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Domino’s Pizza says arrivederci, flees Italy after failing to win over local customers
CNBC ^ | 9 Aug 2022 | Nicolas Vega

Posted on 08/10/2022 1:31:48 PM PDT by Rummyfan

Just seven years after making its debut in Milan, Domino’s Pizza is saying arrivederci to Italy.

The fast food giant closed the last of its 29 stores on the Italian Peninsula after struggling to gain a foothold in the country, Bloomberg reports, with locals proving to be difficult to win over for the American chain.

The company’s exit from Italy was met with cheers on Twitter, where users mocked Domino’s for even attempting to establish a foothold in the homeland of pizza in the first place.

Domino’s arrived in Italy in 2015, when it already had more than 12,000 stores worldwide. It planned to win customers over with “purely Italian” ingredients including “100 percent tomato sauce and mozzarella, and products like Prosciutto di Parma, Gorgonzola, Grana Padano and Mozzarella di bufala Campana,” CNBC reported at the time.

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KEYWORDS: chat; dominos; food; italy; localnews; notnews; pizza
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To: Rummyfan

Good riddance. Dominoes is even worse than Little Caesar’s now.


21 posted on 08/10/2022 2:14:10 PM PDT by Seruzawa ("The Political left is the Garden of Eden of incompetence" - Marx the Smarter (Groucho))
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To: Rummyfan

I’ve never been to a Domino’s

What’s wrong with their pizza?


22 posted on 08/10/2022 2:17:40 PM PDT by Mr. K (No consequence of repealing obamacare is worse than obamacare itself)
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To: Rummyfan

dang, next thing you know, Panda Express will bailing out of mainland China ...


23 posted on 08/10/2022 2:18:12 PM PDT by catnipman (In a post-covid world, ALL "science" is now political science: stolen elections have consequences)
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To: KarlInOhio

At least Little Caesars is cheap.

We were going to order Dominos delivered the other day and it was going to be $37, decided to drive to little Caesars and spent $15.

Sure I had to spend some gas and go get it. But delivered pizza at 37 is way too expensive.


24 posted on 08/10/2022 2:21:50 PM PDT by crusher2013
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To: Rummyfan

Yet Taco Bell thrives in Mexico?


25 posted on 08/10/2022 2:23:28 PM PDT by cll (Serviam!)
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To: Rummyfan

This is about as smart a move as putting a Taco Bell in Tijuana.


26 posted on 08/10/2022 2:29:04 PM PDT by Boogieman
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To: MinorityRepublican

Mostly, Italians just use tomatoes and a sprinkling of cheese on a thin crust.


27 posted on 08/10/2022 2:30:47 PM PDT by fwdude (Racism is not dead, but it is on life support - kept alive by politicians….” — Thomas Sowell)
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To: Rummyfan

Why would your typical Italian opt for Domino’s?! I haven’t had a Domino’s pizza in oh, twenty years....

Well Domino’s pizza makes a pretty good PIE.. Had a pizza just about 12 days ago..


28 posted on 08/10/2022 2:36:44 PM PDT by tallyhoe
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To: fwdude
Mostly, Italians just use tomatoes and a sprinkling of cheese on a thin crust.

Americans are not used to that. Not "rich" enough. Like you said, served as an appetizer.

29 posted on 08/10/2022 2:38:48 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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To: Rummyfan

It isn’t due to failing to win over local customers it’s to world wide inflation and Biden his best to make sure we stay in the game.


30 posted on 08/10/2022 2:40:11 PM PDT by Vaduz ( )
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To: Rummyfan

I haven’t had a pizza in a restaurant in over 30 years . I make my own !


31 posted on 08/10/2022 2:45:49 PM PDT by sushiman
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To: Rummyfan

Back in college several nights a week it was either Domino’s or PTA (Pizza Transit Authority). They both offered fast delivery and serve their purpose for college kids but neither was anything memorable tastewise. Pizza Hut didn’t even deliver back then and Papa John’s hadn’t opened. Man I feel old now lol.


32 posted on 08/10/2022 2:48:42 PM PDT by Zack Attack
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To: Rummyfan
... the sorriest damned apology for pizza since Chef Boy-Aren’t-I-F**king-Clever puked up a can of tomato soup and chucked it in a cardboard box with a little bag of yeasty flour and a tiny pack of grated so-called cheese.
33 posted on 08/10/2022 2:53:21 PM PDT by Mr Ramsbotham ("God is a spirit, and man His means of walking on the earth.")
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To: max americana

MOD Pizza is close to that style-less sauce and you pick your own toppings.


34 posted on 08/10/2022 2:58:28 PM PDT by kaktuskid
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To: Rummyfan

When I was in Italy in the 80’s, the only chain restaurants I recall were on the military bases. My best dining experiences were in private residences where Papa went out and rounded up the diners and Mama prepared whatever was on the very short menu.


35 posted on 08/10/2022 3:01:10 PM PDT by yuleeyahoo (The nation which can prefer disgrace to danger is prepared for a master and deserves one. Hamilton)
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To: Yo-Yo

LMAO ROFL...


36 posted on 08/10/2022 3:07:05 PM PDT by entropy12 (Trump pp& MAGA are the only way to keep USA viable.)
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To: fwdude

You are right. I remember ordering pizza near Leaning Tower of Pisa. It was low quality with very little toppings.


37 posted on 08/10/2022 3:08:45 PM PDT by entropy12 (Trump pp& MAGA are the only way to keep USA viable.)
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To: Mr Ramsbotham

McDonald’s and Dominos were a novelty and lasted for a while especially in the big towns. But the Italians started to develop an attitude towards these particular companies. In some towns they refuse to use the product. I think one town Lecce in the south had a major dispute and within six months the company packed up and left. You have to be really good in the Food area to gain their respect. Doesn’t come easy.


38 posted on 08/10/2022 3:09:42 PM PDT by magua (It's not racism, it's just that thisBecause it’s being reported that a lot of this started in 2015.)
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To: Rummyfan

They’ve got one in New Haven CT “competing” with Sally’s, Pepe’s and Modern so why not Italy.


39 posted on 08/10/2022 3:21:15 PM PDT by muir_redwoods (Freedom isn't free, liberty isn't liberal and you'll never find anything Right on the Left)
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To: MinorityRepublican
I've never been to Italy but I've heard Americans being disappointed with Italian pizza for the reasons you've just mentioned.

Sicilian pizza is the best. It's the peas.

40 posted on 08/10/2022 3:25:54 PM PDT by Ezekiel (🆘️𓊹 𓌃 "Come fly with US". Ingenuity -- because the Son of David begins with Mars ♂️)
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