ANN ARBOR, Mich., Aug. 3, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Domino's
Pizza (NYSE:DPZ), the recognized world leader in pizza
delivery, is celebrating the grand opening of its 12,000th
store in the world today, in Oklahoma
City.
"I am beyond excited to celebrate this huge milestone for
Domino's," said Patrick Doyle,
Domino's president and CEO. "We've been opening new stores around
the world at a steady clip – building beautiful and
customer-friendly pizza theaters with our new image – and the
12,000th store in Oklahoma
exemplifies our brand to a tee."
In honor of the 12,000th store, Domino's will hold a
ribbon-cutting ceremony and present a donation of $12,000 to the Boys and Girls Clubs of
Oklahoma County today.
Oklahoma City franchise owners
Steve Dolan and Jay Feavel will be in attendance, as well as a
number of key Domino's executives, including Doyle and Russell Weiner, president of Domino's
USA.
"I was absolutely thrilled when I found out that our
Oklahoma City location was going
to be Domino's 12,000th store in the world," said Dolan. "I'm so
proud to bring this milestone store to the Oklahoma City community."
Dolan and Feavel own 24 stores together throughout Colorado, Oklahoma and Wyoming. Both individuals began working at
Domino's as delivery drivers in the early 1980s and worked their
way up to become franchise owners. They are not alone – more than
90 percent of Domino's U.S. franchise owners began their career as
part-time Domino's employees.
Domino's operates in more than 80 international markets and had
global retail sales of more than $8.9
billion in 2014, comprised of more than $4.1 billion in the U.S. and nearly $4.8 billion internationally. Domino's has opened
more than 3,000 net stores around the globe since March 2010.
About Domino's Pizza®
Founded in 1960, Domino's Pizza is the recognized world leader
in pizza delivery, with a significant business in carryout pizza.
It ranks among the world's top public restaurant brands with a
global enterprise of more than 11,900 stores in over 80
international markets. Domino's had global retail sales of over
$8.9 billion in 2014, comprised of
more than $4.1 billion in the U.S.
and nearly $4.8 billion
internationally. In the second quarter of 2015, Domino's had global
retail sales of nearly $2.2 billion,
comprised of $1.1 billion in the U.S.
and $1.1 billion internationally. Its
system is comprised of franchise owners who accounted for nearly
97% of Domino's stores as of the second quarter of 2015. Emphasis
on technology innovation helped Domino's generate approximately 50%
of U.S. sales from digital channels at the end of 2014, and reach
an estimated run rate of $4.0 billion
annually in global digital sales. Domino's features an ordering app
lineup that covers nearly 95% of the U.S. smartphone market and has
recently introduced several innovative ordering platforms,
including Ford SYNC®, Samsung Smart TV® and
Pebble Watch, as well as Twitter and text message using a pizza
emoji. In June 2014, Domino's debuted
voice ordering for its iPhone® and Android™
apps, a true technology first within traditional and e-commerce
retail.
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