Digital Menu Boards for Pizzerias
A pizza menu is a grid of sizes and prices. A screen handles a grid better than a printed board, and it can change at noon.
Pizzeria menus have a shape most menus don't: every pizza comes in three sizes, there are toppings to add, and the deals change by day and by time. That is exactly what a printed board handles worst and a screen handles best.
Laying out a pizza menu on a screen
- A grid, not a list. Pizza names down the left, sizes across the top, prices in the cells. Eight to ten pizzas per screen; if you have twenty, rotate two slides.
- Toppings and extras on their own slide. Keep the main grid clean; a second slide lists add-ons and sides.
- Deals get their own slide with a photo. "Two large for $X" sells better as a picture than as a line in the grid.
- Lunch slices at noon. A lunch-slice board that appears at 11:30 and disappears at 14:30, every weekday, on a schedule rule.
The window and the pickup counter
Pizzerias often have two audiences: people inside and people walking past. A screen facing the street with tonight's deal and the delivery number works the window; a screen by the pickup counter can show an order-ready board. CastWize has queue management built in: a take-a-number kiosk, a call-next link per counter, and the live "now serving" number on the screen, so nobody shouts order numbers across the room.
Scheduling the week
Typical rules: the lunch-slice board on weekdays 11:30–14:30, a "family deal" slide on Sunday afternoons, the match-night offer on the evenings you choose, and a "last orders" slide for the final 20 minutes. Each is a playlist with a rule by day and time; the screen does the switching. Seasonal offers get start and end dates.
Changing prices across several shops
If you run more than one pizzeria, group screens by shop and assign the same menu playlist to the group. A price change edited once goes to every shop. A single shop with a different deal keeps its own slide on top. See digital signage for restaurants for the multi-location setup.
Hardware and cost
Any TV with HDMI plus an Android TV box or a Raspberry Pi running the free CastWize player; the player caches the menu, so it stays up if the Wi-Fi drops during the rush. Software is $5 per screen per month, first screen free for 30 days. Hardware shopping list in Set Up a Screen for Under $200; layouts in the free templates.
Frequently asked questions
Can one screen show the menu and a deal at the same time?
Yes. A zone layout splits the screen: the pizza grid in the large zone, a rotating deals playlist in a side zone, and a ticker with the delivery number along the bottom.
Can the lunch-slice board appear on its own at noon?
Yes. Put it in a playlist with a schedule rule for weekdays 11:30–14:30. It shows and hides itself every day.
Can I show order numbers for pickup?
Yes. Queue management is built in: customers take a number at a kiosk, staff press call-next, and the now-serving number appears on the screen.
More from the blog
Café Menu Board on a TV: How to Set One Up
Turn the TV behind the counter into a café menu board that switches from breakfast to lunch on its own.
Digital Signage for Bakeries
A counter screen for today's bakes, prices that change when the tray does, and a sold-out slide that takes two taps.
Happy Hour Boards: Digital Signage for Bars and Pubs
A happy-hour board that shows up at 5 and disappears at 7, plus match schedules and events on the same screen.
Ready to put your first screen up?
First screen free for 30 days, no credit card required.