Domino's Pizza, Inc., commonly referred to as Domino's, is an American multinational pizza restaurant chain founded in 1960. The corporation is Delaware-domiciled and headquartered at the Domino's Farms office park in Ann Arbor Township, near Ann Arbor, Michigan. In 1960, Tom Monaghan and his brother Jim took over the operation of DomiNick's, an ex... isting location of a small pizza restaurant chain at 507 Cross Street in Ypsilanti, Michigan, near Eastern Michigan University, with the deal secured by a $500 down payment. By 1965, Tom Monaghan had purchased two additional pizzerias and officially renamed the business to Domino's Pizza, Inc. in 1965. Domino's Pizza opened its first franchise location in 1967 and by 1978, the company had expanded to 200 stores. As the largest pizza company in the world, Domino's is dedicated to making, baking, and delivering mouthwatering pizza to households across the United States and world. As of 2018, Domino's had approximately 15,000 stores, with 5,649 in the United States, 1,500 in India, and 1,249 in the United Kingdom, with stores in more than 83 countries and 5,701 cities worldwide. Domino's Pizza Inc. became a publicly traded company on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol DPZ. The company operates through a network of more than 7,450 company-owned and franchise stores located in all 50 states and in more than 50 countries, and operates 18 regional dough manufacturing and distribution centers in the contiguous United States and eight dough manufacturing and distribution centers outside the contiguous United States. Domino's has developed a simple business model focused on its core strength of delivering quality pizza in a timely manner, which includes a delivery-oriented store design with low capital requirements, a focused menu of pizza and complementary side items, committed owner-operator franchisees and a vertically-integrated distribution system. Domino's International Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Domino's LLC, began serving consumers outside the ...Read More