than $5.

My favourites are Ristorante pizzas, because they have lots of veggies on them, and they are thin crust, so you don’t fill up on dough.  They cost anywhere between $4 and $6 depending on where you shop.  I look for them on sale and stock up.  I also subscribed to Ristorante’s e-newsletter list where they send coupons - you can find them here. Right now there is a coupon for $1.50 off when you buy 2, and 75¢ off Casa di Mama.

…Cheapest…

Homemade

If you are like me, you love quick and easy suppers.  One tip that I recently thought of is to make your own pizzas and then freeze them, so you have ‘em handy.  You can make your own pizza dough, buy pizza dough or pick up pizza kits with the dough ready made.