I'm glad to hear this. Dominos is the Walmart of the pizza business. It's founder is one seriously EVIL dude (Monaghan), who sold out several years ago to devote himself to building revisionist Catholic universities...
On Wed, Oct 8, 2008 at 1:46 PM, Allan Streib <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > "Tom Hargrave" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > I do consulting work for 3 regional Domino's franchises and they are > > facing the same rising food costs. And just like the three mentioned > > above, Domino's & Poppa Johns keep each other's prices in > > check. Several menu items are already being sold at a loss and each > > chain is waiting for the other to move. > > I remember when I worked at a Domino's here, a local independent was > completely running away with the market. I remember a night when we did > not even fill one "DOOR" sheet (10 pies) and this other place had cars > all over town. > > Dominos responded by selling 12" one-topping pizzas for $3.99, > delivered. HAD to be a BIG money loser, and it didn't really help them, > sales dropped right off after the promotion ended. > > I think the real difference in that case was that the Dominos store was > owned by a Franchisee in another state, and the other place had the > owner working in the store. The pizza wasn't really any better, but > they had much more involvement in the community and more goodwill. Also > they sold breadsticks and about 6 different fountain soft drinks at the > time when all you could get at Dominos was pizza and Coca-Cola Classic > in 16oz glass bottles. > > Since then, Dominos is down to one store here, while the other guy has 4 > stores in town, and several more in neighboring towns. Pizza Hut also > closed two of their three stores. > > Allan > -- > 1983 300D > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ > For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
