ANN ARBOR, Mich., Aug. 20, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Domino's
Pizza (NYSE: DPZ), the largest pizza company in the
world based on global retail sales, has spent years
focused on cutting-edge technology created and built largely by
teams at its World Resource Center in Ann
Arbor. Those cross-functional teams now have a new space
called Domino's Innovation Garage where they can collaborate on,
create and test new ideas to take the brand to the next level.
Domino's Innovation Garage, located at Domino's Farms in
Ann Arbor, will celebrate its
grand opening on Wednesday, Aug.
21.
"Domino's Innovation Garage is focused on accelerating Domino's
spirit of creativity and collaboration," said Kelly Garcia, Domino's chief technology officer.
"As a pizza company with a focus on technology, we want our team
members to have a workspace that encourages experimentation and
fosters an environment to take risks, test innovations and
fail-fast so they can bring their best cutting-edge ideas to life
for the brand's customers and stores."
The new 33,000-square-foot, two-story building has an
open-concept design space for 150 Domino's team members,
collaboration workspaces, private meeting rooms and a
fully-functioning pizza theater. Project-based teams will use the
pizza theater, which features the next-generation design, to
develop and test new technology, such as ordering kiosks and a
carryout tracker, in a store setting. Domino's Innovation Garage
will also have a dedicated space for testing delivery innovations,
including the GPS delivery tracking experience, the customer
interface on autonomous pizza delivery vehicles and robots such as
Nuro's R2 – an unmanned vehicle that will test pizza deliveries
later this year. In addition to future technology, the facility
will hold all of Domino's current AnyWare ordering technology,
in-store technology and a quality assurance lab for testing
pretotypes.
"Having a hub for our community of smart, creative and dynamic
team members to develop our brand and take it to the next level is
important for our continued success," said Garcia. "We're proud to
now have a space dedicated to learning, exploring, testing and
launching new ideas in a way that only Domino's can do."
About Domino's Pizza®
Founded in 1960,
Domino's Pizza is the largest pizza company in the world based on
retail sales, with a significant business in both delivery and
carryout pizza. It ranks among the world's top public restaurant
brands with a global enterprise of more than 16,300 stores in over
85 markets. Domino's had global retail sales of over $13.5 billion in 2018, with nearly $6.6 billion in the U.S. and more than
$6.9 billion internationally. In the
second quarter of 2019, Domino's had global retail sales of over
$3.2 billion, with over $1.6 billion in the U.S. and over $1.6 billion internationally. Its system is
comprised of independent franchise owners who accounted for 98% of
Domino's stores as of the second quarter of 2019. Emphasis on
technology innovation helped Domino's achieve more than half of all
global retail sales in 2018 from digital channels. In the U.S.,
Domino's generates over 65% of sales via digital channels and has
developed several innovative ordering platforms, including Google
Home, Facebook Messenger, Apple Watch, Amazon Echo and Twitter – as
well as Domino's Hotspots®, an ordering platform
featuring over 200,000 unique, non-traditional delivery locations.
In late 2017, Domino's began an industry-first test of self-driving
vehicle delivery, and in June 2019
announced a partnership with Nuro, furthering its exploration and
testing of autonomous pizza delivery.
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