My teenaged daughter asked me why a round pizza, cut into triangles, is placed in a square box. I have no idea.
My guesses: Square box is easier to make.?ÿ Round pizza bakes more uniformly than square.
The box needs sufficient empty volume so that the pizza can breathe on its way to your house.?ÿ
The main pizza joint franchise around here, has round pizza in square box. But they slice the pizza into squares, which is logical because then you can pick what part (edge, middle, center) of the the pizza you prefer.
From a spatial point of view, square packaging grouped together occupies less space than round packaging - that's the coup de grace of square drink bottles over round ones.
True on a box volume basis.
But if the content is round and you can put many boxes together, round boxes are more efficient on a basis of product per storage volume because they fit in a honeycomb pattern.
Thanks to everyone for replying!
But the Square bottles don't roll around the cockpit as much, hence their shape....or so I was told by a pilot that will remain nameless....?ÿ ;)?ÿ
Yes this is all very interesting regarding the evolution of packaging shapes. I've never see a square cup holder, which would be more appropriate for a square drink bottle.
In regard to Bill's honeycomb reference, could I perhaps humbly suggest that a honeycomb does not have voids, whereas round things together do have voids.
Anyway, here's lunch:
round things together do have voids.
true, but but you would still fit more round product in given space than using square boxes (if it was large enough to avoid inefficiencies at the perimeter).
And to "end" your daughter's questions, be sure to remember it comes out in tapered cylinders.
Try making a triangular pizza, cut it into squares and put it into a round box. See how that works out.?ÿ