Domino's Pizza Enterprises

Not to be confused with Domino's Pizza (the franchisor) in the United States.
Domino's Pizza Enterprises Ltd
Public
Traded as ASX: DMP
Industry Food Retail
Founded Springwood, Queensland, Australia (1983)
Headquarters 485 KINGSFORD SMITH DRIVE
Hamilton, Queensland
Australia
Number of locations
 1,500+ across Australasia Europe and Japan[1]
Key people
 Don Meij, CEO & MD
Products Pizza
Revenue Increase A$588.7 million (2013/2014)[2]
Increase A$45.3 million (2013/2014)[2]
Number of employees
 26,000[1]
Slogan People Powered Pizza
Website www.dominos.com.au

Domino's Pizza Enterprises (trading as Domino's) is an Australian public company that holds the exclusive master franchise for the Domino's Pizza brand network in Australia, New Zealand, France, Belgium, the Netherlands, the Principality of Monaco and Japan. Across these markets, Domino's Pizza Enterprises (DPE) has over 1,500 stores. In May 2005 DPE became the first publicly listed pizza company in Australia. It is the largest pizza chain in Australia in terms of network store numbers and network sales, as well as the largest franchisee for the Domino's Pizza brand in the world[3]/

Early Years

United States

In 1960, Tom and James Monaghan purchased DomiNick’s pizza store in Michigan, United States.[4] After eight months of trade James traded in his share of the business for a Volkswagen Beetle and forbade Tom from using the DomiNick’s name; and so the Domino’s name was born.[5] The three dots in the logo represent the three original Domino’s stores, with a dot to be added for each additional store; this idea was dropped when the business experienced rapid growth

Australia

The first Domino’s store to open in Australia was in Springwood, Queensland, in 1983, and was the first pizza maker in Australia to offer home delivery. The Australian and New Zealand Master Franchise was bought by Silvio’s Dial-a-Pizza in 1993 and in 1995 the two brands merged and rebranded as Domino’s Pizza.

Old Domino's Pizza logo.

Timeline

Charitable activities

Domino's Australia donates large quantities of pizza to natural disaster victims. They also provide food to isolated towns in rural areas that don't have access to large amounts of food. Domino's Australia has partnerships with Mission Australia, Royal Flying Doctor Service and Starlight Children's Foundation.[12]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "About Domino's". 24 November 2015.
  2. 1 2 "2014 Annual Report". http://dominospizzaannualreport.com.au/. External link in |website= (help);
  3. ↑ Domino's Corporate - dominos.com.au 24 November 2015
  4. ↑ "The Deliverer" Boyer, Peter J. The New Yorker (February 19, 2007). Retrieved August 31, 2009
  5. ↑ "Tom Monaghan Domino's Pizza". CNNMoney. Cable News Network. Retrieved 2003-09-01.
  6. ↑ "Silvio's merged into Domino's in 1995". Retrieved 18 November 2015.
  7. ↑ "Grant Bourke". Retrieved 18 November 2015.
  8. ↑ "Domino’s launches 500th store". Retrieved 18 November 2015.
  9. ↑ "Domino's Pizzas makes it 300 stores in Europe". Retrieved 13 November 2015.
  10. ↑ "Domino's launches new online ordering website". Retrieved 13 November 2015.
  11. ↑ "Domino’s deliveries on right track". Retrieved 18 November 2015.
  12. ↑ "Domino's Pizza - Community". Dominos.com.au. Retrieved 2015-11-24.

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