ANN ARBOR, Mich., Jan. 29, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Domino's
Pizza (NYSE: DPZ) raised more than $8.6
million for the kids of St. Jude Children's Research
Hospital® during the 2017 St. Jude Thanks and
Giving® campaign – the sixth straight record-setting
campaign for Domino's.
"Domino's stores across the United
States came through for the children of St. Jude Children's
Research Hospital with a record-breaking campaign," said
Patrick Doyle, Domino's president
and chief executive officer. "I want to thank our customers, team
members, and franchise owners who worked hard and contributed
during Thanks and Giving. Together we were able to raise
money to support the lifesaving work of St. Jude, benefiting
children all around the world."
In addition to adding a donation to an order or rounding up
their change for St. Jude, customers could support the children's
hospital by purchasing the St. Jude Meal Deal. The bundle included
two medium one-topping Hand Tossed pizzas, a 16-piece order of
Parmesan Bread Bites, an eight-piece order of recently-introduced
Cinnamon Bread Twists, a two-liter of Coca-Cola® and a
$1 donation to St. Jude – for
$19.99. Customers could also donate
by clicking on the St. Jude-themed Domino's
Tracker®.
Throughout the year, Domino's franchise owners and team members
came together to raise an additional $225,000 for St. Jude through other fundraisers.
Since naming St. Jude as its national charitable partner in 2004,
Domino's has raised more than $47
million for the hospital.
The funds raised in 2017 will apply to Domino's commitment made
in 2015 to raise $35 million in eight
years. Since 2015, Domino's has raised more than $21 million.
The St. Jude Thanks and Giving campaign – created in 2004
by Marlo Thomas and her siblings
Terre and Tony, children of St. Jude founder Danny Thomas – asks people to "give thanks for
the healthy kids in your life, and give to those who are not" in
order to help St. Jude continue its mission: Finding cures. Saving
children.®
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 14,400 stores in over 85
international markets. Domino's had global retail sales of nearly
$10.9 billion in 2016, with more than
$5.3 billion in the U.S. and more
than $5.5 billion internationally. In
the third quarter of 2017, Domino's had global retail sales of more
than $2.8 billion, with nearly
$1.4 billion in the U.S. and over
$1.4 billion internationally. Its
system is comprised of independent franchise owners who accounted
for over 97% of Domino's stores as of the third quarter of 2017.
Emphasis on technology innovation helped Domino's reach an
estimated $5.6 billion in global
digital sales in 2016, and has produced several innovative ordering
platforms, including Google Home, Facebook Messenger, Apple Watch,
Amazon Echo, Twitter and text message using a pizza emoji. In late
2017, as part of an industry-first collaboration with Ford Motor
Company, Domino's began a meaningful test of delivery using
self-driving vehicles.
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About St. Jude Children's Research
Hospital®
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital is leading the way the
world understands, treats and defeats childhood cancer and other
life-threatening diseases. It is the only National Cancer
Institute-designated Comprehensive Cancer Center devoted solely to
children. Treatments invented at St. Jude have helped push the
overall childhood cancer survival rate from 20 percent to 80
percent since the hospital opened more than 50 years ago. St.
Jude is working to drive the overall survival rate for childhood
cancer to 90 percent, and they won't stop until no child dies from
cancer. St. Jude freely shares the discoveries it makes, and every
child saved at St. Jude means doctors and scientists worldwide can
use that knowledge to save thousands more children. Families never
receive a bill from St. Jude for treatment, travel, housing or
food – because all a family should worry about is helping their
child live. Join the St. Jude mission by visiting stjude.org,
liking St. Jude on Facebook (facebook.com/stjude) and following us
on Twitter (@stjude).
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