Domino's Pizza Enterprises
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| 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 |
 A$588.7 million (2013/2014)[2] |
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A$45.3 million (2013/2014)[2] | |
Number of employees | 26,000[1] |
| Website |
www |
Domino’s Pizza Enterprises Limited (DPE) 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] DPE is the exclusive master franchise for the Domino’s brand network in Australia, New Zealand, France, Belgium, the Netherlands, the Principality of Monaco, Japan and Germany.[3] Across these markets, DPE has over 1900 stores.[3] In May 2005 DPE became the first publicly listed pizza company in Australia.[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.
Timeline
- 1983: First Domino’s store opened in Australia.[6]
- 1993: Silvio’s Dial-a-Pizza bought Domino’s Pizza.[7]
- 1995: All Silvio’s stores were rebranded as Domino’s Pizza stores.[8]
- 1997: Domino’s established the Dominos Partners Foundation.
- 2000: Domino’s became the first and only pizza maker in Australia to introduce Hot Cell bags, a portable oven that keeps pizza 20% hotter on delivery.
- 2001: Don Meij and Grant Bourke, the two largest franchisees at the time, merged their stores into the corporate store network to bring the total to 50 corporate stores and 128 franchised stores.[9]
- 2002: Domino’s became the first Australian pizza maker to launch classic crust
- 2003: Domino’s expanded into new markets in Victoria, Australia, and Wellington, New Zealand.
- 2004: Domino’s opened its 300th store
- 2005: Domino’s listed on the Australian Stock Exchange, becoming the first publicly listed Australian pizza company.
- 2005: Domino’s opened its 400th store.
- 2005: Pizza College was established to train staff in all capital cities.
- 2006: Domino’s purchased existing Domino’s operations in France, Belgium, the Netherlands and the principality of Monaco, its first foothold in Europe, seeing it surpass its 500th store.[10]
- 2008: Domino’s celebrated its 25th anniversary of selling pizza in Australia and opened its 750th store
- 2009: E-recruitment websites were launched and Domino’s expended into theme parks, as well as the first online ordering iPhone app, which reached the number 1 free app position on iTunes.[11]
- 2010: Domino’s opened its 300th European store in Pessac, France.[12]
- 2011: An online ordering mobile website was launched, as well as an application for Android ordering. Domino’s hit 200,000 Facebook fans[13]
- 2012: Domino’s launched its first social pizza on its Facebook page, allowing fans to build a custom pizza from the menu, as well as being the first pizza maker in the world to offer Facebook ordering [14]
- 2013: Domino’s rolled out a Store Rating Feedback App that allows customers to rate their experience in real time on Facebook. The Chef’s best range was launched and the first ever pizza delivery by bungy jump was achieved.
- 2014: Domino’s social media presence became 24/7 and hit 1 million Facebook fans. Cheaper everyday was introduced, with all value pizzas being $4.95 every day. Most significantly, Domino’s launched Pizza Mogul, a world-first initiative set to change the future of the pizza industry landscape www.pizzamogul.com.au [15]
- 2015: Domino’s launches GPS Driver Tracker, uber-style technology that lets customers track their order from the store to their door.[16]
- 2016: Domino’s launches the world first autonomous delivery vehicle, DRU or Domino's Robotic unit.[17]
See also
References
- 1 2 "About Domino's". 24 November 2015.
- 1 2 "2014 Annual Report". http://dominospizzaannualreport.com.au/. External link in
|website=(help); - 1 2 3 4 - dominos.com.au 24 November 2015
- ↑ "The Deliverer" Boyer, Peter J. The New Yorker (February 19, 2007). Retrieved August 31, 2009
- ↑ "Tom Monaghan Domino's Pizza". CNNMoney. Cable News Network. Retrieved 2003-09-01.
- ↑ "Domino's Australia (Official Facebook Page)". Facebook. Retrieved 26 March 2016.
- ↑ "The Journey (1993)". Don Meij. Retrieved 26 March 2016.
- ↑ "Silvio's merged into Domino's in 1995". Retrieved 18 November 2015.
- ↑ "Grant Bourke". Retrieved 18 November 2015.
- ↑ "Domino's launches 500th store". Retrieved 18 November 2015.
- ↑ "Domino's Pizza launches first online ordering app". Retrieved 13 May 2013.
- ↑ "Domino's Pizzas makes it 300 stores in Europe". Retrieved 13 November 2015.
- ↑ "Domino's launches new online ordering website". Retrieved 13 November 2015.
- ↑ "Domino's Social Pizza". Retrieved 18 November 2015.
- ↑ "Domino's launches Pizza Mogul". Retrieved 18 November 2015.
- ↑ "Domino's deliveries on right track". Retrieved 18 November 2015.
- ↑ "Domino's launches the world first autonomous delivery vehicle". Retrieved 18 November 2015.
External links
- Domino's Pizza Enterprises corporate webpage
- Domino's New Zealand corporate webpage
- Domino's Netherlands corporate webpage
- Domino's France corporate history webpage
- Domino's Belgium corporate history webpage