How Big Pizza And Big Tech Made Hot Delivery Possible

Dish City by WAMU 88.5

May 27, 202124:18Arts

In the '60s, delivering pizzas meant wrapping hot pies in a blanket or driving them to customers over open flames. With those humble (and, uh, life-threatening) beginnings, how did we get to the quick and easy delivery e...

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