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> Two-pizza teams are so named because they’re small: 6 to 10 people

That sounds about right to me. How much pizza are you eating?

When I go to an Italian restaurant, I eat a whole pizza by myself. Size is roughly 30cm diameter. I can only assume that those two-pizza-team pizzas are either ginormous, or they're those American-style pizzas where eating more than 2 slices gives you an immediate heart attack.

You can safely assume since Amazon is a US company we're talking about US pizzas, where a single pizza serves 3-5 people. Also, it's typical with American pizza to serve sides such as salad, garlic bread, pasta, fries, etc. and beverages, dessert so "2 pizza" can be read as "2 pizza plus usual sides".

> Domino’s large pizzas are the perfect answer to feeding a hungry group. These 14-inch pizzas feed approximately three to five people

https://www.dominos.com/en/about-pizza/sizes/large/

Never seen a single pizza feed 5 people where someone did not need to stop at McD on the way back home.

Italian pizzas are almost 2x the size though. So with sides they even out.

Pizza varies by region in Italy. So to which are you referring when you say “Italian pizzas”?

Five people? Maybe five kids under the age of ten.

The pizzas that are ordered for a group in the US are generally 16-18 inches (40-45cm). They are usually not as thin-crusted as Italian-style pizzas are, and they usually have more cheese and toppings. Depending on toppings a complete pizza can be more than 4000 calories.

TIL I've apparently had several hundred immediate heart attacks.

The whole pizza.

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