CiCi's Pizza Launches Patriot Program to Expand Veteran Franchise Ownership

COPPELL, Texas, Feb. 22, 2012 /PRNewswire/ – CiCi’s Pizza, home of the custom pizza buffet starting at $4.99, announced today the launch of the CiCi‘s Patriot Program to offer veterans a path to business ownership. Through the CiCi’s Patriot Program, the company will waive its franchise fee for the first restaurant and offer a 50 percent royalty fee reduction for the first full year in operation for all qualified, honorably discharged U.S. veterans. This totals to an approximate savings of $58,000.

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“We are very thankful to the brave soldiers who put

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CiCi's Pizza Breaks New Ads

COPPELL, Texas, Feb. 21, 2012 /PRNewswire/ – CiCi’s Pizza debuts its new advertising campaign, titled “There’s More Where That Came From,” this week featuring TV, digital and in-store elements. The campaign’s first spot will introduce the newest addition to the CiCi’s Pizza buffet – The Hog Fest pizza, topped with crisp bacon, Italian sausage, sliced ham and pepperoni.

The campaign, which launched on Feb. 20 and is the company’s first with its recently hired agency of record, Publicis Dallas, uses humor to bring the CiCi’s pizza offerings to life and draw attention to the wide variety

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Domino's Pizza boosted by online surge

A surge in online pizza orders from Britons staying at home during the economic downturn lifted profits at Britain’s biggest pizza delivery firm, Domino’s Pizza UK Ireland.

The launch of mobile phone apps letting customers choose a pizza from their smartphones helped drive a 43% rise in orders over the internet last year. Those now account for 44% of total orders with some shops taking three-quarters online, the company said today.

“The rise of e-commerce in our business has been breathtaking,” said chief executive Lance Batchelor.

Domino’s, which operates the British and Irish franchises of the global brand, said

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Sweetheart deals boost midweek sales at Domino's Pizza

The pizza delivery firm showed its romantic side as it posted a rise in annual profits, driven by record store openings. Domino’s, which has 726 stores, offered Valentine’s Day customers a buy-one, get-one free promotion on pizzas and deserts.

Lance Batchelor, its chief executive, said: “What could be more romantic than a Domino’s and a chocolate melt?”

Underlying sales rose 3 per cent over the year to 25 December, although this is down from 11.9 per cent growth the previous year.

Boosted by a surge in orders from mobile devices, the group’s online sales leapt 43 per cent to £183.1m,

Source: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/sweetheart-deals-boost-midweek-sales-at-dominos-pizza-6948435.html

Domino's Pizza finishes last piece of cloud computing move

Domino’s Pizza has completed a major move to cloud computing, aimed at freeing up internal resources.

The company is using the hosted RackConnect service from supplier Rackspace for its applications and platforms.

Domino’s, the world’s largest pizza delivery firm, announced the completion of the switchover as it reported that online sales had rocketed 43 percent in the last year, driving a £44 million pre-tax profit.

Online and mobile sales channels are now a key route to market for Domino’s, which has said it depends on high IT uptime levels.

Lance Batchelor, Domino’s chief executive, said in a statement to investors that the

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Domino's Pizza Plc

Domino’s Pizza UK mp; IRL plc (“the Company”)

17 February 2012

For immediate release

Director/PDMR Dealings

Domino’s Pizza UK mp; IRL plc (“the Company”) today announces that on 17 February 2012 it was informed of the following transactions in respect of ordinary shares of 1.5625 pence each in the capital of the Company (“Ordinary Shares”).

The following Directors of Domino’s Pizza Group Limited, the Company’s main operating subsidiary, each acquired Ordinary Shares (detailed in the table below) on 17 February 2012 at a price of 135.8 pence per Ordinary

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Domino's Pizza's dough not rising fast enough

LONDON (ShareCast) – Profits from pizza delivery firm Domino’s Pizza were marginally ahead of market expectations despite its new German operations taking a slice from the pie.

Profit before tax for the 52 weeks to Christmas Day 2011 rose by 14.6% to £43.6m from £38.0m the year before. This figure excludes losses of £1.4m from the group’s fledgling German operations; with those losses included, the profit of £42.2m was slightly ahead of market expectations of £42.1m.

Diluted earnings per share rose 14.9% to 19.24p (consensus: 18.89p) from 16.75p the year before, and the full year dividend has been hiked

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LFL sales pick up in 2012 at Domino's Pizza

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Wednesday preview: Domino's Pizza, Sports Direct, Inflation Report

LONDON (ShareCast) – On Wednesday, pizza delivery outfit Domino’s reports full year results but there are not expected to be any surprises after the group said in an update last month that it has been trading in line with expectations.

Market consensus is for profit before tax of £42.1m on sales of £209m. A figure of 18.89p has been pencilled in for earnings per share (EPS) while the full year dividend is tipped to be 12.01p.

The firm’s like-for-like (LFL) sales growth in fiscal 2011 was 3%, despite the Republic of Ireland (Xetra: A0Q8L3Source: http://uk.finance.yahoo.com/news/wednesday-preview-dominos-pizza-sports-160300289.html

Papa Murphy's Ends 2011 with Double-Digit Sales Growth

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