The 200th store in Shenzhen, was also the 10,000th Domino's store internationally. The Chinese subsidiary is known as Domino's Pizza China ( Chinese: 达美乐 pinyin: Dá Měi Lè).Īs of October 2019, Domino's Pizza China has about 250 stores in nine cities: Beijing (about 75 stores), Shanghai (about 100 stores), Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Tianjin, Nanjing, Suzhou, Wuxi, and Hangzhou. Outside the United States, India has the largest number of Domino's outlets in the world. In February 2016, Domino's opened its 1,000th store in India. In 1995, Domino's Pizza entered China through the Pizza Vest Fast Food Group, which also owned the rights to operate Domino's Pizza in eleven Southeast Asian countries.
After having faced tough competition from local restaurants and falling behind on its debt obligations, Domino's exited the country in 2022. CEO Patrick Doyle, in May 2014, said the company would concentrate on its delivery model there. By 2014, the company had grown to 6,000 international locations and was planning to expand to pizza's birthplace, Italy this was achieved on October 5, 2015, in Milan, with their first Italian location. In 1997, Domino's opened its 1,500th international location, opening seven stores in one day across five continents. By 1995, Domino's had expanded to 1,000 international locations. In 1993, they became the second American franchise to open in the Dominican Republic and the first one to open in Haiti, under the direction of entrepreneur Luis de Jesús Rodríguez. Also, in 1985 Domino's opened their first store in Tokyo, Japan. In 1985, the chain opened their first store in the United Kingdom in Luton. That same year, Domino's opened its 1,000th store, its first in Vancouver, Washington. On May 12, 1983, Domino's opened its first international store, in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. International expansion Domino's Pizza in Oak Hill, Virginia, United States Domino's Pizza in Nieuw-Vennep, Netherlands The store interior of a Domino's Pizza Domino's Pizza in Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Chiapas, Mexico Domino's Pizza, next to a KFC, in New Market, Kolkata, India A year later, the company named Dave Brandon as its CEO. for about $1 billion, and ceased being involved in day-to-day operations of the company. In 1998, after 38 years of ownership, Domino's founder Tom Monaghan announced his retirement, sold 93 percent of the company to Bain Capital, Inc.
On May 2, 1980, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans found in favor of Domino's Pizza. In 1975, Domino's faced a lawsuit by Amstar Corporation, the maker of Domino Sugar, alleging trademark infringement and unfair competition. Domino's Pizza opened its first franchise location in 1967 and by 1978, the company had expanded to 200 stores. Monaghan planned to add a new dot with the addition of every new store, but this idea quickly faded, as Domino's experienced rapid growth.
The company logo originally had three dots, representing the three stores in 1965. Monaghan immediately loved the idea and officially renamed the business Domino's Pizza, Inc. One day, an employee, Jim Kennedy, returned from a pizza delivery and suggested the name "Domino's". Monaghan wanted the stores to share the same branding, but the original owner forbade him from using the DomiNick's name. īy 1965, Tom Monaghan had purchased two additional pizzerias he now had a total of three locations in the same county. Within eight months, James traded his half of the business to Tom for the Volkswagen Beetle they used for pizza deliveries. The brothers planned to split the work hours evenly, but James did not want to quit his job as a full-time postman to keep up with the demands of the new business. The deal was secured by a $500 down payment, then the brothers borrowed $900 to pay for the store. In 1960, Tom Monaghan and his brother, James, took over the operation of DomiNick's, an existing location of a small pizza restaurant chain that had been owned by Dominick DeVarti, at 507 Cross Street (now 301 West Cross Street) in Ypsilanti, Michigan, near Eastern Michigan University. Domino's has stores in over 83 countries and 5,701 cities worldwide. As of 2018, Domino's had approximately 15,000 stores, with 5,649 in the United States, 1,500 in India, and 1,249 in the United Kingdom. The corporation is Delaware-domiciled and headquartered at the Domino's Farms Office Park in Ann Arbor Township, near Ann Arbor, Michigan. Founded in 1960, the chain is owned by master franchisor Domino's Pizza, Inc. Domino's is an American multinational pizza restaurant chain.
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