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Product mix

The core food offering is pizzas, with side dishes and a range of desserts.

Lunch and dinner are catered for, with all outlets open late, a proportion of
these until 5AM.

The pizza product is made with fresh dough on site. Domino’s offers a range
of chicken and vegetarian based side dishes. All products must be able to
fit within the Domino’s franchise framework i.e. all items cooked at same
temperature in a similar manner.

All products are delivered to stores fresh chilled and side order dishes are
ready to cook. The company can accept frozen products into its distribution
centres, however there are no frozen storage facilities at outlets. Outlets do
not handle any raw product other than fresh vegetables.

Opportunities for Irish food and drink suppliers

The company is constantly looking at new areas to expand their product
offering. Key areas of growth for the company are around toppings and
sauces and anything protein or vegetable based.

Domino’s are open to contact from new suppliers that could supply side
dishes (both meat and vegetarian) or ingredient toppings that can enhance
the pizza offering. Domino’s are looking for ready to serve hot desserts,
again that fit within the existing model.

The company has an exclusive partnership deal with Ben and Jerry’s ice
cream.

The company is constantly striving to improve existing products in terms of
health credentials i.e. low fat, lower salt, calorie count.
Any new product offerings for the sides menu must be ready to cook and fit
within the existing Domino’s business model.

Purchasing policy and supplier requirements

The purchasing policy of Domino’s UK and Ireland is around the following
key requirements:
• Quality of products and the ability of suppliers to fit within Domino’s
framework
• Price
• Service

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