Pizza Hut dares debate-goers to ask candidates their preferred topping

Finally, someone gets to the issue that really matter: pepperoni or sausage. Plus, brands’ illogical political polls, social media threatens the greeting card business, Wal-Mart testing same-day delivery, the only guy with a ‘dislike’ button, and more.

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Few things drive a wedge into relationships like opinions on politics and pizza toppings. If you want spinach and chicken, get a salad. Pineapple and ham—go to a luau. Aware of its consumers’ strong-mindedness on pie garnishes, Pizza Hut is challenging one attendee at next week’s town hall debate to ask the presidential candidates the real, hard-pressing question that matters: Pepperoni or sausage?

I wonder how their respective answers might affect the polls? And by that I mean the non-scientific, brand-based polls that really matter.

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