what is the history of domino's pizza?
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Domino's Pizza NYSE: DPZ ASX: DMP is an international pizza delivery franchise and fast-food restaurant chain headquartered in Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States. It was founded by Tom Monaghan in 1960. As of 2005, it had 7,875 stores in more than 55 countries. It was the second-largest pizza chain in the United States when it went public in 2004, with total sales exceeding US$4.6 billion.\n\nThroughout its early history, the chain offered free pizza to customers who did not get their order in 30 minutes. The offer was changed to a $3 discount in the mid-1980s, then abandoned in the 1990s. They ended this campaign after numerous delivery drivers were driving recklessly in order to make the time limit, and several high profile incidents of injuries to pedestrians and other drivers occurred.\n\nDomino's offers online ordering via the Web and digital television throughout the United Kingdom. Telephone orders are made locally, but online orders go to headquarters and are faxed to the local branch, hence online orders take longer than telephone orders. Orders can be placed over the Web in selected areas of the United States and Australia.\n\nThe origins of Domino's Pizza began in 1960 when Tom Monaghan and his brother James bought a local pizzeria in Ypsilanti, Michigan named Dominick's Pizza. The deal was secured by a $75 down payment and the brothers borrowed $500 to pay for the store. Eight months later, James quit the partnership and traded his half of the business to Tom for a used Volkswagen Beetle. With Tom Monaghan as sole owner of the company, Dominick's Pizza became Domino's Pizza. In 1968, a fire destroyed the company headquarters and the commissary. Although Domino's faced numerous other obstacles in the following years, the company expanded and in 1978 the 200th Domino's franchise opened. In the 1980s, Domino's decentralized its operations by opening the first international Domino's in Winnipeg, Canada. In the following years the company expanded even more greatly and currently has over 7,875 stores. Monaghan retired in 1998 but retained a 27% non-controlling stake in the company.\n\nIn the 1980's, Domino's Pizza was well known for advertisements featuring The Noid. Customers were implored to order from Domino's in order to "avoid the Noid." In 1989, the "Noid" campaign was promptly pulled off the air after a man, Kenneth Lamar Noid, who thought the ads were a personal attack on him, held two employees of an Atlanta, Georgia Domino's restaurant hostage for over five hours. After forcing them to make him a pizza, Noid surrendered to police. Noid was charged with kidnapping, aggravated assault, extortion and possession of a firearm during a crime. He was found not guilty by reason of insanity.\n\nDomino's has been very present in popular culture, with its products appearing in, among other films, the 1990 blockbuster Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.\n\nThe three dots on a Domino's Pizza box represent the first three Domino's stores. Monaghan had planned to add another dot for each new restaurant that opened, but given the rapid rate at which Domino's opened new stores, that quickly became impractical.\n\nDomino's has also introduced numerous innovations in the pizza industry including the now standard use of corrugated cardboard delivery boxes, the modern belt driven pizza oven, modern and centralized ingredient logistics, and the "Heat Wave", a portable electrical bag system that uses patented magnetic induction technology to keep the pizza hot during delivery.\n\nMonaghan is no longer involved with the running of the corporation, nor does he have a controlling interest. In the past Domino's has come under fire from some liberal groups because of Monaghan's support of conservative and pro-life religious and political organizations, such as Operation Rescue, and affiliated activities.
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Dominos. They have that unlimited topping deal. Enjoy
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Here's some info about it\nhttp://www.italianhospitalsociety.com/Pages/about%20us.htm
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i remember seeing darts on there even when i was a kid. if you can throw a dart into any spot on that board at will, that counts as a sport to me. i dont know that i'd consider them "athletes" though. never seen dominoes on there though.
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http://www.kraftfoods.com/postcereals/heritage.html
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Went to a place called "Bricks" that apparently only hired teenagers.  We ordered and were not told the pizzas were pretty much a standard size small (i.e. one pizza wouldn't feed more than one person).  The pizza arrived and it was barely cooked.  Then our teenybopper waitress ignored us for the rest of the time we were there, so we talked to the manager, left and went to finish eating somewhere else.
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http://www.stlouisblues.com/history/history.html
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&*&*&\n\nThe Earl Of Sandwich\nHe is also credited with the invention of the sandwich, the name obviously derived from his title. It was long said that he invented the food to sustain himself while gambling without having to eat a full meal; he would never leave his seat at his gambling table and, when compelled to eat, asked his servants to bring him a piece of meat between two slices of bread. His biographer Rodger, however, points out that the sole source of this rumour was gossip mentioned in a travel book by Grosley, and that at the period in question (1765) the Earl was known to be very busy, and it is just as likely that this was for the purpose of eating at his desk. Sandwiches were likely eaten long before the Earl's life — for example, according to Jewish tradition, sanwiches made of unleavened bread and bitter herbs are eaten on Passover.\n\n    * Charles Goodyear invented vulcanized rubber in 1844 that was later used for tires.\n    * In 1888, John Dunlop invented the air-filled or pneumatic tires, however, his were for bicycles. \n    * In 1895, André Michelin was the first person to use pneumatic tires on an automobile, however, not successfully. \n    * In 1911, Philip Strauss invented the first successful tire, which was a combination tire and air filled inner tube. Strauss' company the Hardman Tire & Rubber Company marketed the tires. \n    * In 1903, P.W. Litchfield of the Goodyear Tire Company patented the first tubeless tire, however, it was never commercially exploited until the 1954 Packard. \n    * In 1904, mountable rims were introduced that allowed drivers to fix their own flats. In 1908, Frank Seiberling invented grooved tires with improved road traction. \n    * In 1910, B.F. Goodrich Company invented longer life tires by adding carbon to the rubber. \n    * Goodrich also invented the first synthetic rubber tires in 1937 made of a patented substance called Chemigum.\n\nPneumatic Tyre (Tire)\nJohn Boyd Dunlop (1840-1921) was a Scottish veterinarian and the recognized inventor of the first practical pneumatic or inflatable tyre/tire. His patent was for a bicycle tire, granted in 1888. However, Robert William Thomson (1822 - 1873) invented the actual first vulcanised rubber pneumatic tire. Thomson patented his pneumatic tire in 1845, his invention worked well but was to costly to catch on. Dunlop's tire patented in 1888 did, and so he received the most recognition. William Thomson also patented a fountain pen (1849) and a steam traction engine (1867).\n\nThe Ferris Wheel - George W. Ferris\nThe first ferris wheel was designed by George W. Ferris, a bridge-builder from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Ferris began his career in the railroad industry and then pursued an interest in bridge building. He understood the growing need for structural steel, Ferris founded G.W.G. Ferris & Co. in Pittsburgh, a firm that tested and inspected metals for railroads and bridge builders.\n\nHe built the Ferris Wheel for the 1893 World's Fair, which was held in Chicago to commemorate the 400th anniversary of Columbus's landing in America. The Chicago Fair's organizers wanted something that would rival the Eiffel Tower. Gustave Eiffel had built the tower for the Paris World's Fair of 1889, which honored the 100th anniversary of the French Revolution.\n\nFinding a suitable design proved difficult: Architect Daniel H. Burnham, who was in charge of selecting the project for the Chicago World's Fair, complained at an engineer's banquet in 1891 about having found nothing that "met the expectations of the people". Among the audience was George Washington Gale Ferris Jr., owner of a firm that tested iron and steel. He had an inspiration and scribbled the design for the Ferris Wheel on a napkin during the dinner.\n\nIt was considered an engineering wonder: two 140-foot steel towers supported the wheel; they were connected by a 45-foot axle, the largest single piece of forged steel ever ma
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try this http://www.maxmon.com/history.htm
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Here's some info about her....http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domino_harvey
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My husband and I are addicted to this Mexican style pizza which I think is from Red Barron! It has black olives, sweet red tomatoes, and a whole bunch of stuff, but what makes it the best is the tortilla pieces. And they aren't soft they are crunchy!! Its great
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try this website:\n\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bread#History
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You can find some information about the history of the school at the Union School District web site:\nhttp://www.unionsd.k12.ca.us/home/About+the+District/The+District
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Check out the history and recipes below.  Good luck.
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Not only remember, but saw them when they first started at an IBM family picnic in New Jersey!!!  I recall we were all ga-ga over them cause they were so cute.\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Menudo
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what the hell is this doing in political and government section?????????????\n\nwell since i am answering this I might as well give you my opinion...pizza
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the dining fork was invented in Italy in the sixteenth century\n\n*hugs* ~:)