Domino's spending 50 million

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caroln

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Domino's is giving away 50M in free food to randomly selected people if you order on line. Free cheesy bread, free pizza, etc. It's not for me to tell a company how to spend their money, but, wow, 50M would go a long way to feeding a lot of poor people in this country. It's a marketing strategy of course, but I'd think more of the company if they spent the 50 million worth of food on people that really need it. I'm not usually a bleeding heart, but this just hit me the wrong way.
 

They may say they're giving away $50 million in free food, but that's probably calculated using the retail price of their food. A $20 pizza probably only costs maybe $5 to make, including ingredients and labor. So there's that. Plus, they're always giving away free food. After like four or five pizzas, you get enough points for a "free" pizza, which is usually like a one-item pizza that you need to add ingredients to it at additional cost in order to give it flavor, so they're still profiting from it.

So they're not "spending" anything. It's really just an advertising gimmick.

That said, we've been getting Jet's pizza lately, which is a lot better than Dominos. But now I'm making my own pizza out of naan bread, which is as good as almost any pizzeria pizza except for Beau Jo's. Their pizza is the best. It's Colorado pizza. :)
 
There are some who need it. Many live in poverty in this nation.

This is from the Feed The Children website:
Hunger doesnā€™t look the same everywhere. The issue of hunger is nuanced, and many different factors affect food security in the United States and around the world. But no matter where a child lives, hunger feels the same. In April 2020, as families began to struggle with the impact of COVID-19, the percentage of food-insecure households was estimated to be between 22-38%. In contrast, in 2016 only 12.3% of households were food insecure.

And they're just talking about households. There's a lot of people out there hungry that aren't technically in "households".
 
I can't order my pizza on the app since I get "light cheese or no cheese" and the app doesn't handle that. The closest Domino's often gets my order not quite correct.

Years ago I wouldn't order from them or Papa John's, due to the meat toppings looking like rabbit pellets.

The best pizza I ever had I made from scratch.

Domino's is giving away 5 million Frees with a value up to 50 million dollars.

Found this graphic while looking to see how much these franchise owners contribute to people in need. https://biz.dominos.com/about/stewardship/stronger-neighborhoods/

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caroln said:
Domino's is giving away 50M in free food to randomly selected people if you order on line. Free cheesy bread, free pizza, etc. It's not for me to tell a company how to spend their money, but, wow, 50M would go a long way to feeding a lot of poor people in this country. It's a marketing strategy of course, but I'd think more of the company if they spent the 50 million worth of food on people that really need it. I'm not usually a bleeding heart, but this just hit me the wrong way.
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I 100% agree with you!
 
RadishRose said:
Domino's? Not even for free.
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I used to like Domino's, considering our other choices in my town were worse. But since Covid, they put so little sauce on their pizzas that I cannot abide them any more. I estimated at most 2 tablespoons of sauce on a large pizza. I ordered extra sauce. I complained. Neither did any good. I need my son to move back here from CA so I can enjoy his homemade pizzas again.
 
caroln said:
Domino's is giving away 50M in free food to randomly selected people if you order on line. Free cheesy bread, free pizza, etc. It's not for me to tell a company how to spend their money, but, wow, 50M would go a long way to feeding a lot of poor people in this country. It's a marketing strategy of course, but I'd think more of the company if they spent the 50 million worth of food on people that really need it. I'm not usually a bleeding heart, but this just hit me the wrong way.
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That is a waste of $50 million, because everyone standing in line is prepared to pay. Yeah, yeah, I know it's their money, I'm just not on board with wasting money like that.
 
We finished off our Domino's Hawaiian pizza for dinner. I also got my SO the Chocolate lava crunch cake - she said it was great. I can't partake because of the diabetes thingie

And FYI, order on line. They always have a "coupon" for a large 3 topping pie for 7.99. If you call the store and order the same pie, it's about $19. Save $11 on 1 pie just by ordering on line.
 
50 Million Free??? That's probably just a fraction of the money these Fast Food places are charging with their grossly inflated prices since this pandemic hit. Most of those joints have increased their prices 50%, or more, over the past year.

IMO, a person can buy a better pizza at the freezer section in the grocery store....for half, or less.
 
I made naan bread pizza for dinner this evening, which is far, far better than anything from Domino's... fresh toppings heaped on... healthy and delicious at probably 1/4 of the cost.

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I only order pizza when Papa John's has specials or I have enough rewards points for a free one. The only kind I order are the "veggie" style as I like the veggies. I do love their garlic sauce also. Its a special treat that I enjoy only a few times a year.
 
Once a year maybe a Dominos pizza, now it will be never. So many poor people around can use some free food, so they randomly select? Therefore even the well off will be selected. If they give a poor person a pizza and a few fruits a day, then I would have some respect for them.
 
I know $50,000,000 sounds like a lot, but Domino's has about 6,500 locations in the US and another 11,000 outside the US. For just the American units, that works out to $148/week, and as was pointed out, that's the full-on retail value of the product. Actual cost to them is maybe $50. Does that sound like a lot for a marketing program in a very competitive market? Not to me.

Also, the topic of corporate donations to charity is a debatable issue. Domino's and their franchisees are relatively generous. See the link in post 17 or the graphic in post 7. Corporate donations are done out of the profits that would otherwise be used for expansion, or to pay off debt, or to be distributed to the share holders (owners) as dividends. Some argue that giving it to the shareholders allows them to decide, individually, how much should be donated to charity, and to which charity.

As always, YMMV so do what makes you feel good.
 
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