Domino's Pizza fixes streets, fills potholes across America

http://www.foxnews.com/ ^ | 6/11/18 | Alexandra Deabler

[BBell]

Domino’s Pizza is hitting the streets to help “smooth the ride home” for deliveries by making pothole and road repairs in towns customers have nominated online.

The “Paving for Pizza” initiative will fill “cracks, bumps, potholes and other road conditions [that] can put good pizzas at risk after they leave the store,” the press release said.

"We know that feeling is heightened when you're bringing home a carryout order from your local Domino's store. We don't want to lose any great-tasting pizza to a pothole, ruining a wonderful meal," said Russell Weiner, president of Domino's USA. "Domino's cares too much about its customers and pizza to let that happen."

The pizza chain has already started the road repairs, working with four municipalities including Bartonville, Texas, Milford, Del., Athens, Ga., and Burbank, Calif.

In Milford, Domino’s said its crew helped fix 40 potholes on 10 roads in 10 hours.

[HarleyD]

Some people don’t understand this isn’t a nice thing. The cost of filling the potholes is part of the cost of the pizza. Isn’t that suppose to be what the gas tax is suppose to do??? Why not simply lower the cost of the pizza?

[Bloody Sam Roberts]

To my palate, that’s about all their pizza is good for. I’m sure others will disagree.

[bkopto]

Please add in “stupid, lazy, unconcerned, unionized, and unaccountable” to your list.

[Buckeye McFrog]

One of their pizzas likely holds-up better in the hole than asphalt.

[Yo-Yo]

Good use of leftover pizzas.

[DannyTN]

I didn’t think their pizza was that tough.

[Sergio]

Private industry is faster, cheaper, and more efficient than government.

[real saxophonist]

I have about 12 1/2 years with Domino's, three stores in two states. Loaned out to five other stores. My last store had a lot of washboard dirt roads in our delivery area.

Would have been nice to run a grader though those a couple times.

[NEMDF]

I think this is great, but expect the idea to be shut down (lawsuits, even?) in some area where the unionized public roads workers throw a stink about how this is hurting them and the union.

[BBell]

So why did they change their recipe?

[real saxophonist]

They’ve changed their recipes and marketing a few times over the years, just like any other company. Remember ‘The Noid’?

[BBell]

I remember "The Noid". He went the way of "Budman". The last time they changed the recipe was not a good thing. My kids quit eating it but I did not care. They are Papa Johns people anyway.

I knew a lot of folks who did not like the new recipe but maybe it was mass hysteria.

[SaveFerris]

Holy cow!

[RinaseaofDs]

I love capitalism!!!!!!

[RinaseaofDs]

Opinions vary. The ones we have around here in the People’s Soviet of Washington are pretty good.

[SaveFerris]

In college I used to drive to work on the local streets (duh) but I HATED getting behind the city street truck with 3 guys inside going ..... 20 m.p.h.

I couldn’t decide, though, if that was more of a traffic impediment as opposed to them standing in the middle of a lane, doing nothing.

[YogicCowboy]

Now that is a free-market, private enterprise win-win solution!

[Bullish]

I’m not a real good judge of pizza because I hate Pizza.

Loved it when I was a kid and I hate it as an adult.