Costco Pizza (Food Court) – Top Tricks + Prices, Size, Calories (2024)

Costco’s food court pizza has achieved legendary status amongst Costco members for its unbeatable combination of affordability, convenience, and size. There are only two pizza topping choices: pepperoni and cheese (and a secret half-and-half option), but Costco makes up for the limited topping options by using high-quality ingredients.

This CFDB guide is an everything guide, meaning we’ll give you everything you need to know about Costco’s famous pizza. We’ll go over the menu options and prices, ordering tips, and calorie information, and we’ll even include a price comparison to some of its competitors. We’ll also share our pro tips to maximize your eating experience (taste tips) and ordering experience (shorten wait times).

The Costco Pepperoni Pizza uses the same pizza dough as the cheese pizza but includes 60 slices of pepperoni.

The tradeoff is that the Costco pepperoni pizza is made with only 14 ounces of the shredded mozzarella provolone blend compared to the 24 ounces on the Costco cheese pizza. Worth it? I think yes!

Costco doesn’t just haphazardly throw pepperoni on the pizza like other pizza chains but will strive to cover your pizza with exactly 60 pepperoni slices.

Because all Costco cuts all pizzas into 12 slices, each slice should have 5 pieces of pepperoni on average.

You won’t see the Costco half-and-half pizza option listed on the food court menu signage, but you can order it at the self-service Kiosk. The Costco pizza will be half pepperoni (30 slices) and half cheese.

Since the removal of the Costco combination pizza, there aren’t really any other options for customization with Costco pizzas.

Each whole Costco pizza, regardless of toppings, will cost $9.95 and come in only one size, 18″.

Most other pizza chains classify an 18″ pizza as an X-Large. It’s hard to beat an everyday price of $9.95 for an X-large pizza.

A Whole Costco Pizza (either pepperoni or cheese) costs only $9.95. This is an absolute bargain of a price for a pizza of this size.

A lot of people rave about the Costco food court’s $1.50 hot dog, but I think a whole pizza from Costco might provide the best value in the entire warehouse.

We already know that Costco’s $9.95 food court pizza is an amazing deal, but it really stands out when compared to other pizza chain’s prices. It easily beats out other competing pizza chains in value; dominating in both size and price.For comparison:

• Pizza charges $12 for a 14-inch one-topping pizza.
• Domino’s Large 14″ one-topping pizza costs $13.99
• Papa John’s charges $11 for a 14-inch one-topping.

Each whole 18″ pizza is cut into exactly 12 slices. Costco uses a cutting guide over the pizza for efficiency and precision. Because of this, Costco doesn’t take requests on pizza slice sizes.

Costco slices the $1.99 individual slices into larger slices than what whole pizza is sliced at. Costco takes a whole pizza and slices that into 6 individual slices which they sell for $1.99.

There are two ways to order pizzas from Costco. The most common will be to order from the food court self-serve kiosk directly.

Costco members can also phone in their pizza orders ahead of time.

The wait time for single slices of pizza at Costco food court is usually short, just a few minutes, but the wait time for whole pizzas is a different ballgame.

When the food court isn’t busy, pizza orders can take as little as 10-15 minutes to prepare, but if the food court is swamped with orders, the wait times can be as long as 30-45 minutes. The food court employees are usually pretty good about this and will let you know if the wait times are excessive.

The Costco Food Court does allow you to order pizza over the phone. Give your local Costco food court a call to place and schedule your pizza order.

You can have your pizza made to order asap, and it will be ready in about 30 minutes, or you can schedule your pick time in advance.

If you are ordering multiple pizzas from Costco, please make sure to call and give advanced notice. The more time you can give, the better!

I have posted instructions below on how to find the direct line to your Costco food court where you can order the pizza.

Another technique many Costco members like to use is ordering their pizza before they start shopping. They make a quick stop at the food court, put in their pizza order, and then begin their Costco adventure.

Before you order, it may be wise to ask the food court employees how long the pizza may take. If the wait times for pizzas is short, you may be better off ordering during your Costco shopping spree.

Remember: Costco makes all their food court pizzas fresh!

I like to take my time shopping at Costco, and I don’t want to feel rushed to pick up my pizza, so I order my whole Costco pizzas in the middle of my shopping experience.

Usually, when I get to the frozen food aisles, I will leave my cart with my wife and run to the food court to place my pizza order.

If it’s just me for the day, I will take my cart to the food court area, place my order, and then continue shopping.

It’s always a great feeling to perfectly time your checkout with the pizza order.

Pro Tip: Phone in your pizza while you are shopping at Costco. This will save you a walking trip to the food court and cut the long line if there is one.

Pro Tip 2: If your pizza order isn’t ready yet, leave the warehouse and load up your car with the new goodies you purchased that day. Reenter the warehouse and pick up your hot and fresh pizza. Just make sure it isn’t sweltering hot out if you have any frozen foods!

• The $9.95 whole pepperoni or cheese pizza is a bargain
• The Huge 18-inch size feeds multiple people
• Costco uses quality ingredients like 100% real mozzarella cheese
• Convenient, ready-to-eat pizza without waiting for delivery

• Only 2 basic topping choices
• Limited to nonexistent customization options
• Pizza can get soggy sitting under heat lamps
• Whole Pizza wait times can be extensive

Costco cuts each whole pizza into exactly 12 slices. Most people, on average, eat 2-3 slices of pizza, so I would say that a whole Costco pizza can comfortably feed 4-6 people.

Costco pizzas are a great alternative to ordering fromCostco’s sandwich party platter menu.

As listed on the food court menu, a whole Costco pepperoni pizza will have 3880 calories, and a whole cheese pizza will have 4260.

Each individual slice of Costco pepperoni pizza contains 650 calories, and a slice of cheese pizza will have 710 calories.

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Costco’s decision to remove the combination pizza from the food court was done without notice and led to quite an uproar among the Costco community.

Many Costco members have voiced their displeasure online and have even created a change.org petition to bring back the beloved Costco combo pizza.

Costco has not made any official statements in regards to removing the combo pizza or if it will ever return.

Many Costco members and even Costco food court employees believe that the combination pizza will not be brought back to the Costco food court.

Another casualty of Costco’s decision to remove the combination pizza is the loss of the customized pepperoni and sausage pizza. This was not an official menu item in the food court but was something that could be specially requested when ordering your Costco pizza.

The sausage toppings were packaged separately from the vegetable toppings for the combination pizza, allowing members to order a “meat lovers” pizza with just pepperoni and sausage. It was my favorite of the pizza options.

Because the assorted combo vegetables came together in one bag, you could not pick and choose which vegetables to add to your pizza. It was all or nothing.

I hope this helps you understand how to order pizza from Costco and pick up a few tips along the way.

If there is anything I missed or need clarification, let me know in the comment section.