Tomatoes are needed to make pizza sauce. Pizza sauce is needed to make pizza. Without tomatoes, there could be no pizza. I'm not sure I want to live in such a world. Give me the monster apocalypse.

But, a looming tomato shortage, with the accompanying rise in prices, does raise an interesting question:

If you're Pizza Hut:

Which variances would be impacted by the rise in tomato prices? Would the rise in the price of tomatoes cause a favorable or unfavorable variance for Pizza Hut? What is the Hut likely to do to its standard(s) based on the current price of tomatoes? Which standard(s) would be impacted?