The global financial downturn has hit many business owners hard. Both in Melbourne and across Australia pizza is becoming a growing comfort to us all, even in our times of need.

When the economy starts to turn, there are always those industries that keep looking up. Across Australia, the industry is getting stronger, but in the south the true strength is with Melbourne Pizza Delivery. The pizza delivery industry is one of the booming industries as we speak.

While the luxury industry has started to struggle and Australians tighten their purse strings, the pizza industry has fared quite well according to an article published in March in an Aussie article. Oftentimes seen as a reduced luxury, Aussies turn to their favorite comfort food in these tough economic times more and more - and pizza is one of our last affordable small pleasures. By the beginning of last year, takeaway foods were up in sales by more than 11% over the previous year, and by the halfway mark a big pizza chain reported an actual increase in pizza sales of almost 3%. The fact is, that very same pizza chain was hiring while others were laying off, just to fill the need for pizza parlours.

Do take away customers prefer to order pizza from home or make it at home? By far the majority prefer not to learn how you can make pizza dough. Dialing a take away is much preferred. So what do you like with your pizza? And what do we like with our pizza? But of course, a good, cold beverage. The brewing industry has grown right alongside the biggest pizza names, claiming soaring profits of over 2% per quarter, and over a $411 million half-year profit for The Foster’s Group, which holds over half of the market share for beer in Australia.

The economic indicators have without a doubt tightened things up for people. So, so what if you’ve cut out your nights out on the town? You still have the comfort of good food, decent colleagues, and a lot of spare time up your sleeve, now you don’t need to cook!