photograph courtesy Zpizza , Seal Beach , Calif.
Zpizza locations in Seal Beach , Calif. and Huntington Beach , Calif. , deliver pizzas with the help of electric - powered bicycles .
The latestpizzatrend is n’t about off - cadence toppings like elbow noodles , squid ink or fried eggs ; instead , it ’s coming from some severally owned pizza parlor that are taking steps toward improving airwave quality : by delivering impertinent - out - of - the - oven pies on bicycle .
Faced with soaring gasolene prices and cramped parking conditions outside their restaurants , as well as in neighborhoods where the pizza pie is delivered , several pizza shop — from Southern California to New York City — have decided to put their delivery driver on two wheel . In some cases , now that circle the block for a parking spot or opt for double - parking is out of the equation , this has put the raging pies into customers ’ mitt faster .
While restaurants and pizza parlor in populated sections of Europe and New York City have been doing this for awhile , the praxis is just now catching on in other region , particularly the West Coast , where quick weather ( and beautiful conditions for bicycling ) prevails all yearlong .
Among the young pizzerias to lend bike legal transfer are two in Portland , Ore. : Hot Lips Pizza and Old Town Pizza . Old Town Pizza use tangerine tree - colored bicycles with a brawny metallic element box attached to the back ( to hive away the pizza pie and keep them hot ) to surrender the PIE . Its pizzas are eco - friendly , too ; many of the toppings are from local organic farm , and the flour is sourced from Northwest farm that use environmentally and socially responsible farming pattern . Portland ’s Hot Lips Pizza also followssustainablepractices , including sprinkling locally grown Spinacia oleracea and regional bacon on its pizzas . cycle deliveries are offered within 3 miles of each store .
far down on the West Coast , Zpizza locations in Seal Beach , Calif. , and Huntington Beach , Calif. , deliver pizzas with the help of electric automobile - powered bicycles . The service launched in 2009 , and in the first place this year , the pizza chain announce it was adding even more bikes . Made in nearby Santa Ana , by Thrust Electric Bicycles , these bikes are utterly suited for haul hot food , with a modest basket just under the handlebar and a larger container just behind the seat .
“ The bike is an effective and earth favorable way to get pizza to our customers , ” says Alan Grant of Zpizza in Seal Beach , Calif. “ Since it is electric power , we can get to local customers as fast as a car can — sometimes faster . It saves us from have to use gas to just drive around the block , and it beam a message to masses that an electrical fomite can be a viable replcement for a car . ”
PizzaMarketplace.com , which furnish industry insight about movement in the pizza business , report in January that Ed Zimmerman , president of the Food Connector says that , “ greenis the newfangled Negroid ” for many pizzerias , let in product traceability . Tying into that , and also under a sustainability umbrella , bicycle bringing help pizzerias market themselves as an eco - well-disposed restaurant .
