33% 31% 28% prefer heavy cheese coverage would like to see organic ingredients say they are likely to order dessert pizzas want curbside pickup availablity 19% 22% 65% 38% 22% 24% want restaurants to offer plant-based items are likely to order breakfast pizzas want to order pizza via QR Codes consider nutritional content when ordering said their pizza consumption will remain the same in 2023 * Consumers prefer the build your own pizza option 36% of the time. * 33% prefer heavy cheese coverage. * The fi ve most preferred cheeses are, in order: mozzarella, Parmesan, provolone, cheddar, Monterrey Jack. * Only 28% of consumers say they are likely to order dessert pizzas. * Even fewer, 24%, are likely to order breakfast pizzas. * 42% fi nd an online ordering system where they can track their pizza order to be appealing. * 38% want curbside pickup availability. * 23% of American consumers would like to order pizza from their smart TV. That's a 20% increase from 2020. * Only 19% want to order pizza via QR codes. * 28% of consumers say it's important that the restaurants they order from have sustainable packaging. * 21% are willing to pay more for pizza in eco-friendly sustainable packaging. That's up 18% from 2020. * 47% would like more restaurants to off er natural ingredients. * 31% would like to see organic ingredients. * 22% said they'd like restaurants to off er plant-based items. * Only 23% said they would eat more pizza if healthier options were available. * Meanwhile, 22% said they consider nutritional content when ordering pizza. * 45% said the pizzeria they frequent most gets their business because it has the best overall taste. * * 65% said their pizza consumption will remain the same next year. 18% said it will increase slightly. * *39% of consumers are ordering takeout or delivery more oſt en than they were pre-pandemic. Source: 2022 Technomic Pizza Consumer Trend Report, Technomic Inc. DECEMBER 2022 / PIZZATODAY.COM / 47http://www.PIZZATODAY.COM