A Domino's Success Story You'll Never Believe

Domino's Startup Story Tom Monaghan and his brother James manage the operations of Dominick's, now part of Dominick DiVarti's own small pizza café network at 507 Cross Street (now 301, West Cross, War Street) in Ypsilanti, Michigan. It was in 1960. Near Eastern Michigan University. The deal was confirmed by an initial payment of $500, and the brothers received $900 to pay for the store. Within eight months, James transferred half of the business to Tom and bought a Volkswagen Beetle that he used to deliver pizzas. Monaghan wanted the store to be similarly labeled, but the original owner forbade him from using Dominic's name. Jim Kennedy came back and suggested the name "Domino". Monaghan quickly embraced the concept and radically changed the name of the company to Domino's Pizza in 1965. In the company logo, in 1965 he had his three blobs representing his three stores. Monaghan had intended to add another space each time a new store expanded, but once Domi...