Italy says "arrivederci" to Domino's Pizza
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It's a black pie for Domino's Pizza. After teaming with a local business seven years ago to introduce the brand in Italy, the chain's last restaurant in the gastronomic home of pizza is closing, according to Bloomberg News.
The U.S. company partnered with a franchiser, ePizza SpA, to open the first Domino's in Milan in 2015, announcing that "we're going where no major pizza brand has gone before." EPizza would go on to open 28 more Domino's outlets in the country and planned to open hundreds more, the news service reported.
It was the sort of arrangement — American know-how in food delivery and Italian expertise in a cherished national dish — that may have looked good on paper.
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