Sides
Garlic Parmesan Breadsticks
Pizza dough, garlic butter and parmesan, baked and cut into sticks. The cheapest way to make an order feel bigger.
$6.49example
4.4
Sides, drinks and desserts — prices and what is actually worth it
The pizza gets all the attention, and the rest of the order is where the money quietly goes. Here is what each section costs, which items earn their place in a bundle, which ones survive the journey, and the one line we would suggest simply deleting.
Last updated: September 2026
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Straight answers
Every side, ranked by whether it is worth the money
We earn nothing from what you order, so this is our honest read on each item — not a list of everything on the menu described in flattering terms.
| Item | Example | Feeds | Our verdict |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cinnamon twists | $5.49 | 3–4 as dessert | Best value dessert on the menu, by a distance |
| Garlic parmesan breadsticks | $6.49 | 3–4 as a side | The reliable bundle filler — cheap for the store, filling for you |
| Chocolate lava cakes (2) | $5.99 | 2 | Excellent collected, ordinary after a long delivery |
| Cheesy bread | $8.49 | 3–4 as a side | Take it when a bundle prices it the same as plain breadsticks |
| Boneless chicken bites | $8.99 | 2 as a side | Most edible weight per dollar, and the best leftovers on the menu |
| Chicken wings | $9.49 | 2 as a side | Worst food per dollar — you are buying bone weight |
| Two-litre soda | $3.49 | 6–8 glasses | Fine inside a bundle, poor value bought separately |
| Bottled water | $2.29 | 1 | The one item we would simply not order |
A blue dot means we would order it; red means we would think twice.
The easiest saving on the menu
Buy your drinks somewhere else
A two-litre bottle from a pizza store costs roughly twice what the same bottle costs in a supermarket. An individual bottle costs about half the price of the two-litre for about a quarter of the liquid. Neither is a scandal — you are paying for the convenience of not making a second stop — but both are worth knowing before you add them to a basket.
On a family order, drinks are commonly five or six dollars of pure convenience charge. That makes them the least painful thing on the whole order to remove, because unlike cutting a pizza size or dropping a side, nobody at the table eats less as a result.
The exception is a bundle that includes a drink at no extra cost. Several family packs do, and where the drink is genuinely free rather than nominally discounted, take it — you are getting the highest-markup item on the menu for nothing. Our guide to deal structures covers which bundles do that.
| Drink | Store | Shop |
|---|---|---|
| Two-litre soda bottle | $3.49 | ~$2.00 |
| Bottled soda, 20 fl oz | $2.79 | ~$2.00 |
| Bottled juice, single serve | $2.79 | ~$1.60 |
| Bottled water, 16.9 fl oz | $2.29 | ~$0.50 |
Store figures are our example prices. The shop column is an approximate typical retail price for the same product, included to show the direction and rough scale rather than as a surveyed figure.
What survives the journey
Sides are far more sensitive to delivery time than pizza is. A pizza that arrives thirty minutes after it left the oven is a slightly cooler pizza. A lava cake that arrives thirty minutes late is a different product — the molten centre has set, and that centre was the entire reason to order it.
Ranked by how well they hold up:
- Boneless chicken — travels best, and reheats better in an air fryer or hot oven than anything else on the menu.
- Cinnamon twists — no molten centre to lose. Good for about half an hour, chewy after an hour.
- Wings — fine, provided you asked for the sauce on the side so the skin does not soften in transit.
- Breadsticks — harden as they cool, faster than pizza does. Reheat in an oven, never a microwave.
- Cheesy bread — melted cheese sets within about twenty minutes and the texture changes noticeably.
- Lava cakes — the worst traveller on the menu, and the best thing on it if you collect the order yourself.
If your store is close enough that carryout makes sense, the two items that gain the most from it are cheesy bread and lava cakes.
How much to order for a group
The planning number that holds up is one bread side per four people alongside pizza. That is enough for everyone to have some, and it lets you order one fewer pizza because bread fills people up faster than an extra slice does.
Wings break that rule. As a side you need four to five per person, so a group of ten means two large portions — usually more expensive than simply adding another pizza, and it feeds fewer people. Wings work as a treat for a small group and badly as catering for a large one.
Desserts are the opposite. A single order of cinnamon twists covers three or four people, where two lava cakes cover two. For a party, twists are the efficient choice; for two people at home, the cakes are the better one.
And drinks: buy them from a shop. On a party order that is ten or fifteen dollars of pure convenience charge, and it is the only saving on this page that costs you nothing at all in food. Our group-ordering guide works through a full twelve-person order.
Bread sides
Made from the same dough as the pizza, which is why they are cheap for the store and reliably good value inside a two-item bundle.
Example prices from $6.49
Sides
Cheesy Bread
Breadsticks with mozzarella baked into the top. More expensive than plain sticks and worth it more often than not.
$8.49example
4.6
Chicken
Boneless bites beat wings on meat per dollar because there is no bone weight. Wings are often excluded from the cheapest bundles or surcharged inside them.
Example prices from $8.99
Chicken
Boneless Chicken Bites
Breaded chicken pieces tossed in a sauce of your choice. The most delivery-proof item on the menu.
$8.99example
4.3
Chicken
Chicken Wings
Bone-in wings, baked rather than fried at most chain stores, with a choice of sauces.
$9.49example
4.0
Desserts
Usually discounted as an add-on once a main item is already in the basket, so adding one last is cheaper than ordering it separately.
Example prices from $5.49
Desserts
Chocolate Lava Cake
Individual baked chocolate cake with a molten centre. The most reliably good dessert on a pizza menu.
$5.99example
4.7
Desserts
Cinnamon Twists
Pizza dough twisted, baked, and coated in cinnamon sugar with an icing dip. Cheap, sweet and shareable.
$5.49example
4.4
Drinks
The highest-markup section of any pizza menu and the easiest thing to remove from an order. Worth taking when a bundle includes one; rarely worth paying for separately.
Example prices from $2.29
Drinks
Two-Litre Soda Bottle
The standard group drink and one of the most marked-up items on any pizza menu.
$3.49example
3.9
Drinks
Bottled Water & Juice
Individual bottled drinks, including water, juice and diet options. Convenient, and priced like it.
$2.29example
3.8
Sides and drinks: common questions
A two-litre bottle is around $3.49 in our sample of stores and an individual bottle around $2.29 to $2.79. Both are roughly double what the same product costs in a supermarket. It is a convenience charge rather than a scandal, and it is the easiest line to remove from an order without anyone eating less.
Cinnamon twists and plain breadsticks are the cheapest per person, at around $5.49 and $6.49 for a portion that serves three or four alongside pizza. Wings are the most expensive way to feed people, because a large share of what you pay for is bone weight.
Boneless chicken bites, if you want protein — there is no bone weight, so almost all of it is edible. For sheer volume, bread sides win: they are made from the same dough as the pizza, which is why they cost the store very little and appear in nearly every bundle.
Not always. Many stores keep bottled stock at room temperature rather than chilled. If you need it cold, ask when ordering — some stores keep chilled stock and some genuinely do not.
They usually count toward the minimum order value for delivery, but almost never as a qualifying item in a mix-and-match bundle. Some family bundles include a drink at no extra cost, and where that is the case it is worth taking.
Boneless chicken and cinnamon twists travel best. Cheesy bread and lava cakes are the worst — melted cheese firms up as it cools and a lava cake loses its molten centre entirely, which is the whole point of it. If your delivery is long, order those two only on a carryout trip.
One bread side per four people works alongside pizza, and it lets you order one fewer pizza because people fill up faster. Wings are the exception — at four to five per person, feeding ten people means two large portions, which usually costs more than an extra pizza.
Buy them from a shop and order only the food. On a family order that alone cuts ten to fifteen percent off the total without removing any food, which makes it the least painful saving available.
Working out the rest of the order? See the full menu with example prices, compare the deal structures that make sides cheap, or read our guide to saving money on a delivery order.