Cold Stone Creamery

A new ice cream store opened up in Little Rock last month. It's called Cold Stone Creamery. I'd never been to an ice cream store quite like this one before. But, since it's opened, we've been quite a lot. They have some basic ice cream flavors out front, and you pick the flavor, then you pick what toppings you want MASHED INTO the ice cream. So, basically, you can have them make Rocky Road right before your eyes, or any flavor of that sort.

I highly reccomend ice cream stores of this variety. I'm told that there is also a franchise called Marble Slab, but I've never been to one of those.


If I ever opened my own ice cream store, I'd call it Marble Slap.

More Pizza for your buck

Last Thursday, I ordered pizza for all of our summer interns and everybody who worked with them. I first considered Pizza Hut, but then I checked out Papa John's. Here is my analysis:

Pizza Hut

Largest Pizza: 14' = 12 slices
Pizza Area: (pi)*(14/2)^2 = 154 sq. in
One Topping Pizza = $12.99 (8.4 cents/sq in)
Speciality Pizza = $14.99 (9.7 cents/sq in)


Papa John's

Largest Pizza: 16' = 10 slices
Pizza Area: (pi)* (16/2)^2 = 201 sq. in
One Topping Pizza = $12.99 (7.5 cents/sq in)
Speciality Pizza = $17.99 (8.9 cents/sq in)


Based on this analysis, Papa John's gives you more pizza for the buck than does Pizza Hut. So, we ordered nearly $200 worth of Papa John's pizza for our Intern Luncheon. Papa John's Hawaiian BBQ Chicken and their BBQ Chicken & Bacon pizzas taste very good.


I wonder how many people analyze pizza options like this.