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[edit] citation request on 30 minute guarantee section

Someone please cite the following quote "In Malaysia, if a delivery is not received within 30 minutes, the customer is allowed to execute the driver " which is presently in the article...It's unsourced and seems unlikely —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.168.125.36 (talk) 23:25, 21 May 2008 (UTC)


[edit] Monaghan's involvement

Domino's schedule 14A, dated 4/24/2007, and available online at <http://yahoo.brand.edgar-online.com/fetchFilingFrameset.aspx?FilingID=5052816&Type=HTML>, shows that Monaghan's financial involvement with Domino's continues. Specifically [info is a public record and not copyrightable]:

Lease arrangements

In connection with the Domino’s recapitalization in 1998, Domino’s Pizza LLC, the Company’s operating subsidiary, entered into a lease with Domino’s Farms Office Park L.L.C., or Domino’s Farms, with respect to its World Resource Center. Thomas S. Monaghan, one of the Company’s former directors and the Company’s former majority shareholder, is the ultimate controlling person of Domino’s Farms.

The lease was amended in August 2002 with an effective date of December 21, 2003 to provide for additional space, new rent and an expiration date of December 20, 2013 with two five-year options to renew. Under the terms of the lease, as amended, the Company paid $5.5 million in rent under this lease in 2006. The base rent is subject to annual increases, based on the lower of the consumer price index or a stated percentage, which varies by year, and the Company expects to pay approximately $5.7 million in 2007.

Contingent notes payable

We were liable under two contingent notes to pay Mr. Monaghan and his wife an aggregate amount not to exceed approximately $15.0 million, plus interest, commencing January 2003 and equal to 8% per annum. Prior to the Domino’s Pizza initial public offering, Mr. Monaghan transferred his interest in his contingent note to the Ave Maria Foundation and certain of his family members. Following the Domino’s Pizza initial public offering, the Company prepaid all of the outstanding amounts due under these notes, totaling approximately $16.9 million.

207.171.180.101 22:47, 16 August 2007 (UTC)


[edit] Time travel and pizza delivery

In the history section, why does it say Domino's Pizza began in 1980, but a fire destroyed the headquarters in 1968? Time Travelling Pizza Delivery? 129.133.143.78 16:32, 24 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Wheys and means

Whey is an animal product? My understanding is that vegetable rennet or lemon juice/citric acid could be used to separate milk into curds and whey.

According to Whey, whey is an animal product that can be obtained with lemon juice and other plant products. Anyway, I Don't think the paragraph should be in the article. I deplore my fellow wikipedians to vote on the valor of the aforementioned paragraph.--Kryptknight 18:43, July 18, 2005 (UTC)
Um, whey is what is left when you curdle milk and strain out the casein. Milk comes out of the teat of a cow. A cow is an animal. So, by simple deductive reasoning, yes whey is an animal product. I think you're assuming this from the point of view of vegetarianism. Some extremists out there (I call them _Veggie Nazis_ but they prefer the term Vegan) don't eat anything that is a product of, or produced by animals, which obviously includes dairy products.
I can't see any value to that paragraph. This isn't a veggie nazi (I like that term, and agree with it, so thank you unsigned contributor) directory. --Kiand 00:21, 5 August 2005 (UTC)

I thought Wikipedia wasn't paper? Having information on various brands of food products for vegetarians is no less acceptable than having kosher information for Jews. As far as I can tell, the information violates no Wikipedia rules and is useful.

We don't generally carry dietry information on -anything-, this isn't a cookbook. --Kiand 21:53, 21 September 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Cats

Not sure why Ann Arbor, Michigan was removed from the cats by 24.30.157.246 on 4 July 2005. Isn't it useful for those looking at a category for a particular city to see companies headquartered or founded there? I'll add it back in for now; pls discuss if you object. Ropcat 05:15, 24 July 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Pizza delivery

Was wondering if anyone who contributed to this article might have something to add to Pizza delivery. Or, it's Peer review (at Wikipedia:Peer review/Pizza delivery/archive1). Any help or comments would be appreciated ;] --VileRage (Reply|C|Spam Me!*) 01:56, 25 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] LLC status?

I just saw a TV ad for Domino's delivery and noticed that the ad was copyright by "Domino's Pizza LLC" or some similar name, but an LLC, regardless. I am guessing that the LLC is wholly owned by the Domino's Pizza corporation. However, I am curious about the corporate structure. Does anyone else know more? Ari 01:43, 7 January 2006 (UTC)

My understanding from having been to the WRC and having seen their payroll checks, is that they are an LLC and have been since going public. At the bottom of the page, I've suggested doing a merge / redirect to reflect this. Kevin 08:55, 17 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] International links (request for comment)

Do we really need links to every international Dominos page? Wikipedia is not a web directory and all. I will remove them eventually if no one objects. --W.marsh 14:04, 4 May 2006 (UTC)

I object JayKeaton 14:04, 6 May 2006 (UTC)

Well, I meant "objects with a good reason". You got one? --W.marsh 14:23, 6 May 2006 (UTC)
I have thought of removing them myself. Rmhermen 15:07, 6 May 2006 (UTC)
I went ahead and removed them. 68.184.209.190 06:02, 30 May 2006 (UTC)
  • This has turned into an ongoing conflict... I have listed this as an RFC to try to establish what consensus is to do here. Obviously I am in favor of excluding the extensive collection of links, because wikipedia is specifically not a collection of links or internet directory. --W.marsh 14:49, 13 June 2006 (UTC)

Restoring above section Removing this is vandalism, no matter how much you dislike this conversation.--Isotope23 14:00, 15 June 2006 (UTC)

I agree with removing them - I also put in a link to Domino's Pizza's page where you can find all the international sites if the reader wants them. Trödel 14:43, 15 June 2006 (UTC)
Trodel's link seems like it includes all that is necessary, and as such, I'd stick with that one rather than separate links for all countries. -Hit bull, win steak(Moo!) 13:48, 28 June 2006 (UTC)
The "all in one" link is perfect, IMO. It gives links to Domino's sites for every nation they're in, and it doesn't clutter the wikipedia page. *botches a shooting star press* 02:34, 4 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] RfC

Just FYI, the main Domino's site has a page with a dropdown list of all the international sites at [1] Seems like linking that would solve the problem of that long list of sites. KathL 07:54, 14 June 2006 (UTC)

I agree - I put that link in on the 13th Trödel 14:46, 15 June 2006 (UTC)
  • The current link in the article as mentioned by KathL should be more than sufficient and avoids this page becoming a link farm. Steam5 needs to learn to use the Talk page to discuss these issues. WP:NOT a repository of links and people are allowed to revert your changes. This isn't an ownership society.--Isotope23 13:57, 15 June 2006 (UTC)
Cool, I've formatted the links a bit. I don't know what's to object to... anyone looking for their local site can find it much more easilly through that link. --W.marsh 14:05, 15 June 2006 (UTC)
Hey everyone. Im here for the RFC. People who are looking for their local domino's pizza website don't need wikipedia in order to find it, Wikipedia is not a collection of external links. I agree that one link to the international sites is a good comprimise, and hence support the way it is now. I am also asking that Steam5 Should cease and disist --DennyCrane Talk 11:09, 16 June 2006 (UTC)
  • Thanks everyone... based on this page there's a consensus just for the one link to the international sites index. There were several people (or at least, accounts and IPs) who wanted the long list... they've never bothered to join in the discussion though. --W.marsh 12:23, 18 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Possible Merge

Despite web sites listing Domino's as an incorporated company, I believe that it is actually an L.L.C. This is evidenced not only by their printed communications reading "Domino's Pizza, L.L.C.", but also on their corporate web site, and job postings on Monster, Career Builder, etc.

I'm considering merging this in to Domino's Pizza, L.L.C. and redirecting the "Inc." link, unless there are objections with evidence that Inc. is proper. Kevin 08:53, 17 January 2007 (UTC)

  • Well, I'd oppose a rename, as we go with common, advertised names for companies when possible. Create redirects from those names and mention the correct one on this article's intro, that would be fine. See WP:NAME#Companies, "The legal status of the company (Corp., plc or LLC), is not normally included". This is a case where it shouldn't be. --W.marsh 14:38, 17 January 2007 (UTC)
  • I hadn't notice the move to "inc". That really shouldn't have happened so I've moved it back. --W.marsh 14:41, 17 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Hotcell

Are the delivery bags called Heatwave in many locations or by other names due to possible trademark issues? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 65.28.59.69 (talk) 00:36, 31 January 2007 (UTC).

Domino's launches another industry innovation, Domino's HeatWave®, a hot bag using patented technology that keeps pizza oven-hot to the customer's door. This is from the company's website. As you can see it is referred to as Heatwave. However, it may be possible that it very limited markets it is called the Hotcell due to trademark, cultural, or translation issues. TheDevilYouKnow 00:46, 31 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Menu specifics

I moved this stuff to a trivia section. it seems pointlessly specific and too-current for an encylopaedia to me. This stuff is also not suited to or aimed at the UK/Northern Europe market and makes the article seem a bit advertisement-y. --Brideshead 20:14, 15 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Bain

Anyone have info on whether Domino's is still owned by Bain?--~~~~
Domino's Pizza, LLC is currently owned by Bain Capital, LLC.

[edit] Older logo

Does anyone know where one can find the older logo used until about 1996? The logo was straight (as opposed to tilted) and the font was capitalized (possibly Helvetica)? WAVY 10 16:16, 9 August 2007 (UTC)


[edit] Controversies Among Italians

Shouldn't something be added about the fact that most Italians see Domino's as a disgrace to Italian food? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Goodfellajohnny (talk • contribs) 11:38, 3 September 2007 (UTC)

Are you stalking the pizza pages? ;) Now what if I were to say that Sicilians who brought their oh so Sicilian recipes of 'pizza' up to the new world and ruined the whole concept as a whole? Oh, and American-Chinese food is a disgrace to.... food. 04:50, 24 February 2008 (UTC) Pizza —Preceding unsigned comment added by 209.78.18.84 (talk)

dominoes is to real pizza what burger king is to real bbq —Preceding unsigned comment added by A plague of rainbows (talk • contribs) 15:25, 11 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] 'In popular culture' section

This section is arguably unencyclopedic. This article doesn't need to mention every single time Domino's pizzas have appeared or been mentioned in films and TV, and in fact it's better if it doesn't. The 'popular culture' section should be drastically trimmed down, or ideally removed altogether. Terraxos 21:09, 3 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Removal of trivia section

User:W.marsh recently reverted an edit to remove the trivia section this is the reasoning on why it was removed

This section was tagged as trivia nearly three months ago, according to the lead of the WP:Trivia guidelines, trivia section should be transitory at best.

A better way to organize an article is to provide a logical grouping and ordering of facts that gives an integrated presentation, providing context and smooth transitions, as appropriate in text, list or table.

If you wish to quote this policy, do not quote it out of context. Here is the full line:

Such sections should not be categorically removed: it may be possible to integrate some items into the article text. Some facts may belong in existing sections; others can be grouped into a new section of related material. Convert bullet points to prose or narrowly-focused lists (such as "Cameos" or "Continuity errors"), as seems most appropriate.

The contributors to this article have had three months to properly integrate this data and since they have failed to properly integrate these facts into the main body of the article I deleted it. If you wish to include these data in the article please do so properly and do not misrepresent policy to justify this type of information's existence.

- Jeremy (Jerem43 (talk) 03:52, 10 December 2007 (UTC))

The guideline you're citing clearly says "This guideline does not suggest removing trivia sections, or moving them to the talk page. - If information is otherwise suitable, it is better that it be poorly presented than not presented at all." Your stuff about a 3 month time limit appears to be something you made up, and your edits amount to section blanking. You're welcome to convert them to prose but please stop blanking 1/3 of the article citing a guideline that directly tells you not to do so. --W.marsh 03:55, 10 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Employee Relations

"In the United Kingdom ... Workers at one franchise are victims of "modern-day slavery", according to union T&G Unite, with money unlawfully deducted from the workers' pay sometimes leaving workers being paid nothing. Some of the deductions made by the company included the costs of insuring the cars used to deliver pizzas..."

I would dispute the section highlighted for the simple reason that in the UK, take-out food is delivered generally by moped/scooter, and not a car. --Dmccormac (talk) 18:19, 22 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Domino's Pizza UK & IRL PLC

I noticed the Milton Keynes HQ was removed, I added it because (LSE: DOM) is a separate company with separate listings on the stock market... either it is specified as such on this article or it should become a separate article as the Domino's Pizza Enterprises has, with all such references to the UK&IRL establishment's operations moved to the new article. J.P.Lon (talk) 08:41, 18 April 2008 (UTC)

The company is a franchisee, not Domino's Corporate, which this article is about. They probably should have their own article. --Jeremy ( Blah blah...) 18:49, 18 April 2008 (UTC)