I had Dominoes back during college in the 1980s. It was bad.
Dominoes took a survey some years back, with people saying their pizza was bad. Dominoes vowed to fix their pizzas with better ingredients.
I was curious how the new Dominoes was. I used a coupon for a Dominoes pizza last year.
Still just as bad. A lot more expensive.
Sorry but gotta disagree here.
Compared to what Domino’s used to be, it is far superior.
Is it great? No, but it’s nowhere near as bad as it used to be.
Would I put Domino’s at the top of my pizza list? Absolutely not... I am fortunate enough to live in a town with so many little mom and pop Pizza shops, that I can’t really imagine ever routinely settling for any of the big chains... all of them are substandard IMHO.
When I travel with the family and we are in other places, I realize just how spoiled I am. Many places only really have the chains.
If I have to settle for a chain, I tend toward Poppa Jons, but I gotta be honest, there quality seems to be all over the map... depending one the franchisee they can go from probably the best major chain pizza available, to almost swill. They really, really need to secretly and randomly inspect and enforce their standards... because Poppa John’s is the Pizza Chain equivalent of Burger King... Quality is literally all over the map depending on the franchisee.
A well run and managed one following the proper procedures, will deliver you a good product for a chain. However, many are run incredibly sub par, and corporate lets them get away with it, creating insane inconsistencies across their systems.
To this day, I don’t understand how Tom’s King, which is one of the largest francisees’ for BK is allowed to keep its license.... I don’t think I have ever been to one where I have gotten what I consider quality service or product, and I don’t walk into a BK with high expectations.
In fact, when I do get good quality and service, I know before I even look it up, that the store is not one of the Toms King franchises.
I know for a fact frachisees of Poppa Johns have watered down their sauces, and done other things to try to make more money.. and did it for years, and never every got smacked by the parent company for these types of things.
Domino’s, for good or ill, I have found to be very good at consistency across their enterprise... No, its not remotely great pizza, but whenever I do wind up having to eat dominoes, the product is consistent no matter where I am.