New PizzaRound™ from World Centric®: The Pizza Box Comes Full Circle

World Centric announces Pizza Round, the 100% tree-free, plant-based, compostable pizza container for pizza takeout/delivery restaurants. The breakthrough circular container reduces packaging waste, labor and space needs as well as grease and sogginess that are common with traditional cardboard pizza boxes.

Made from 80% sugarcane and 20% bamboo – both renewable resources – the PizzaRound offers key sustainability advantages that support restaurants' efforts to minimize their environmental impact.

Other operational and customer benefits include:

Less packaging – with no liners, tissue or plastic tents needed to keep the crust crisp, absorb grease or prevent damage to toppings

Labor and space savings – eliminating the need to fold containers and providing nesting storage that dramatically reduces space needs

Better food performance – with improved heat retention, built-in grease grooves, and air vents as well as raised 'dimples' that help maintain crispness

Convenience features for consumers – ovenable to 450° for reheating, a removable top that doubles as a server and a dish, and cutting guides for perfect portioning

"The PizzaRound is the future of pizza boxes," said World Pizza Champion Glenn Cybulski, who consulted World Centric on the design and tested its performance. "Takeout and delivery pizzas can now be hotter, crisper and free of the cardboard taste that often transfers to the pie in paper containers, reheated in the box they come in, and more sustainable and efficient for pizza restaurants at the same time. World Centric has reinvented everything except the pizza itself."

The new PizzaRound box will expand World Centric's line of plates, utensils, cups and other plant-based, certified compostable food service ware that already support restaurant operators nationwide and in Canada. These products help restaurateurs make an impact on the environment and support global giving.

"Our focus for the past 14 years has been to help the foodservice industry reduce waste and improve its stewardship of the earth," said Mark Stephany, SVP of Sales for World Centric. "Our new PizzaRound not only continues that initiative but also provides true functional innovations that make it possible to deliver a great quality pizza from the oven to the customer's house."