Given that Domino’s has around two dozen toppings to choose from, and that some folks love to layer their pizza with multiple toppings, a franchisee could lose big by offering a pizza with “all your favorite toppings” for as little as $9. That is, until you see that Domino’s thinks you wouldn’t possibly want more than three toppings. [More]
Domino’s Has A Very Limited Notion Of What “All Your Favorite Toppings” Means
By May 30, 2013
Dear Domino’s: Maybe Cut The Marketing Budget, Boost Employee Training
By May 1, 2013
Misti has some advice for Domino’s that perhaps would be wise for other businesses to follow: spending money on marketing is all very well and good, but ultimately pointless if you don’t train franchisees and staff on how to not treat customers like crap. [More]
Domino’s Franchisee Finally Forced To Pay Up After Treating Workers Like Indentured Servants
By October 26, 2012
Did you know that the days of indentured servitude are gone? Yes, it’s true! There is such a thing as a federal minimum wage and regulations regarding how you treat your employees. As such, a Domino’s Pizza franchisee is on the hook for $371,675 in back wages after an investigation by the Labor Department unearthed some disturbing patterns in how it treated its workers. [More]
Branded Vrooming Noises Are Way Better Than An Internal Combustion Engine
By April 19, 2012
I can’t be the only one around here who read The Mouse and the Motorcycle by Beverly Cleary as a child and was disappointed that toy vehicles that move if you make vrooming sounds don’t exist in the real world. Domino’s in the Netherlands, on the other hand, has taken this concept and made it a reality. Except backwards. Which is why your pizza can now be delivered on a scooter that makes human-recorded vrooming sounds and advertises Domino’s as it rolls down the street. [More]
Domino's Pizza Managers Charged With Arson In Papa John's Fire
By October 31, 2011
Loyalty to your employer is one thing, but setting a competing business on fire? That’s just taking it a bit too far. Two Domino’s Pizza managers in Florida have been charged with arson after a Papa John’s went up in flames. [More]
Domino's CEO: Why Put Calories On The Menu If 90% Of Our Customers Never Enter The Store?
By August 16, 2011
As regulations requiring all restaurants with 20 or more outlets to label their in-restaurant menus with calorie info go nationwide, the CEO of Domino’s Pizza says the idea — as constructed by the federal government — just doesn’t fit a business like his, given the variable nature of pizza and its many toppings and the fact that store owners are paying for sign updates that most customers will never see. [More]
Science Confirms In-N-Out Burger Is The Best And McDonald's The Worst
By June 30, 2011
Almost a year ago, our survey-loving siblings at Consumer Reports asked several thousand readers to rate burgers from 18 burger chains and to no one’s surprise, McDonald’s came in dead last. Not satisfied with merely finding the best and worst beef-on-a-bun, CR decided to go for the super-sized option, rating 53 restaurants in five categories to find which ones provide the best food, service and value to customers. [More]
Domino's Burglar Leaves Trail Of Chips & Sauce Straight To His Door
By February 28, 2011
The police in Ojai, CA, didn’t need David Caruso’s CSI skills, sunglasses, or witticisms to find the man who broke into the local Domino’s Pizza. [More]
Domino's: Our Hot Wings Are Too Hot For Women, Hispanics
By January 31, 2011
Domino’s Pizza recently sent out some information regarding changes to its chicken wing offerings. And while the document has predictable information like the fact the average wing size is “slightly reduced to industry standard,” we were more fascinated by this chart that breaks down some demographic information on Domino’s various dipping and wing sauces. [More]
So Did The USDA Spend Millions To Cheese-Up Your Domino's Pizza Or Not?
By November 17, 2010
A couple weeks back we wrote about a New York Times article that claimed our tax dollars were being spent by the USDA to find more ways to add cheese to things like Domino’s Pizzas and Taco Bell products. But a new report in the Atlantic now says the Times misled readers — perhaps unintentionally — into thinking this was the case. [More]
Domino's, Where 5 Cheeses Just Aren't Enough
By October 14, 2010
Fresh off revamping its image with deep discounts and an “okay, we kinda sucked there for a while” ad campaign, Domino’s Pizza has gotten back into the gimmick pizza biz with the announcement of its new Wisconsin 6 Cheese pie. [More]
Fired Domino's Worker Torches Two Of Its Stores
By September 14, 2010
A disgruntled ex-Domino’s Pizza employee was arrested after starting fires inside two of the chain’s stores. The blazes began when he came to the places after hours and lit piles of pizza boxes on fire. [More]
Domino's Worker Uses Customer's Debit Card For Phone Sex While Still Making Pizzas
By September 3, 2010
You might not think that when you call up your local Domino’s to order a pizza with your credit/debit card, that the employee you just gave your sensitive information to is going to brazenly turn around and rack up $296 in phone sex charges only minutes later. Or that they’d be so stupid to use the restaurant’s phone to make the call. Alas, that’s exactly what a woman in Kentucky claims happened to her. [More]
Domino's Delivers Racism To Your Front Door In Under 30 Minutes
By August 23, 2010
From unveiling a new recipe to promising more honest ads, Domino’s has done a great deal to restructure its image in recent months. And then some jackass delivery guy in North Carolina has to go and ruin the fun for everyone by dropping the “N word” on a customer’s receipt. [More]
Pizza Hut Fires Idiotic Employees For Acting Like Idiotic Domino's Employees
By August 20, 2010
Looks like Domino’s isn’t the only chain that employs morons who make a public record of their jackassery in the kitchen. Two employees at a Pizza Hut in Pflugerville, TX, find themselves out of work because they not only took lewd photos of themselves messing around at work, but also posted them on MySpace. [More]
How Much Would You Tip This Dedicated Domino's Driver?
By August 17, 2010
On Sunday, people in sections of Charleston, SC, were up to their knees in flood water. But that didn’t deter this driver for Domino’s Pizza from making his deliveries. [More]
How Closely Does Fast Food Need To Resemble The Ad Photo?
By August 16, 2010
I think it’s safe to say that most people have a decent grasp on the distinction between advertising and reality. Most of us know that the cheese on our Whopper isn’t going to perfectly placed like the cheese on TV or that the bacon on our Baconator probably won’t be identical to the crispy, glistening bacon we see on the poster. But at what point does fast food cross the line between “acceptably different” from the picture and “completely unrecognizable”? [More]
Domino's Pizza Held Up By The Most Polite Robber Ever
By June 29, 2010
Somewhere near Cookeville, TN, a very polite man has just saved his house from foreclosure. But what the bank doesn’t know is that he got at least some the money for the late mortgage payments from the cash register of a local Domino’s Pizza. [More]
