Domino's Pizza Inc. - Page 6 (2024)

A look at how much pizza, wings and processed cheese Americans will consume this Sunday.

By Christina Morales

The company entered the Italian market in 2015, but seems to have been done in by a proliferation of home-delivery food during the pandemic and a desire for more artisanal pies.

By Elisabetta Povoledo

Its ease and affordability made it a pandemic staple for many families and a rare bright spot in an industry that has been decimated.

By Julie Creswell

Some Domino’s workers finally got Covid-19 protections, but it took an outbreak and a strike.

By Carlos Contreras and Felix Lopez Barbosa

TimesVideo

Some Domino’s workers finally got Covid-19 protections, but it took an outbreak and a strike.

By Carlos Contreras and Felix Lopez

Surging demand for critical products has created an immediate need for more workers, forcing some companies to alter normal hiring practices.

By David Gelles and Michael Corkery

What can a recovering alcoholic learn from a Domino’s Pizza marketing campaign?

State of the Art

Elon Musk is drilling tunnels, electric scooters command the sidewalks, and Amazon is throwing its weight around in Seattle. Welcome to the technocapitalist metropolis of the future.

By Farhad Manjoo

The automaker is showcasing its autonomous-vehicle technology with a trial of Domino’s deliveries in Ann Arbor, Mich.

By Neal E. Boudette

No politics here: We’re reading about cat-loving judges, a pizza chain’s improbable comeback, and Oxford commas.

By Anna Dubenko and Michelle L. Dozois

The e-commerce giant has big plans to use autonomous aircraft to deliver packages, and is testing the devices in rural England. We went to find them.

By Mark Scott

According to a suit against the corporate franchiser that owns Domino’s Pizza, a computer system used across the state systematically undercounted hours worked by employees.

By Marc Santora

Facebook, smartphones and a Domino’s app were the tools of a Brooklyn credit card fraud that went far beyond extra toppings.

By Michael Wilson

What's in It?

These pies contain fewer worrisome ingredients, but they also give students a hefty dose of marketing in the lunchroom.

By Michael Moss

TimesVideo

Companies like Domino’s are making more healthful versions of their food to sell in schools, prompting concerns about the use of brands in the school lunch line.

Aaron Byrd

Dozens of employees had accused a Manhattan franchisee of the pizza company of violating minimum wage and overtime laws.

By Steven Greenhouse

What’s the story with Philadelphia cream cheese and silver? And ad fatigue already with the Domino’s Pizza online ordering commercial.

By Stuart Elliott

Companies that market themselves as Christian or faith-based often incorporate religion, sometimes by printing Bible verses on wrappers or by closing on Sundays.

By Mark Oppenheimer

Advertising

A commercial was castigated for spoofing pitches for charitable causes while it sought to raise money for such causes.

By Stuart Elliott

DealBook

Shares rise in after-hours trading on news of Steven Cohen’s passive stake.

By Dealbook

When sales of Domino’s Pizza were lagging, a government agency stepped in with advice: more cheese. This is the same government that, for health reasons, is advising less cheese.

By Michael Moss

Bits

New software allows companies to automatically monitor how much time employees are spending on social networking sites and what they’re posting when they’re logged in.

By Joshua Brustein

The position of athletic director, once the realm of former coaches, is increasingly being populated by executives with little experience in college sports, but a mind for business.

By Katie Thomas

DealBook

Bain Capital, the U.S. private equity firm, said Monday it would acquire the Japan franchisee of Domino’s Pizza as it sees opportunities in the country’s niche pizza delivery market.

By Dealbook

A video prank two Domino’s Pizza employees posted online has shown how social media has the reach and speed to turn tiny incidents into marketing crises.

By Stephanie Clifford

Steve Fraser went to the Beijing Games to lead the United States Greco-Roman wrestling team by achieving the impossible.

By Greg Bishop

The Feed

The nation’s largest pizza chains are being hammered by sluggish sales and runaway ingredient costs.

By Andrew Martin

Market Maker

The recent problems of Domino’s Pizza speak volumes about the challenges facing both companies and consumers in the year ahead.

By Nelson D. Schwartz

Home Front

In an industry known for its high turnover of employees, Dave Melton, a Domino’s Pizza franchisee in Manhattan, has built a work force with unusual longevity.

By Louise Kramer

Accounts.

Accounts.

Domino's new 'Brooklyn-style pizza' is put to test at Totonno's pizzeria in Coney Island, where it is found wanting by owner, Louise Ciminieri, and customers; some New Yorkers question Domino's marketing idea that there is something different about pizza in Brooklyn and pizza in other four boroughs of city; photos (M)

By Kim Severson

Article on schism that has been created by Thomas Monaghan, founder of Domino's Pizza and Ave Maria Foundation, in plan to build Ave Maria University and town called Ave Maria outside Naples, Fla; Monaghan, who promotes conservative Catholic education, media and other organizations, has donated or pledged $285 million for university and town so far; critics say Monahan, thwarted in effort to build university in Ann Arbor, Mich, has diverted funds from his Detroit-area schools, including Ava Maria College, to Florida; photos (L)

By Susan Hansen

ADVERTISING: ADDENDA

Roundup of recent advertising account changes (S)

By Stuart Elliott

Lawyers for Thomas More Law Center will sum up case after six-week trial in which they have been defending Dover, Pa, school district, which voted last year to require that students in ninth grade biology class be taught that evolution is 'not a fact' and that intelligent design is alternative worth studying; at issue is whether intelligent design is religion presented as science and whether teaching it in public school violates constitutional separation of church and state; More Center had been looking for years for school board willing to challenge evolution and face high-profile trial; profile of Thomas More Center, founded in 1999 by Richard Thompson and former Domino's pizza chief executive Thomas Monaghan; mission is 'to protect Christians and their religious beliefs in the public square'; photo (M)

By Laurie Goodstein

BUSINESS TRAVELER: FREQUENT FLIER

Frequent Flier column by Domino's Pizza's executive vice president J Patrick Doyle on huge reception he received in Agra, India, when company marked its 100th store opening in India; photo (M)

By J. Patrick Doyle: As Told To Christopher Elliott

THE MEDIA BUSINESS: ADVERTISING

Advertising campaigns portraying men in general, and husbands and fathers in particular, as objects of ridicule, pity or even scorn have increased as ads belittling women have disappeared; among them are ads for Bud Light, Domino's, Hummer, T-Mobile and Verizon; 'man as a dope' imagery hyas gathered momentum over last decade, and critics say it has spiraled out of control (M)

By Courtney Kane

THE MEDIA BUSINESS: ADVERTISING

Cartoon series Shorties Watchin' Shorties on Comedy Central will incorporate names and products of sponsors into animated action; viewers will see animated product placements, ranging from subtle to blatant, in three of seven 30-minute episodes for Domino's Pizza, Red Bull energy sneakers and Vans sneakers; Activision will not have its video games placed in episodes, but will use characters--two babies who behave like rambunctious young aduts at whom shows are aimed--to introduce commercials for video game featuring skateboarder Tony Hawk; financial terms undisclosed; photo (M)

By Stuart Elliott

OPENERS: THE GOODS

Domino's Pizza offers new Doublemelt, two thin crusts glued together with potent cheese sauce and slathered with six-cheese concoction; photo (S)

By Brendan I Koerner

Domino's Pizza Inc's shares fall 3.6 percent in fist day of trading after company sells $336.9 million of stock in initial public offering; sells 9.4 million shares at $14 each; stock closes at $13.50, down 50 cents (S)

By Bloomberg News

Domino's Pizza Inc sells $336.9 millin of shares in initial public offering and will use proceeds to repay debt (S)

By Bloomberg News

Domino's Pizza Inc plans to sell shares in initial public offering and use money to pay back debt (S)

By Bloomberg News

Domino's pizza deliveryman Valeriy Pazdnikov is shot and killed in attempted robbery after delivering pizzas to frequent customer in Brooklyn (NYC) apartment building; photos (M)

By Michael Wilson and Ann Farmer

Tom Monaghan, founder of Domino's Pizza, commits $200 million to founding of Ave Maria University in Naples, Fla; 750-acre campus near Everglades would be first new Roman Catholic university in US in four decades; described; Monahan comments; says his mission is as much religious as educational; holds that for 25 years he has felt need for school with more spirituality since students graduate from some Catholic universities with their religious faith more shaky than when they arrive; drawing; photo (M)

By Tamar Lewin

PRIVATE SECTOR

Domino's Pizza sends 6,000 slices of pizza to United States troops in Kuwait and Saudi Arabia on Super Bowl Sunday (S)

COMPILED BY Mark A. Stein

THE MEDIA BUSINESS: ADVERTISING -- ADDENDA

Domino's Pizza has consolidated most advertising assignments at Detroit and New York offices of J Walter Thompson; Domino's is estimated to spend $100 milion annually on national advertising; American Airlines has consolidated its worldwide advertising account at agencies owned by McCann-Erickson World Group (M)

By Bernard Stamler

THE MEDIA BUSINESS: ADVERTISING -- ADDENDA

Domino's Pizza is 'retiring' its ad character Bad Andy to focus on its traditional mainstay, delivery service; new campaign was developed by Deutsch Advertising (S)

By Suzanne Kapner

Pizza may be world's universal fast food; uncomplicated to produce and easy to franchise, pizza is perfect export for large global corporations like Domino's and Pizza Hut, but is also easy for any lone entrepreneur to serve up, even at a tiny stand; part of pizza's appeal is that it can be customized and localized for any cultural group (M)

By Barbara Crossette

THE MEDIA BUSINESS: ADVERTISING

Summer slowdown in sales spurs additional efforts by archrivals Pizza Hut and Domino's; advertising campaigns detailed (M)

By Stuart Elliott

Domino's Pizza, in move to settle string of racial bias complaints, reaches agreement with Justice Department to guarantee deliveries to all neighborhoods unless there is proven evidence that area poses threat to drivers; has come under fire from African-Americans, who say drivers refuse to deliver to neighborhoods or in some cases force customers to wait in street; says practice stems not from racism but from rash of robberies and driver attacks in poor neighborhoods (S)

By Nichole M. Christian

THE MEDIA BUSINESS: ADVERTISING -- ADDENDA

Domino's Pizza Inc awards its national creative part of its advertising account, with billings estimated at $100 million to $120 million, to Deutsch Inc; Campbell Mithun Esty was Domino's previous agency (S)

By Stuart Elliott

THE MEDIA BUSINESS: ADVERTISING -- ADDENDA

Domino's Pizza announces unexpectedly that it has begun closed review for national creative development portion of its advertising account, with billings estimated at $120 million; those duties have been handled since March 1997 by Campbell Mithun Esty (S)

By Stuart Elliott

Article describes successful marketing and merchandising techniques of Papa Johns, Pizza Hut, California Pizza Kitchen, Dominos and Telepizza pizza chains and frozen DiGiorno pizza from Kraft Foods; photos; drawing (L)

By Constance L. Hays

United States District Court Judge Harvey E Schlesinger issues preliminary injunction ordering Power Pizza Inc, which operates a Domino's Pizza franchise, to deliver to American Beach, small Florida community where most residents are black; suit was brought by James and Joyce Robinson (M)

Company Briefs

Domino's Pizza Inc, which operates 560 stores in 54 countries, says it plans to open 300 stores in 1997, about 250 in international markets and 50 in United States (S)

THE MEDIA BUSINESS: ADVERTISING

Domino's Pizza and Long John Silver's Restaurants Inc shift advertising accounts to Jordan, McGrath, Case & Taylor following review; Quaker Oats shifts to Foote, Cone & Belding (M)

By Stuart Elliott

THE MEDIA BUSINESS: ADVERTISING -- ADDENDA

Domino's Pizza narrows review on its advertising account, with billings estimated at $75 million; will divide account, formerly handled by Grey Advertising, into creative and media assignments (S)

By Glenn Collins

THE MEDIA BUSINESS: ADVERTISING -- ADDENDA

Advertising column describes recent changes in volatile realm of fast-food advertising; in latest development, Taco Bell disclosed review on creative part of its account with billings estimated at $200 million; review will include incumbent shop, Bozell Worldwide; Fallon McElligott recently resigned from McDonald's agency roster to take part in review for Domino's Pizza account; photo (M)

By Stuart Elliott

MEDIA BUSINESS: ADVERTISING

Advertising column discusses Grey Advertising's decision to resign from Domino's Pizza Inc account after Domino's unexpectedly announced that it would begin review on its national account; Grey's chairman, Edward H Meyer, notes Domino had its best sales and profits, and Grey received many awards for its Domino ads; says under those circ*mstances, there was no point in competing to retain account; Domino executives attribute Grey's departure to philosohical differences (M)

By Stuart Elliott

THE MEDIA BUSINESS: ADVERTISING -- ADDENDA

Domino's Pizza Inc. said yesterday that it would consolidate its regional advertising and spot media-buying accounts at the Detroit office of the J. Walter Thompson Company, effective Aug. 1. The accounts, with billings estimated at $35 million, have been split among four agencies. Tim McIntyre, a spokesman for Domino's in Ann Arbor, Mich., confirmed reports of the consolidation this week in trade publications. The decision to consolidate at Thompson Detroit, a unit of the WPP Group, came after a monthlong review that also included a Domino's regional roster shop, Ross Roy Communications in Bloomfield Hills, Mich., a unit of the Omnicom Group that has handled the Midwest and Northeast regional accounts.

By Jane L. Levere