Hey guys, I'm running a wee project and I was wondering if you guys can help.
Would you guys pay $22 for a 10" pizza box full of Asian food? The Asian food being kung pao chicken, teriyaki chicken, Vietnamese caramelised pork, and egg fried rice. There would be enough for 6 - 8 people in the box, depending how hungry they were.
Would you pay $11 for a 5 - 7" box of the same?
Would you guys pay between $20 and 25 for a curry box, vegetarian box, breakfast box, or American box?
It really depends on where this is occurring. Here (Toronto) I'd say that would probably be a reasonably good deal, at least for take-out. I'm not familiar enough with restaurant prices here to be sure, but I'd think that's within the acceptable range.
(Going by CA US standards)
Chinese takeout:
3 main dishes + 1 rice dish
Aprox. 1.5 - 2 servings per dish, 6-8 people served per order (i.e. 3-4 Americans :P)
$6 - $8 per main dish, $4 - $6 for a rice(or noodle) dish
Price range would be $22 - $30 going just by dishes included (Chinese takeout prices anyway, dine-in can be $10 - $12 per main dish some places)
Price wise I'd say it's actually on the cheaper side and that I've usually seen 2 main + 1 staple dish orders for around that price. ($18 - $20, though they usually also include a side like pot stickers or spring rolls so that's more like 1 staple +2 main + 1 side dish)
With the caveat that California is one of the more expensive states in that regard I'd say it'd be a pretty good deal here.
As far as packaging, I can't really see that much food fitting in a 10"x10"x2" box, maybe something a little deeper? That's just me trying to envision it though.
For the smaller box I'd say it's in line with pricing as long as it's a rice dish + main dish combo. I'm a bit pessimistic when it comes to expecting Joe Blow off the street to figure out the larger box is the better deal, but I have low expectations for people's intelligence anyway (knee jerk, I'd say up the price of the smaller to $12, but I'm not very confident in that idea and probably the menu will have everything organized properly and it'll be more obvious than I think it will).