April 12, 2008
Pizza Price Up With Apologies
Domino’s Pizza apologizes for price increases with a flier attached to it’s pizza boxes (left). It states that due to the worldwide cost increases of flour, cheese and oil, Dominos suddenly had to raise prices. Except these three pizzas will remain at the old price.
Kentucky Fried Chicken apologizes for a 20-yen per piece increase. Mr. Donut, a 10 to 20-yen per doughnut increase
Maruha kamaboko is up 10 to 15 percent. Snow Brand cheese and butter, a 6 to 11 percent increase.
Ampontan blog lists other price hikes. MOS Burger apologizes for raising prices. (Japanese, pdf), and so does Koiwa Dairy (Japanese)
Price increase banner on Domino’s website.
List of other recent price rises.