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NO POSSIBLE WAY is it profitable to (A) make a frozen pizza in U.S.A., and then to (B) ship same said frozen pizza to India/China ,IMO.

I found a mountain of proof to back this up too.
I'll post more later. No time now, but 1st let me list a very strong point
on this topic.

India already has 2 major pizza chains with strong clientele. Who, BTW smartly make their pizza IN India.

There's just no way that someone who ships frozen pizza 8,431 miles
from U.S.A. to India can under price a pizza made in the country its made in. https://www.google.com/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1&espv=2&ie=UTF-8#q=how%20many%20miles%20from%20usa%20to%20india

Basic research says it all.
1st, make a pizza in (India)
2nd, add up all cost to make that pizza.
3rd, Now add in some profit.There's your total pizza cost.
Oh, BTW,pizza made in India is fresh to the customers.

OH here is some of upzs's compitition in India:

1ST, Smokin' Joe's./it's an Indian chain of pizzerias headquartered in Mumbai, India.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smokin%27_Joe%27s

http://www.smokinjoespizza.com/index.php?action=prod_list&sid=101&cid=1

Pizza Hut.

https://www.google.com/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1&espv=2&ie=UTF-8#q=pizza%20hut%20in%20india

https://orders.pizzahut.co.in/phindia/web

http://www.dominos.co.in/menu

BTW, IMO, there's a BIG reason these pizza chains, who BTW know how to make money, BIG money , make their pizza in the country the sell them in.

Now, make a pizza in U.S.A., now 1ST,.. pay the company that made it.
Now add on the huge cost for the dry ice & IMO, to pay the people to ride along the 8,431 mile trip to add more dry ice to the ice that evaporates on the 11 to 20 day ship ride.(Dry ice $.80 to $1.00 LB)
(You may want to read 5th post in this link:

http://www.immihelp.com/forum/showthread.php/8215-How-long-does-it-take-for-mail-to-reach-India

Now add on the 11 to 20 day shipping cost.

Now, add on cost of Refrigerator truck to transport pizzas to a refrigerated storage place.
Also add on the cost to pay the people who up keep/own the refigerator storage.

Now add on cost to pay people to sell pizzas.