Gas prices are climbing, but Pizza 73 just made pizza night cheaper because of it — and honestly, we needed this.
This blog post is part of a paid partnership with Pizza 73. As always, all opinions are our own.
Let’s just be honest about something. Filling up the tank in Calgary right now is a whole mood, and not a good one. Every time we pull up to a gas station this summer it feels like the number on the pump is doing something it has absolutely no business doing. We know you feel it too. It’s become the thing everyone talks about, whether you’re grabbing coffee with your coworkers, texting your group chat, or standing next to a stranger at the pump and making that face. You know the one. So when Pizza 73 reached out to tell us about their Pump Relief Pizza campaign, we genuinely stopped and said, wait, actually?
Because the concept is simple and kind of brilliant. The higher gas prices climb, the lower the price drops on Pizza 73’s featured XXL 1-Topper Pizza. Every Monday they announce a new weekly price based on current gas price trends, which means the worse it gets out there, the better it gets for pizza night. As a couple who genuinely loves a good deal and has been wincing at the pump just like everyone else, this one felt really made for us, and honestly, really made for Calgary.
How the Pump Relief Pizza actually works
We know what you’re thinking, okay but what does that actually mean in practice? Here’s the breakdown. Pizza 73 tracks gas price trends weekly and every Monday morning they drop the new Pump Relief Pizza price. The featured pizza is their XXL 1-Topper, which if you’ve ever ordered one, you know goes way further than you’d expect. It’s one of those pizzas that genuinely feeds a crowd without anyone feeling like they’re being shortchanged.
The deal is available exclusively through the Pizza 73 app and website at Pizza73.com, and it runs from now through July 26, 2026. So this is not one of those things where you can take your time deciding, the weekly price is live for a limited window and then it resets. Our honest advice is to make it part of your Monday routine. Check the new price, decide on toppings, order and move on with your week knowing dinner is handled.
Our honest reaction when we actually tried it
We filmed this one at home, which felt right because that’s genuinely where a pizza night like this lives. We’re not going to pretend we dressed up or set a table, we opened the box on the counter, Adi grabbed a slice immediately without waiting for anyone, and honestly that pretty much tells you everything you need to know about the pizza. He is not a patient man when good food is involved.
The size of the XXL genuinely surprised us in the best way. We’re a two person household and we had leftovers, which almost never happens. The crust was exactly what you want, that satisfying kind that holds up to the toppings without going soggy. Adi’s exact words after the first bite were “this is actually so good” and that was before he knew I was already pointing the camera at him. No cap, that reaction was completely real and completely unscripted, which is exactly the kind of moment we love to capture.
Why this campaign actually resonates with us
We talk a lot about finding ways to do life well without it needing to be expensive or over the top. That’s been the whole heartbeat of what we share, from our Date Night Under $40 series to every local find we post about in Calgary. The idea that you can sit down to a really good pizza night and spend less because of something that’s been stressing everyone out anyway, there’s something that just feels genuinely clever and genuinely kind about that.
As Albertans, we feel the gas price conversations the same way everyone else does. It’s not abstract for us. So a brand stepping in and saying, hey, we see it too and we’re going to do something about it in the most Pizza 73 way possible, that landed. It felt fun and relevant without trying too hard, which is honestly the sweet spot for any campaign.
How to make the most of the Pump Relief Pizza deal this summer
The simplest thing you can do is make Mondays your price check day. When Pizza 73 drops the new weekly price, that’s your window to plan the week’s pizza night around it. If gas prices have been climbing, the deal gets better, which means you’re essentially getting rewarded for something that was already frustrating you. It’s a small mental shift but it actually makes the whole thing feel a little more fun.
We’d also say, don’t underestimate how far the XXL goes. Whether you’re feeding just the two of you with room for leftovers, having a few friends over, or setting up a casual summer night with family, this pizza is built for exactly that kind of easy, low effort, high enjoyment evening. Sometimes the best nights are the unplanned ones where you order pizza and end up staying up way later than you meant to just talking and having a good time.
The bottom line
Pump Relief Pizza is available right now through the Pizza 73 app and website, and the weekly price updates every Monday based on current gas price trends. The promotion runs until July 26, 2026, so you’ve got the whole summer to take advantage of it. If you’ve been looking for a reason to make pizza night a regular thing this summer, consider this your sign. Check the weekly price, order through the app, and enjoy the one thing that actually gets cheaper when gas prices go up.
Wander over to Pizza 73 and check this week’s Pump Relief Pizza price, because we believe we are all made to wander, and this summer the best wandering comes with a really good deal on pizza.
