As has been previously mentioned, the White House does not allow food to be brought in for security reasons. All food is made on site in the White House kitchen.
I had my response open for 10 minutes looking into this claim. Google yields better results than duck duck go. But the president actually isn't supposed/allowed (vague terminology I know) to order outside food. Guest chefs can't come with ANY pre-prepared foods. And then I found this on eddit, and assumed many thought like this. (though he doesn't take into account delivery etc):
"$65K in pizza and hotdogs at that. Let's say that it's actually pizza and hotdogs, if split evenly that's 6500 pizzas at $5 a piece(my note: $5 for a pizza is insanely low), and 32,500 hot dogs at $1 a piece(my note: also insanely low). What kind of massive gathering at the whitehouse is he trying to feed? Is he hosting some type of eating competition or something?"
Note: the assumption about not being allowed to order outside food seems to come from thethrillist.com, with no source or proof. So take that as you will. Another Note: cost of a chicago hotdog not counting flying it in and packaging it: (from the highest rated on yelp) $3.50 EACH. Pizza: (from highest rated yelp)$10. So lets say we do $45,000 in pizzas, that's 4,500 pizzas. And the rest in dogs, that's 5,714 dogs. Okay, let's get CRAZY and say it was $20k to package, fly, have security pick them up, the kitchen inspect them, and people serve them ($65k was the total budget): that's $45,000 for food which would mean $30k for pizza is 3,000 large pizzas, and $15k for dogs is 4,285 chicago (big) dogs. Still an insane number. Lets assume each guest ate 2 dogs and 2 slices of pizza (pizza is 8 slice), that's 7 THOUSAND guests.........
I live close enough to Chicago the Chicago-based chains are out this way. @Maeglor speaks the truth. One large, stuffed Giardano's pizza with all the toppings is $35 before the insanely high sales taxes. And ordering a bunch of those and having them shipped would weigh a ton and take a lot of space on a truck/plane.
BUT
Hot dogs? NO Chicago hot dog stand/restaurant makes their own hot dogs. They come from one of a handful of distributors and buns are all basically the same. If Obama had hot dogs shipped for that kind of money, he was merely giving a LOT of free money to some well connected jagoff that he probably met at the bathhouses he used to frequent. It shouldn't surprise anyone that he'd be that wasteful with taxpayer money. His entire 8 years has been nothing but pissing money away.
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LargePizzaWithGate ago
As has been previously mentioned, the White House does not allow food to be brought in for security reasons. All food is made on site in the White House kitchen.
piratse ago
I had my response open for 10 minutes looking into this claim. Google yields better results than duck duck go. But the president actually isn't supposed/allowed (vague terminology I know) to order outside food. Guest chefs can't come with ANY pre-prepared foods. And then I found this on eddit, and assumed many thought like this. (though he doesn't take into account delivery etc):
"$65K in pizza and hotdogs at that. Let's say that it's actually pizza and hotdogs, if split evenly that's 6500 pizzas at $5 a piece(my note: $5 for a pizza is insanely low), and 32,500 hot dogs at $1 a piece(my note: also insanely low). What kind of massive gathering at the whitehouse is he trying to feed? Is he hosting some type of eating competition or something?"
Note: the assumption about not being allowed to order outside food seems to come from thethrillist.com, with no source or proof. So take that as you will. Another Note: cost of a chicago hotdog not counting flying it in and packaging it: (from the highest rated on yelp) $3.50 EACH. Pizza: (from highest rated yelp)$10. So lets say we do $45,000 in pizzas, that's 4,500 pizzas. And the rest in dogs, that's 5,714 dogs. Okay, let's get CRAZY and say it was $20k to package, fly, have security pick them up, the kitchen inspect them, and people serve them ($65k was the total budget): that's $45,000 for food which would mean $30k for pizza is 3,000 large pizzas, and $15k for dogs is 4,285 chicago (big) dogs. Still an insane number. Lets assume each guest ate 2 dogs and 2 slices of pizza (pizza is 8 slice), that's 7 THOUSAND guests.........
Maeglor ago
A good Chi dog can cost $6 and a good Chi Pizza can cost $35.
Try ordering catering from Portillo's and see what your bill is.
It's never gonna be $65,000 because Obama fucks little boys, but the price can jump on ya
HarveyKlinger ago
I live close enough to Chicago the Chicago-based chains are out this way. @Maeglor speaks the truth. One large, stuffed Giardano's pizza with all the toppings is $35 before the insanely high sales taxes. And ordering a bunch of those and having them shipped would weigh a ton and take a lot of space on a truck/plane.
BUT
Hot dogs? NO Chicago hot dog stand/restaurant makes their own hot dogs. They come from one of a handful of distributors and buns are all basically the same. If Obama had hot dogs shipped for that kind of money, he was merely giving a LOT of free money to some well connected jagoff that he probably met at the bathhouses he used to frequent. It shouldn't surprise anyone that he'd be that wasteful with taxpayer money. His entire 8 years has been nothing but pissing money away.