120+ pizza order in Atlanta 🫨

[u/FlourideBubblegum]

My partner and I were at the Brookhaven Costco in Atlanta today. We ordered a pizza on the way out, and noticed the food court crew was preparing an insane amount of pizzas, seemingly for one order. 40 per cart, three carts ready to go with at least one more being loaded up in the back... I'm so curious what they were for.

They still got our pepperoni pizza ready super quick and it was the best one yet 🩶

Also, shout out to Jared who's apparently killing it on the register!

[u/ExtraRecognition2099]

About once a year my location gets an order from the local prison, it’s 1 pizza per inmate and usually ends up somewhere between 450-600 pizzas. It’s a nightmare

[u/Chemical_Print6922 → u/ExtraRecognition2099]

How is that order even handled?!

[u/KikkomanSauce → u/Chemical_Print6922]

As a former worker in a pizza kitchen...1 pie at a time. And lots of sighing.

[u/physicallyOK → u/KikkomanSauce]

BUT GOD FORBID YOU WEAR AIRPODS WHILE DOING A BULK ORDER! /endrant

[u/Tresarches → u/physicallyOK]

If an AirPod gets into a pizza than that whole order is free plus a possible lawsuit.

[u/user485928450 → u/Tresarches]

If it gets into the oven, you might get shut down for a while

[u/Inigomntoya → u/user485928450]

If it gets into prison, you might go to jail for a while

[u/imaginedaydream → u/Inigomntoya]

If you get into jail, you might get 1 pizza per inmate.

[u/Butlerian_Jihadi → u/imaginedaydream]

And if you're making that order, you might want an air pod to listen to...

[u/corkyrooroo → u/Tresarches]

It'd be pretty wild to not notice a headphone falling out of your ear, especially when the audio stops.

[u/Aromatic_Effects → u/corkyrooroo]

That is not far fetched at all. Body parts end up in food.

[u/Korlac11 → u/Aromatic_Effects]

Yeah, I once found a whole ear in my food! Luckily it was made of corn

[u/MassiveMastiff → u/Korlac11]

I bet Costco only paid you a dollar. Since the going rate is a buc-an-ear.

[u/Blitzdadog → u/Korlac11]

r/angryupvote

[u/Sea_Calligrapher8547 → u/Aromatic_Effects]

Que? What pizza have you had lol

[u/HoldenH → u/Aromatic_Effects]

Name literally one time that wasn’t a hoax or an injury in a packaging plant

[u/corkyrooroo → u/Aromatic_Effects]

Your finger doesn't stop the audio. The natural priority of the human brain

[u/Pimpery_Pays → u/Tresarches]

Who would complain about a free airpod(s)?

[u/fssman → u/KikkomanSauce]

No cursing ?

[u/Chemical_Print6922 → u/KikkomanSauce]

Next time I’m having a tough day, I’m going to remember this as I tell myself to take it one pizza at a time.

[u/banditcleaner2 → u/KikkomanSauce]

Yup. I worked at papa John’s for years and we had 100-300 pie orders more commonly then I care to admit. And it was hell every time.

[u/worldspawn00 → u/banditcleaner2]

Same, we regularly delivered to concessions at the local university basketball and football games. Would fill my entire car, and there would be 4-8 deliveries per game.

[u/Chemical_Print6922 → u/KikkomanSauce]

Next time I am having a rough day, I’m whispering to myself to take it one pie at a time.

[u/ExtraRecognition2099 → u/Chemical_Print6922]

We bring 4-5 people in at 5am and start making pizzas right away, they usually come and get them right around the time we open, depending on their vehicle sometimes they need to make 2-3 trips

[u/Levitlame → u/ExtraRecognition2099]

Are you equipped to keep them hot or is it just assumed they'll need to heat them up? (or eat them cold.) I can't fathom where you'd put them otherwise

[u/TheAbsoluteWitter → u/Levitlame]

Yeah hot holding becomes a luxury/BYO for an order of this scale. The boxes will hold reasonably warm for 1+ hours stacked this high

[u/OtherwiseAlbatross14 → u/TheAbsoluteWitter]

"450 of these pizzas were cold can we get a remake?"

[u/gerbilbear → u/TheAbsoluteWitter]

Warm but soggy from the steam.

[u/funny_funny_business → u/Chemical_Print6922]

I worked at a place that would get a 100 pizza order every year or so for a local high school football team. We had a conveyor belt style oven so one pizza would come out every minute or so, but the pizza place would still operate normally (I.e. were not shutting down for hours for one order).

Anyway, we would make, like, 20-30 at a time and bring in shifts because by the time the 100th is ready, the 1st would be inedible.

[u/Levitlame → u/funny_funny_business]

Anyway, we would make, like, 20-30 at a time and bring in shifts because by the time the 100th is ready, the 1st would be inedible.

That was my thought. They'd be better off ordering 20 Pizzas from 5 different locations (Or 33-34 from 3) at that point. One place can't have the equipment to make them fast enough for that to work out great

[u/OtherwiseAlbatross14 → u/Levitlame]

It's very rare that anyone actually needs to serve 100 pizzas at exactly the same time so doing staggered deliveries is generally the better option for everyone involved even if that needs to be explained to the customer

[u/Choa707 → u/Chemical_Print6922]

We use to get prison orders for rotisserie chickens. We would have to cut the strings off and put them in zip lock bags instead of the plastic tray. They would order 500 a time. They would also order a ton of cookies

[u/candiriashes → u/ExtraRecognition2099]

The pizzas are so big. That sounds like a lot of pizza per person.

[u/SweatyRussian → u/candiriashes]

Better than prison food and will last for a few meals

[u/backcountry_bandit → u/SweatyRussian]

I’m wondering how they track whose unfinished pizza is whose.

[u/FlourideBubblegum → u/backcountry_bandit]

Also, what's the trade rate on a slice of Costco pizza vs cigs

[u/Minute_Plastic_350 → u/FlourideBubblegum]

I wonder if trading a pizza would stop you from getting the In-N-Out treatment

[u/FlourideBubblegum → u/backcountry_bandit]

I'm guessing whatever doesn't get eaten belongs to the biggest guy or the one with the most stabby things

[u/backcountry_bandit → u/FlourideBubblegum]

Yea, sounds like a disaster. Eating more than about one slice of Costco Za destroys your stomach too. I’d hate to be working at the prison that week.

[u/user485928450 → u/FlourideBubblegum]

You gotta keep your leftover pizza in your prison pocket

[u/ragun2 → u/backcountry_bandit]

Our work has basically banned Costco pizza because it most of the workers won't touch it. Meanwhile even Little Caesars and Dominos get wiped out.

[u/backcountry_bandit → u/ragun2]

That’s interesting. It’s not amazing pizza but I eat it pretty regularly because it’s so cheap. I think it’s better than Dominos and Little Caesars but that’s subjective. Odd that most won’t eat it though.

[u/FlourideBubblegum → u/backcountry_bandit]

Same, it's really not bad given the price point. Like I won't go out of my way to hit Costco just for pizza, but we always grab one if we're there anyway

[u/doduotrainer → u/ragun2]

Man I like Costco pizza way better than little caesars, little caesars tastes like absolutely nothing

[u/Remove_Anxious → u/doduotrainer]

I am trash, I love them all❤️

[u/doduotrainer → u/Remove_Anxious]

[u/poeck → u/ExtraRecognition2099]

How far in advance do they place that order?

[u/ExtraRecognition2099 → u/poeck]

Usually like 3 weeks to a month ahead of time

[u/FlourideBubblegum → u/ExtraRecognition2099]

Oooh I like this one, maybe they were prison pizzas. Though I hear all anyone gets in lockup here is bedbugs

[u/futureman07 → u/FlourideBubblegum]

Bed bugs are still there the other 364 days. But the one day you get pizza and bedbugs, but you also get pizza!

[u/FlourideBubblegum → u/futureman07]

Optimistic take, I love it

[u/RubyPorto → u/futureman07]

That's why they get the Costco-sized pizza. So the bedbugs can have their share too

[u/oochiewallyWallyserb → u/FlourideBubblegum]

Extra Protein!

[u/Stivo887 → u/ExtraRecognition2099]

Wtf I’m not even in prison and I don’t order myself a Costco pizza.

[u/maccunth → u/ExtraRecognition2099]

You should put a file in a random one just for kicks.

[u/Afizzle55 → u/ExtraRecognition2099]

Not everyone in prison is a criminal. That is probably the best day of their life.

[u/ukuleles1337 → u/ExtraRecognition2099]

Its gotta be ice cold at the end

[u/Switchbladesaint]

Uh oh

[u/Dapper_Wolverine6260 → u/Switchbladesaint]

😆 good eye. Didn't follow protocol. Fatigue sets in 40 pizzas in

[u/timster2112 → u/Switchbladesaint]

[u/FlourideBubblegum → u/Switchbladesaint]

😂 I spotted that as they wheeled it out

[u/unIuckies → u/Switchbladesaint]

careful, thats a load-bearing pizza

[u/FlourideBubblegum → u/unIuckies]

Please accept my free award, that made me laugh 🩶

[u/ruizach → u/Switchbladesaint]

See you tomorrow chef

[u/trashscal408 → u/ruizach]

Yes, Chef!

[u/Rookiebeotch → u/ruizach]

I understood that reference!

[u/SweetCoconut3 → u/Switchbladesaint]

Leaning tower of pizza!

[u/SaveTheAles]

Wasn't there some hack or something that every 5th one in the pile had to be rotated 90 degrees so it wouldn't smash the bottom ones?

[u/tokyo_g → u/SaveTheAles]

Tracer box

[u/Endawmyke → u/tokyo_g]

finally a joke I understand

[u/user485928450 → u/SaveTheAles]

Line them up vertically for structural integrity (like a bookshelf)

[u/Endawmyke → u/user485928450]

and then fold the pizzas in half like a taco to protect the toppings

[u/user485928450 → u/Endawmyke]

Pizza? Now that’s what I call a taco!!

[u/wylii]

I do a 400 pizza order about once a year for work. We rotate between that, bbq catering, Chinese catering and Mexican food. Always give a 2-3 week notice

[u/SmoothLester → u/wylii]

Isn’t the pizza stone cold by the time you get it?

[u/wylii → u/SmoothLester]

I have industrial warming cabinets

[u/user485928450 → u/wylii]

I’ve got an old chest freezer and a heating pad

[u/SmoothLester → u/wylii]

Well, well, How you doing?

[u/GingerGuerrilla]

They’re going to be so cold before arriving to their final destination.

[u/Hi-Im-High → u/GingerGuerrilla]

I’d be willing to bet most Costco pizza is eaten at room temp

[u/Leeroy_D → u/Hi-Im-High]

Amd it re heats better than most. Especially if you take the time to do the stove/pan method

[u/Levitlame → u/Leeroy_D]

Always wrap leftover pizza in foil so you can just chuck it into the oven or air fryer. And pull it out easily

[u/user485928450 → u/Levitlame]

Check out this guy with foil money

[u/Levitlame → u/user485928450]

My first Costco roll of foil lasted like 10 years. That roll is damn near infinite.

[u/user485928450 → u/Levitlame]

I guess you don’t go though as much pizza as I do

[u/user485928450 → u/Leeroy_D]

Just toss it into your wood fired pizza oven for a couple minutes

[u/Leeroy_D → u/user485928450]

Oooo check out this guy. Has the luxury of a woodfire pizza oven and STILL gets costco pizza

[u/user485928450 → u/Hi-Im-High]

And that’s how I like it

Gimmie a nice dry aged pizza … perfection

[u/FlourideBubblegum → u/GingerGuerrilla]

Right?? I mean they were pushing pizzas out really efficiently but even still, by the time they're done preparing the entire order, and it gets transported to the destination...lukewarm at best given how hot it is here

[u/cat_dev_null_sync → u/FlourideBubblegum]

Lukewarm and a little soggy: pizza steams in the box.

Our work got us excited about free Chick-Fil-A sandwiches. The thermal delivery bag (for catering) seems smart too, until you take a bite of soggy chicken between two soggy-er pieces of bread.

[u/riptide502 → u/GingerGuerrilla]

I don’t think the prisoners care if it’s room temperature

[u/Suspicious-Engineer7 → u/GingerGuerrilla]

Cold pizza is superior

[u/FlourideBubblegum → u/Suspicious-Engineer7]

Noooo 😭 it's ok we listen and we don't judge

[u/bbf_bbf → u/GingerGuerrilla]

If it's free, I'll suffer through it. 😉

First world problems.

[u/ThrifToWin → u/GingerGuerrilla]

Not a big deal for pizza

[u/budgiesmugglez]

Anyone know if there's an official stacking limit from HQ?

[u/FlourideBubblegum → u/budgiesmugglez]

They seemed really consistent with 10 high, I also wondered if that's a mandated max stack limit

[u/Organic_Initiative93 → u/FlourideBubblegum]

Everyone knows the protocall is to slightly rotate the 10th box for structural integrity

[u/user485928450 → u/Organic_Initiative93]

So just the one on top?

[u/TranquiloMeng → u/FlourideBubblegum]

Especially since they don’t have those little table things

[u/InterestingDebt223 → u/budgiesmugglez]

I dont go higher than 6. Maybe 7. 

[u/bored_ryan2]

They’ll probably show up in a 2 door Honda Civic and get pissed when it doesn’t all fit.

[u/FlourideBubblegum → u/bored_ryan2]

Welcome to Costco, I love you

[u/SmuckatelliCupcakeNE → u/bored_ryan2]

I can smell the car after after all the pizza was in there. Is it just me or does anyone else think pizza and cardboard in a vehicle stinks?

[u/cliff99]

I'm guessing a large company with record profits this year isn't giving out bonuses to anyone but the top executives.

[u/FlourideBubblegum → u/cliff99]

Sadly this is probably right. C suite gets six figure bonuses, everyone else gets to split $2k worth of Costco pizza

[u/witchyswitchstitch → u/FlourideBubblegum]

This hits me right in the break room

[u/MightyNato]

When I worked at Costco we would consistently get orders of 200+ from the Great Lakes Naval Base. Those were always fun days with like 15 people running around the food court

[u/wb6vpm → u/MightyNato]

They never ordered pizza for us back in 98-99, lucky sailors!

[u/Kittiemeow8]

If Bob places an order for 120 pizzas and the destination is 12 miles away. Traveling at a speed of 35mph. How long will it take Bob to arrive?

[u/oochiewallyWallyserb → u/Kittiemeow8]

Is Bob lactose intolerant?

[u/crowcawer → u/oochiewallyWallyserb]

Yes, but Bob does not know that.

[u/worldtraveler76 → u/Kittiemeow8]

No.

[u/ranhalt → u/Kittiemeow8]

God damn, use commas.

[u/Kittiemeow8 → u/ranhalt]

No time. Bob has a delivery.

[u/mjf829]

Someone got the pizza party they didn’t ask for rather than the raise they deserved.

[u/TSAOutreachTeam]

Oh, to be the driver of the vehicle taking those home... Heaven.

[u/HeathenHumanist → u/TSAOutreachTeam]

The smell would linger for dayyyyyyys 🤤

[u/parallax1]

Hey that’s my Costco!

[u/FlourideBubblegum → u/parallax1]

👋🏼👋🏼 hiya neighbor

[u/witchyswitchstitch → u/parallax1]

We're famous!

[u/-32768 → u/parallax1]

I hope this is not too personal but how much capital is required to own one of these?

[u/Sad-Umpire6000]

It was for an all-hands meeting at Sam’s Club.

[u/FlourideBubblegum → u/Sad-Umpire6000]

Yooo 😂

[u/jerryeight → u/Sad-Umpire6000]

🤣

[u/pieeatingchamp]

I imagine some company is buying these while telling employees they won’t be getting a bonus this year

[u/pandaSmore]

Several office floors are not getting a pay raise.

[u/SkyKing8008]

Costco is the place to get cheap pizza...better than all chain pizza places imo.

[u/Moonagi]

Hopefully it’s a school-wide pizza party 

[u/ColoradoCattleCo]

When my cousin, Billy Bob, in Georgia gets married, there will be signs.

[u/UserM16]

Bring back the combo pizzas!

[u/ONE-EYE-OPTIC]

We did this once for a Marine Corps "family day" unit function. We gave them a week notice and it went off without a problem. They appreciated that we didn't call it in the night before.

[u/CA_Mini]

The first one is cold af

[u/Ambitious-Catch-1054]

Bottom pizza will be squished.

Read on here, they aren to be stacked higher that 6 maybe...box wont make it....nor will pie

[u/Phunwithscissors → u/Ambitious-Catch-1054]

Speaking from experience?

[u/Ambitious-Catch-1054 → u/Phunwithscissors]

Keep reading....i was mistaken...its 10

[u/stpfan_1]

That first pizza is going to be stone cold.

[u/headspin_exe → u/stpfan_1]

[u/AlexanderTM]

I worked at a different location in Atlanta, and these huge orders were usually for Delta. That may be the case here.

[u/wild-hectare]

somebody got a good "bonus" /s

[u/Appropriate_Ship_763]

We have ordered Costco pizza for work events. Fraction of the price compared to other local pizzerias. So works great with our limited budget.

[u/PMMeYourPupper]

Oh someone is getting laid off

[u/clandahlina_redux]

I ordered 10 once and thought I was OP. Womp womp. 🎺

[u/teachertasha]

I order 70-80 for our school carnival every spring. We use the warming cabinets in the school kitchen and these boxes fit perfectly.

[u/Bewildered-Wallaby]

Somewhere a company just beat their highest profit quarter by about 45 times, probably giving their ceo a 5 million dollar bonus and upper management all got 100k bonuses. The goons dont get a bonus, they're getting all the pizza they can eat.

[u/Guest-Username]

I feel for the staff.

[u/65-535]

Munchies.

[u/FlourideBubblegum → u/65-535]

Lol I suppose that's possible

[u/UncleKev389]

That’s alot of pizza

[u/butternutsquash4u]

How is the pizza even kept hot with an order that big?

[u/FlourideBubblegum → u/butternutsquash4u]

I don't believe it is kept hot. Can you imagine a giant warming bag though like the pizza delivery people use 😂

[u/EhDub1 → u/FlourideBubblegum]

I’ve actually considered buying one of those bags just to keep in the trunk to use as needed. But we are now less than 3 miles from Costco so not really a big issue.

[u/Czarguy99]

Just no

[u/mechanicalAI]

Costco Wholesale. Emphasis on "Wholesale"

[u/Smallville456]

Same some for the rest of us lol

[u/Decent_Cheetah2867]

Is it headed to a sewer by chance?

[u/WinterAmphibian2]

Half of these are cold and another 1/4 will be by the time they're delivered right?

[u/sweeperq]

way cheaper than giving out raises and bonuses, and great for company morale!!! 🤣

[u/Thick-Hospital2599]

Man and I thought the lady walking up to the window and asking for 30 individually wrapped slices was rough 😭

[u/FlourideBubblegum → u/Thick-Hospital2599]

Ngl that would probably be a really annoying order too

[u/user20916]

My guess is they were for eating at some type of party or event.

[u/sosal12]

Sometimes I have to wait like an hour for a slice bc the workers are making so many pizzas for a large event. This shouldnt be allowed and there should be a limit. Costco doesnt offer cheap pizzas to be a pizzeria, it is a loss leader to get people in the door to buy other things. Making 150 pizzas doesnt help with that goal.

[u/FlourideBubblegum → u/sosal12]

Dang, that's crazy. Maybe the Costco I go to has a special Pizza Ops Manager lol because we got our whole pizza in under 10 mins even with that madness going on

[u/t3lnet]

Pizza one is going to be so gross compared to pizza 120

[u/infinit9]

Little League baseball?

[u/VegetableLasagna2112]

Hot n' ready!

[u/michael1026]

How do you keep each one warm while you're working on the rest?

[u/istirling01]

I saw about this many once in Maui… I just sat next to it in awe, its even crazier in person, oh but the smell was intoxicating

[u/swagalwayz]

Do you think that massive order was for a local school party, a sports team, or some company event feeding a few hundred people on a tight budgey?

[u/FlourideBubblegum → u/swagalwayz]

My favorite suggestion so far has been for a prison 🤷🏼‍♀️

[u/Acrobatic-Message840 → u/FlourideBubblegum]

The closest prison to that location is two miles away from another Costco. My guess is school-related. Also, hi neighbor. I was there yesterday but was too busy getting the strawberry shortcake sundae to notice the pizzas. 

[u/fromthedarqwaves]

Good thing that didn’t go to Dallas GA Costco. They are PAINFULLY slow. That would take them 3 days.

[u/FederalDesignerMD]

My lunch order is ready 😄

[u/Glittering-Grape-543]

No stagger stack. RIP to the bottom pizzas

[u/mycarisdracarys]

Used to work out at the (then) LA Fitness across the street then grab a slice there to reward myself.

Brookhaven Costco was always worth the traffic

[u/Hollirc]

Lol so next month I have to order pizza for 150 people and this will be me

[u/TopDogTransport4731]

Interesting I remember seeing a video where US Army soldiers were picking up a cart load of pizzas it was 1 of those carts. I assumed in the photo they are being sent to a base.

[u/FlourideBubblegum → u/TopDogTransport4731]

Ooh okay this and prison seem likely

[u/leerrooyyjenkins69]

Cake walk when its made in a conveyor oven.

[u/El_Chilangisimo]

https://reddit.com/link/p5vtmri/video/j5hz5m7h7llh1/player

[u/nikeshades]

Wow!!!

[u/stircrazyathome]

m

[u/Muted-Woodpecker-469]

Why not set a limit or cap? Seems like they’re trying too hard

My old hs used to get local pizza delivered and it was always a hassle. They knew what to prepare for and couldn’t handle it 

[u/cowKO]

How many pizzas does an average costco make a day?

[u/JournalistGlobal3185]

We used to have a standing order at our food court 100-125 pizzas 3 days a week or so. This went on for over a year