Domino's Plans Pizza On the Moon 214
It may be more PR stunt than a viable expansion plan, but the Japanese arm of Domino's Pizza is making plans for a lunar store. Construction firm Maeda Corp has drawn-up the plans for the dome shaped restaurant and figures it will take 70 tons of materials and pizza-making equipment. Even with the cost cutting measure or using mineral deposits on the moon to make the concrete, Domino's estimates the costs at Y1.67 trillion ($21.7 billion). In 2001 rival chain Pizza Hut made a delivery to the International Space Station, but Domino's hopes to become the preferred pizza of space with the moon store plan.
PR Stunt? (Score:2)
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You've obviously not had their pizza.
Even green, moldy, stale cheese would be more appetizing than the offal they are pushing.
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No, it's a nice mediocre pizza.
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Used to be. A couple years back they changed all that, it's actually halfway decent for non-specialty pizza any more.
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Even green, moldy, stale cheese would be more appetizing than the offal they are pushing.
I thought that was just ground up melted plastic milk jugs on top of some cardboard.
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It *may* be a PR stunt? (Score:5, Insightful)
You think?
Is this an ad disguised as content?
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Ad? I see this more as a warning: Don't do lunar tourism early on - the only pizza there will be Dominos...
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Ad? I see this more as a warning: Don't do lunar tourism early on - the only pizza there will be Dominos...
Yes, but its safe to assume there will also be a Taco Bell and a Chinese place.
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Is it sad, that of the three, the Chinese places scare my health sense the least?
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You know, since it doesn't look like my country is trying to get back there any time soon... I'm sorry, I'm just bitter.
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Ad? I see this more as a warning: Don't do lunar tourism early on - the only pizza there will be Dominos...
Yes, but its safe to assume there will also be a Taco Bell and a Chinese place.
Well, if you consider Panda Express to be Chinese, anyway.
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Ad? I see this more as a warning: Don't do lunar tourism early on - the only pizza there will be Dominos...
Yes, but its safe to assume there will also be a Taco Bell and a Chinese place.
Well, if you consider Panda Express to be Chinese, anyway.
It's only a matter of time before one of those #1 Jade Emperial Buddha Happy Awesome Buffets opens up nearby.
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Wouldnt it be wierd (Score:2)
if FTL drive was discovered by a pizza delivery company?
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Almost as weird as a shower curtain company developing a portable quantum tunneling device.
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Exactly what popped into my mind when I hit submit.
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Almost as weird as a couple of bicycle mechanics making the first powered flying machine.
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No both the bicycles and the airplane shared lots of components. Gears, chains, etc. Pizza companies don't make their own cars, much less spaceships.
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They don't [annarbor.com]?
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No, they don't. Someone else built them and Domino's had them painted as a PR stunt.
Did you read your link?
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Even your own link says their were built for Domino's, not by them.
Re:Wouldnt it be wierd (Score:4, Informative)
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No, not like that at all.
Domino's just bought these special order already completed, like you can special order a car too. GM actually does design and assembly.
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No, he means like how you buy a Dell PC and then put a Half Life sticker on it and say you "built your own computer".
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Bicycles were actually fairly high-tech devices at the time. Especially if you realize that there wasn't a distinction between 'bicycle' and 'motorcycle' for a long time...
Nuance fail (Score:2)
Somehow they have managed to elicit images of both "pizza face" and "crater face" at the same time. Niiice.
Smart move (Score:2)
They'll have unlimited amounts of moon dust to throw into their crappy dough.
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Heck, anything is better then cardboard! /ducks
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IMO, while not as good as decent local places, the "new" Dominoes pizza is much better than it used to be.
I agree. Instead of "absolutely awful", it has climbed to the level of "merely dreadful".
Actually not that bad. I would willingly eat it, though not if there is any other pizza available (well, maybe not Pizza Hut).
IT's rpobabyl ciondidence, (Score:2)
but it's before lunch time in the entire US.
I wonder id dominoes will see an increase in sales this afternoon?
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Either it's a joke I'm not getting.. or that is one of the best typing failures I've seen in a while @ comment title :D
As to your comment.. I actually did read the article and think "hmm, pizza would be nice". I didn't go Dominoes though.
Yes, it is just a PR stunt (Score:4, Interesting)
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The moon is the next logical choice (Score:2)
The moon is the next logical choice since they already do worldwide delivery [wordpress.com]. I gather that the pizza is also reheated quite rapidly at the point of delivery.
I don't think I'm in favor... (Score:4, Funny)
Re:I don't think I'm in favor... (Score:4, Funny)
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On the bright side going too fast over a bump will shoot them off into orbit.
That is assuming the orbit isn't one that puts them on a collision course with you or anything you care about. Imagine the damage that a speeding Honda Civic could do, slamming into the ISS at high speed!
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You try getting a pizza to the Moon in 30 minutes. :P
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Well, considering they want to build the actual restaurant on the moon, I'd say they'll get the pizza there in however long it takes to cook pizza at the atmospheric pressure of their dome.
Brilliant! (Score:3, Funny)
Probably the earth's best first-line defense against an alien invasion.
Slashvertisement or not, it's a nice Gedankenex... (Score:2)
Gedankenexperiment... lol.
Some day in the far future, there *will* be a Domino's Pizza (or it's corporate successor, or some other popular food chain) on the moon, just like you could get decent KFC on base in Iraq even during the height of the war/insurgency.
Virtually all projects large enough become defined, constrained, and shaped by their logistics instead of their preferred policy or plan. Right now, if you wanted to get it built up there, it would be expensive. I could see bored teams at Halliburton/K
just make the divers pay the fuel costs and pay th (Score:2)
just make the divers pay the fuel costs and pay them like $1 a run + sub min wage.
Not an easy task (Score:2)
They have to figure out how to get their pizza to come out as flat and dense as linoleum even in 1/6 G
Better yet... (Score:2)
Once they have the location in place, the pizzas could be delivered by a mafia-employed ninja delivery guy in a rocket car!
Right day, wrong month... (Score:2)
Is September 1st the Japanese equivalent of April Fools Day or something?
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Not like they'd be the first:
http://www.google.com/jobs/lunar_job.html [google.com]
Pizza making equipment? (Score:3)
In Space (Score:3)
No one can hear you scream, and Domino's pizza has no taste.
Oh, wait, the second part's true on Earth, too.
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Delivered hot and fresh or the nuke it from orbit?
I've got just the place for it! (Score:2)
Maybe they will built it near Google's moon base.
http://www.google.com/jobs/lunar_job.html
Your forgetting something (Score:2)
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Actually that sounds like a job for Philip J. Fry and Planet Express!
I Feel Sorry for the employees (Score:2)
The amusement park needs vendors (Score:2)
And the whalers need more than whales to live on.
One small problem (Score:2)
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There is a problem with a restaurant on the moon: good food, but no atmosphere.
Really? I heard the atmosphere was killer, yo
Amazon (Score:2)
Or in Antarctica which is a smaller challenge.
It's pizza, but not as we know it (Score:2)
But don't worry. I'm
The Noid is on the Moon! (Score:2)
A rat done bit my sister Nell.
(with the Noid that's on the Moon!)
Her face and arms began to swell.
(and the Noid is on the Moon!)
I can't pay no doctor bill.
(but the Noid is on the Moon!)
Ten years from now I'll be payin' still.
(while the Noid is on the Moon!)
The man jus' upped my rent las' night.
('cause the Noid is on the Moon!)
No hot water, no toilets, no lights.
(but the Noid is on the Moon!)
I wonder why he's uppi' me?
('cause the
238,000 mile delivery... (Score:2)
It's there in 3 weeks or it's Free!
Ingredients? (Score:2)
Yeah, well... (Score:2)
I'm going to build my own pizza parlor on the moon, with blackjack, and hookers....
In fact, forget the pizza parlor!
September Fool's Day? (Score:2)
It's gotta be a joke story. Right?
Any corporate manager who goes public with a story like is either a.) crazy or b.) recently informed about an incurable disease and figures "What have I got to lose? May as well go out with some publicity."
(And it's Domino's? Geez, can you think of a more boring pizza? Now if it was Uno's that was doing this... Unfortunately I still remember the experience of eating non-Chicago Uno's pizza and I've changed my mind. Too much of a chance of that horrible stuff I ate in Co
Really? (Score:2)
Well then perhaps you'd also be interested to know that I have contracted with a construction company to build a women's shoe store on Jupiter's moon Io. Nevermind the fact that the half trillion dollars I will be borrowing to build it will be earned back by selling a pair of shoes at a time to the approximately half a dozen space tourists we expect to see in the next 150 years or so. Now, barrel of monkeys who've evidently replaced all rational human beings at Slashdot, where's my front page headline?
When.... (Score:3)
...the Moon hits the sky, like big pizza pie....
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Nah. They will sing the moon song [rathergood.com]
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It is even better when people have speakers (not headphone), and click on it.
You only feel the full rathergoodness of it 5.1.
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Re:15 minutes or it's free! (Score:4, Funny)
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Sting will bring it to you (Score:4, Funny)
Delivering on the moon
I hope my pie's not cold
Delivering on the moon
He could walk forever
Delivering on the moon
My pizza could take forever
Delivering on, delivering on the moon
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The sun is a few minutes away, namely 8.17 - 8.46.
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Relative to whom?
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I worked for Domino's two decades ago. They never actually were brazen enough to offer 15 min or free. Oh, and by the way, the reason they did that so freely, was because the DRIVER ate the cost of a late pizza.
And also, my manager very clearly ENCOURAGED ME TO BREAK THE LAW as a driver. There was nothing subtle about it. He pointed out streets that were known to have low or no traffic enforcement, and of course again I'd like to point out that 30 minutes or free meant that I the driver would pay $10 or
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I won't fault your claims, nor will I question your logic, or conclusions. I'll just point out that this is a Japanese Domino's. They may also be "pure fucking evil", but the evil will have a different flavor, I'm sure.
Let's put it this way: How many corporate douchebags in America are visualizing something as outrageous as pizza delivery on the moon? Careful now, I said CORPORATE douchebags. Not comic strip writers, or Hollywood script writers, or whatever. I'm talking about big shots with real money
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I'll just point out that this is a Japanese Domino's. They may also be "pure fucking evil", but the evil will have a different flavor, I'm sure.
More effeminate, more likely to carry a giant sword and prone to long monologues about the human condition, I'd guess.
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Re:15 minutes or it's free! (Score:4, Informative)
Your stories, as are mine, are obviously anecdotal.
I also worked at Domino's Pizza, on & off, for about 8 years, at probably a dozen different locations (maybe more), in the late 80's/early 90's. There were numerous managers and Regional Directors I encountered during my stints with the company.
I was *NEVER* told, encouraged, or pressured to break any traffic laws. I was *NEVER* penalized about delivering pizzas late and giving the customer the $3 refund that was advertised (NOTE: Was never "or it's free" - was $3 off). My pay was *NEVER* reduced because of late deliveries.
While the founder of Domino's Pizza corporation took political stances I disagree with, I have no beefs with the company, the way they treated the employees, or their policies. In fact, I've got a lot of respect for the company, or at least for the franchiser I worked for (RPM Pizza, out of Mississippi).
It sounds to me like you worked for a short time, underneath a bad manager and/or regional director, which may have been a reflection of a bad franchise operator. I had a completely opposite experience.
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And also, my manager very clearly ENCOURAGED ME TO BREAK THE LAW as a driver. There was nothing subtle about it. He pointed out streets that were known to have low or no traffic enforcement, and of course again I'd like to point out that 30 minutes or free meant that I the driver would pay $10 or $20 out of my own pocket if I couldn't get it there on time.
Dominos had to stop offering the 30 minute guarantee because they kept getting sued by people who were injured by their delivery guys trying to make the 30 minute window.
Re:15 minutes or it's free! (Score:4, Interesting)
I worked for 3 different Domino's locations, both busy and slow, I never had a manager the encouraged me to break the law. Many would talk about seatbelts and driver safety often around new drivers.
I never had to pay for a late pizza and never heard of it happening. Accounting for a reasonable drive time, many times it was late even before leaving the store, and we'd go out the door with the pie marked 'late'. As a driver, I liked to see the customer at 32 minutes, as one-dollar tip often turned into a three-dollar tip (more sometimes if when it was free). Sure, if you had nothing but unexpectedly late pizzas, you might not have a job. Also, and likely most importantly the delivery areas were generally well designed to allow for a safe speed, given a pie with enough time left.
Your experience might have been different, as my first stint as a driver (maybe 1984) included a lot of detail on speed, and we were specially told that some franchises were in trouble for pushing and 'fining' drivers. The owners of your franchise would have been taking a known lawsuit risk.
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Cheese, Grommit! (Score:2)
And if you don't get that reference, then you haven't lived or you didn't grow up in the right generation.
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1. Get some dust from the moon
2. Filter it, sanitize it, make it not kill someone who ingests it.
3. Put a microscopic amount into some of their cheese.
4. Market this topping as "moon cheese" at a premium price.
5. Profit!
(Probably best that they don't make it obvious what the process is behind this.)
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Anything on the moon is a good idea. If there's one thing people need right now in the current recession, it's inspiration and a shared goal; what better than getting back to the moon?
(And before someone snipes my comment, I know it's not the only thing people need. But if it's a private business doing it, why the fuck not?)
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I would speculate that lots of slashdotters think the $20+ billion is a realistic figure that someone will one day cough up to do something like this.
I don't understand that number; if all they need is 70 tons of stuff on the Moon, then a few Falcon 9 Heavies should be able to put that there for a billion or so.
But they'd still take a very long time to get a return on their money from selling pizza to lunar tourists.
Thanks! (Score:2)
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Thank you for faithfully illustrating my point. Now calculate the construction costs and timelines.
Either they're talking out of their backsides, or they need a lot more than 70 tons of stuff on the Moon. Astronauts are cheap -- heck, you'd find plenty of people willing to pay to be part of a construction crew on the Moon -- the expensive part is getting stuff there.
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You forgot the one about the Ugandan who's trying to build a space shuttle [slashdot.org].
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