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Domino's Pizza to close 172 outlets in Japan

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Re: Domino's Pizza to close 172 outlets in Japan

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Domino's sort of originated the urban "ghost kitchen" model and refined stereotypical pizza delivery to a slick art.

Ghost Kitchens have come full circle at this point, and many eateries with independent delivery can't maintain it.

Delivery customers today are asking why maintain a separate account, app, and loyalty to the one, when even the custom apps proliferate.

Re: Domino's Pizza to close 172 outlets in Japan

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Good riddance - it's garbage "pizza" constitutes a poor choice in Japan where good food is everywhere

It's just as good as Pizza LA for way less money and basically equal to Pizza Hut. The options for pizza are actually pretty limiting, even in Tokyo, if you're sick of Italian style pizza. From memory you've basically got Devil Craft, Pizza Slice, and PizzaKaya, although there may be some newer places with Detroit pizza getting more popular

It's much better than Domino's in the US if you are commenting on Domino's in general.

Re: Domino's Pizza to close 172 outlets in Japan

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Good riddance - it's garbage "pizza" constitutes a poor choice in Japan where good food is everywhere

It's just as good as Pizza LA for way less money and basically equal to Pizza Hut. The options for pizza are actually pretty limiting, even in Tokyo, if you're sick of Italian style pizza. From memory you've basically got Devil Craft, Pizza Slice, and PizzaKaya, although there may be some newer places with Detroit pizza getting more popular It's much better than Domino's in the US if you are commenting on Domino's in…

Well, generally speaking all big chains have better quality of food in Japan, even McD (I don't eat that personally but numerous acquaintances confirm it).

It likely has nothing to do with production but rather with sourcing - shitty components are not readily available in Japan as they are in the US.

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