As Super Bowl Sunday is the most popular day to eat pizza, specials will be offered for a variety of menu items serving the tastes of groups large and small. Deals can range from discounted prices on one pizza, a bunch of pizzas or meal deals offering a selection of pizza, side dishes, beverages and desserts. Additionally, some deals, such as coupons, will provide a specific dollar amount off a minimum purchase or provide a free item with a specific purchase.

Coupon Sources
To let potential customers know about their Super Bowl Sunday specials, pizza companies will advertise with flyers and circulars in direct mailings and in the newspaper, as well as purchase advertisements on television, radio and the Internet. This works well for customers as the advertisements and specials come directly to them, eliminating the need to research the best deals.

For those who are really looking to find the best deal, it’s recommended to shop around, starting a few weeks before the Super Bowl. By taking note of advertised specials, plus doing a bit of investigative work, it’s possible to save a great deal of money on foods your friends and family will love while enjoying the big game.

Super Bowl Pizza War

We ordered a selection of each chain’s specialty pizzas as well as one plain pizza (just cheese), to judge the foundations of each contestant’s team.

DOMINO’S

Team strengths: Fast delivery. Cool online Pizza Tracker option. Many crust options. Low price; any pizza of any size with any number of toppings is $10.99 on game day
Weaknesses: Underwhelming flavor, overly sweet sauce
Available crusts: Classic Hand Tossed, Crunchy Thin Crust, Ultimate Deep Dish, Brooklyn Style, Crispy Melt
Online ordering process: Awesome. Simple and intuitive and allows you to add, remove, and edit pizzas easily while giving you the option to update pricing info without forcing a full page reload. Remembers your favorites. And has the great Pizza Tracker that allows you to see exactly where your order is in the entire mouse-to-house enterprise, updating in real time

Papa John’s

Team strengths: Higher-quality toppings. The most specialty pizzas. Decent crust. Ample toppings. Excellent presentation.
Weaknesses: Higher cost. Only three crust styles. The most specialty pizzas (some of them are pretty wack)
Available crusts: Original, Thin, Perfect Pan
Online ordering process: Lame. The site itself looks like ass, and navigation is frustrating. Forces you to log in just to see ordering menu. Choosing/adding toppings is confusing. If Domino’s and Pizza Hut are NFL, Papa John’s web ordering is Pop Warner

Pizza Hut

Team strengths: Innovative specialty pizzas. The most crust styles.
Weaknesses: Slow delivery. High price. Innovative specialty pizzas (hello? Stuffed Crust?)
Available crusts: Hand-Tossed Style, Pan Pizza, Stuffed Crust, Thin ‘n Crispy, Crunchy Cheesy Crust, Pizza Mia
Online ordering process: Very good. Site itself looks beautiful. And ordering is just as intuitive and easy as Domino’s, but gets upstaged by the Domino’s Pizza Tracker. Allows you to store a “Pizza Playlist” (favorites) and your credit card info for even faster ordering