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Headquarters: 30 Frank Lloyd Wright Drive Ann Arbor, MI 48106 Employees: 145,000 CEO: David Brandon Stock Symbol: DPZ Website: http://www.dominos.com Career Site Domino's is the world's leading pizza restaurant chain with 8,449 franchised and company-owned stores in the United States and more than 55 countries. Domino's specializes in delivery to homes and offices in 30-45 minutes and serves more than one million customers each day. Domino's Pizza offers Crunchy Thin Crust, Ultimate Deep Dish and Classic Hand Tossed pizzas with a number of regional toppings. Side items include Domino's Pizza Buffalo Chicken Kickers, Bread Sticks, Cheesy Bread, Cinna Stix, and Buffalo Wings. Domino's specializes in efficient pizza delivery and has introduced innovations to keep pizzas warm including: - Domino's HeatWave hot bags were introduced in 1998. Each hot bag contains a patented heating mechanism warmed via electro-magnetic energy. This technology keeps the pizza oven-hot during a normal delivery. - Domino's was the innovator behind the sturdy, corrugated pizza box, which keeps moisture from weakening the box, while preventing cheese from sticking to the top during delivery. It's also hard to miss pizza delivery cars -- thanks to Domino's Pizza. Domino's invented the 3-D car-top sign, which is currently used by a variety of industries, including taxis and driving schools. To allow Domino's stores to concentrate on making and delivering pizzas, Domino's developed a central commissary system. This relieves stores from long hours making dough, grating cheese and preparing toppings. The company has a network of 14 domestic distribution centers that regularly supplies more than 5,000 U.S. pizza stores with more than 240 products. A recent study commissioned by Domino's found the most popular pizza toppings include pepperoni, sausage and green peppers. Among the least popular toppings were ham, banana peppers and chicken. The company delivers more than 1.3 million pizzas per day and over 400 million pizzas per year. In 2006, Domino's had global retail sales of nearly $5.1 billion in 2006, comprised of $3.2 billion domestically and nearly $1.9 billion internationally. More than 145,000 people are employed by Domino's around the globe. Of those, 15,000 are corporate employees, with more than 400 at the World Resource Center in Ann Arbor, MI. In addition, the stores are supported by corporate and franchise offices located throughout the United States. Regional Offices are located in Atlanta, GA, Baltimore, MD, and Santa Ana, CA. Domino's is now offering online ordering in the majority of its U.S. stores in addition to phone and pick-up orders. History 1960 - Tom Monaghan and his brother James purchase "DomiNick's," a pizza store in Ypsilanti, MI. Monaghan borrowed $500 to buy the store. 1961 - James trades his half of the business to Tom for a Volkswagen Beetle. 1965 - Tom Monaghan is sole owner of company, and renames the business "Domino's Pizza, Inc." 1967 - The first Domino's Pizza franchise store opens in Ypsilanti, MI. 1968 - Company headquarters and commissary are destroyed by fire. First Domino's store outside of Michigan opens in Burlington, VT. 1989 - Pan Pizza, the company's first new product, is introduced. 1992 - Domino's rolls out bread sticks, the company's first national non-pizza menu item. 1993 - Crunchy Thin Crust pizza is rolled out nation-wide. The Company discontinues its 30-minute delivery guarantee for safety reasons and re-emphasizes the Total Satisfaction Guarantee: If for any reason you are dissatisfied with your Domino's Pizza dining experience, we will re-make your pizza or refund your money. 1994 - Buffalo Wings are rolled out in all U.S. stores. 2004 - Domino's goes public on the New York Stock Exchange. Updated August 7, 2007