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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: fwdude; All

I spent four months in Milan and there is a big difference between American pizza and Italian pizza. When Italians serve your wafer thin pizza, they drizzle olive oil on top. The pies are 15” in diameter which seems too large for a single person but are not due to they’re not built like the Brady, fat Chicago style. The cheeses are very different from the processed crap we get here.


41 posted on 08/10/2022 3:42:28 PM PDT by Cobra64 (Common sense isn’t common anymore.)
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To: twister881

LOL


42 posted on 08/10/2022 3:45:29 PM PDT by Tijeras_Slim
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To: sushiman

Given your name, have you ever made one with fugu as a topping?


43 posted on 08/10/2022 3:48:45 PM PDT by Tijeras_Slim
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To: Rummyfan
Domino’s Pizza says arrivederci, flees Italy after failing to win over local customers

Most pizza in Italy had a soggy crust.

44 posted on 08/10/2022 4:01:08 PM PDT by tlozo (Better to Die on Your Feet than Live on Your Knees)
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To: Rummyfan

A Little Off Topic:
Last week I discovered something most probably know already;
If you eat your pasta Al Dente; or somewhat firm vs soggy;
the pasta is much, much easier to digest!! And it still tastes good, in a firm, Chow Mein kind of way, where the pasta itself holds a flavor.
I wanted to shout it from the rooftops, but it was kind of late.


45 posted on 08/10/2022 4:12:41 PM PDT by lee martell
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To: Yo-Yo

Taco Bell did open stores in Mexico and then close them all. Lol.

Dominos pizza is so awful. They should close their store in the US.


46 posted on 08/10/2022 4:16:35 PM PDT by xxqqzz
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To: Rummyfan

Talk about trying to sell snow to the Eskimos!


47 posted on 08/10/2022 4:17:38 PM PDT by 9YearLurker
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To: 9YearLurker

48 posted on 08/10/2022 4:23:18 PM PDT by SamAdams76 (3,703,267 users on Truth Social)
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To: Magnatron
So Detroit “pizza” doesn’t work in Italy?

Dominos is not Detroit-style, which is pretty close to Sicilian pizza and originated with Italian immigrants in Detroit. Dominos is some bastardization of American style. Dominos probably would've had a better chance had they tried a Detroit-style in Italy, lol.

49 posted on 08/10/2022 4:25:16 PM PDT by Mozzafiato
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To: entropy12

50 posted on 08/10/2022 4:26:03 PM PDT by SamAdams76 (3,703,267 users on Truth Social)
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To: Rummyfan

Some time ago I bet that the best pizzas were those of a certain American chain, when I went to Naples I bought a pizza in a small restaurant, and the result is... all my respect for Italian pizza


51 posted on 08/10/2022 4:30:20 PM PDT by californian by choice
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To: pt17

There’s a chain I’ve lately grown to like which fits your criteria: modpizza.com

I also like Bertucci’s.


52 posted on 08/10/2022 4:32:47 PM PDT by SauronOfMordor (A Leftist can't enjoy life unless they are controlling, hurting, or destroying others)
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To: Mozzafiato

I dare anyone to try “St Louis style” pizza on them.


53 posted on 08/10/2022 4:36:59 PM PDT by 9YearLurker
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To: Rummyfan
I lived in Italy for a while. Real Italian pizza is more of a single course of a meal than an appetizer, you'd order a pizza then something else to go with it. It doesn't come cut into pieces like in the U.S. Americans that don't like real Italian pizza are usually disappointed that it doesn't come loaded down with toppings like American pizza. I personally don't like loaded pizzas, for me I'd much rather just have cheese or pepperoni. That's not normal in the U.S. though as most people turn up their nose unless it's a loaded "supreme" style and pizza places push that because it can double the price.

For the most part it's hard to beat a real pizza in Italy, they're pretty fantastic. There is certainly good pizza in the U.S. but many times it's not what Italians would think of as pizza. That's OK too. However, Domino's has never been what I though of as good pizza, even after their supposed revamp a few years ago where they claimed they improved it. I couldn't tell any difference, it still pretty much sucked. I'm not going to say I'm above ordering Domino's when I'm stuck in a hotel on a business trip and it's the only thing nearby, but I would never intentionally seek it out. I can't imagine anyone picking Domino's over a real italian pizza so I'm astonished anyone ever though they could ever make Domino's work there.

54 posted on 08/10/2022 5:10:57 PM PDT by GaryCrow
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To: MinorityRepublican; fwdude
I've never been to Italy but I've heard Americans being disappointed with Italian pizza for the reasons you've just mentioned.

We lived In Pozzuoli just outside of Naples for three years when I was a “tween.”

They don’t do a lot of toppings, but the blend of tomato sauce, cheese and seasonings and the crust make those pizzas perfection! I never had a bad pizza there, but my favorite was a little hole in the wall across the street from us.

Once or twice a month, our parents would give my brother and me some lire and send us across the street for a couple of pies for dinner. We’d play foosball while they made our pizzas. Mom would whip up a salad and that was one of our favorite meals.

55 posted on 08/10/2022 5:31:46 PM PDT by Allegra
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To: max americana

Italian American is NOT Italian. No offense meant to anyone. It’s just a fact.


56 posted on 08/10/2022 5:33:04 PM PDT by neverevergiveup
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To: Cold Heart

Donatos is good, probably not by Italians standards though.


57 posted on 08/10/2022 5:38:48 PM PDT by muggs
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To: Rummyfan

I like DiGiorno Supreme and Pizzerio and Rising Crust frozen pizza.

Italian Grandmas Try Frozen Pizza For The First Time
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SHCeP5ozZi4


58 posted on 08/10/2022 5:42:33 PM PDT by minnesota_bound (Need more money to buy everything now)
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To: fwdude

Very true. Eating a pizza,
with a nice glass of red wine, while overlooking the Paleo in Sienna is one of life’s rare treats.


59 posted on 08/10/2022 5:51:18 PM PDT by .44 Special (Taimid Buacharch)
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To: entropy12
You are right. I remember ordering pizza near Leaning Tower of Pisa. It was low quality with very little toppings.

It might have been a tourist trap right there. Need to go where the locals frequent.

60 posted on 08/10/2022 5:55:24 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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