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Roxbury’s Dudley Dough, a fair-wage pizza shop, to close its doors
Boston Globe ^ | 10/24/17 | Cristela Guerra

Posted on 10/25/2017 2:48:02 PM PDT by NohSpinZone

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They didn’t need an experiment to learn that socialism doesn’t work.


21 posted on 10/25/2017 3:04:05 PM PDT by NohSpinZone (First thing we do, let's kill all the lawyers)
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To: NohSpinZone
My first thought was: "Is the pizza good? If it is, then the business model is broken."

So I went and looked at their so-called "full menu". They offer a pizza margherita (read: fancy cheese pizza) at a price that is probably reasonable for the Boston area. But the glaring problem is that they offer no other stable pizza offerings on the menu - only rotating hipster-trendy items ("examples" include Shrimp & Corn with Puttanesca, Mashed Potato & Meatloaf with Corn, Capers, & Béchamel, Curried Vegetables with Lentils) that have no prices attached.

It's no wonder they went out of business. They failed at being a pizza parlor, no matter how much or little they paid the employees.

22 posted on 10/25/2017 3:09:31 PM PDT by GCC Catholic (Trump doesn't suffer fools, but fools will suffer Trump. Make America Great Again!)
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To: NohSpinZone

PIZZA
Our 14” pizzas can be ordered as quarters, halves,
or whole pizzas. Every day, we offer our signature
margherita pizza:

Margherita
Our spin on the classic pie: smoky tomato sauce
topped with house-pulled mozzarella, asiago, and
snips of basil leaves

¼ pizza $3.50
¼ + ¼ = ½ pizza $6.50
½ + ½ = 1 pizza $12.50

Along with our margherita, we bring you a different
pizza every day. (Pricing varies.) We’ll be whipping
up something special with seasonal vegetables and
locally sourced ingredients whenever possible; here
are some examples to whet your appetite:

Shrimp & Corn with Puttanesca
Roasted shrimp and freshly shucked corn atop our
zesty anchovy-tomato sauce

Mashed Potato & Meatloaf withCorn, Capers, & Béchamel
Classic comfort with our homemade turkey & beef
meatloaf served with all the fixins’, including a
garlicky cream sauce

Curried Vegetable with Lentils
Jamaican stew with seasonal vegetables and
earthy lentils Jerk Chicken, Sweet Potato, & Jack Cheese

**********************************************************
Yum!
-Jeff


23 posted on 10/25/2017 3:09:53 PM PDT by Jeff Chandler (They hate Trump because he had the audacity to be elected president without their permission.)
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To: NohSpinZone

Right, which is being proposed for all of Massachusetts...because it’s working SO well for Seattle and SanFran. $15/hour for sales clerks, dough slingers, etc, makes for a lot if overhead on low value products. Another concept the Left does not get.


24 posted on 10/25/2017 3:21:05 PM PDT by small farm girl
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To: Jeff Chandler

The mashed potato meatloaf one sounds like a hit mess...especially once you drag the capers and bechamel into it.
I’m triggered anyhow, no farrow, butternut and kale pie?


25 posted on 10/25/2017 3:24:58 PM PDT by small farm girl
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“There’s a sadness associated with it,” said Carole Walton, a Roxbury resident. “On a daily basis I come in here, and this is how I get my day started, with conversations and warm greetings and good people. I’m going to definitely miss it.”

Well, maybe if you’d have spent a dollar or two, Carole.....


26 posted on 10/25/2017 3:26:46 PM PDT by muglywump (Seven days without laughter makes one weak.)
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To: NohSpinZone

A well-timed article for a discussion I have going on Facebook about “living wage”. Thanks for the article - good read with excellent point on business operations.


27 posted on 10/25/2017 3:28:26 PM PDT by T-Bird45 (It feels like the seventies, and it shouldn't.)
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To: NohSpinZone
With a name like that it's no wonder they failed. Who in their right mind would name a pizzeria "Dudley Dough"?

Probably one of those trendy, vastly overpriced, dopey "Hipster" joints.


28 posted on 10/25/2017 3:43:28 PM PDT by ETL (Obama-Hillary, REAL Russia collusion! Uranium-One Deal, Missile Defense, Nukes. See my FR page)
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To: NohSpinZone

29 posted on 10/25/2017 3:51:17 PM PDT by ETL (Obama-Hillary, REAL Russia collusion! Uranium-One Deal, Missile Defense, Nukes. See my FR page)
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To: NohSpinZone

OUR MANIFESTO

Dudley Dough celebrates the labor of
exceptional workers who nourish our
community with healthful food –
empowering them with just pay, dignity,
and a voice in their workplace.

We pursue social wealth, not greed,
as the driving force of commerce.

We believe that individual and societal
well-being are bound together.

http://haleyhouse.org/files/DudleyDoughMenu.pdf

http://haleyhouse.org/what-we-do/dudley-dough/hours-menu/


30 posted on 10/25/2017 3:59:00 PM PDT by ETL (Obama-Hillary, REAL Russia collusion! Uranium-One Deal, Missile Defense, Nukes. See my FR page)
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To: ETL

Like I said, commies. They should have called it Sickle & Hammer Pizza.


31 posted on 10/25/2017 4:00:34 PM PDT by NohSpinZone (First thing we do, let's kill all the lawyers)
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To: beergarden

Went full retard.

You never go full retard...


32 posted on 10/25/2017 4:11:26 PM PDT by Maskot (Put every dem/lib in prison...like yesterday.)
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To: NohSpinZone
RATS can't understand the business model of a lemonade stand
33 posted on 10/25/2017 4:17:28 PM PDT by Chode (You have all of the resources you are going to have. Abandon your illusions and plan accordingly.)
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Team leader Luther still does not get it.
“It’s an experiment, and some very good things came out of that, such as skill-building for staff and being in this building at this time of gentrification and change in this community.”

He is also unemployed. I wonder who will hire him now?
Answer: The gov’t....


34 posted on 10/25/2017 4:51:14 PM PDT by minnesota_bound
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He is also unemployed. I wonder who will hire him now?
Answer: The gov’t....


35 posted on 10/25/2017 5:20:07 PM PDT by COBOL2Java (John McCain treats GOP voters like he treated his first wife)
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To: COBOL2Java

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Is that the maternity ward?
.


36 posted on 10/25/2017 5:22:23 PM PDT by editor-surveyor (Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
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Is that the maternity ward?

No, that's...


37 posted on 10/25/2017 5:26:39 PM PDT by COBOL2Java (John McCain treats GOP voters like he treated his first wife)
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To: NohSpinZone

Yes they did, but they still didn’t learn the lesson.


38 posted on 10/25/2017 5:27:54 PM PDT by Calvin Locke
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To: Jeff Chandler; Gamecock; SaveFerris; FredZarguna; PROCON
Sounds like a whole lot of cultural misappropriation going on. I'd have reservations about eating there.

Should have gone with a pizzeria where you can make your own pie.


39 posted on 10/25/2017 5:32:04 PM PDT by Larry Lucido (Take Covfefe Ree Zig!)
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To: GCC Catholic
...at a price that is probably reasonable for the Boston area.

Yes, but not in Roxbury. You're not going to get John F'n Kerry's Beacon Hill neighbors traveling to Roxbury when there are much better offerings in much safer neighborhoods.

40 posted on 10/25/2017 5:35:30 PM PDT by Calvin Locke
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