About 5 years ago my wife and I actually started ordering from Dominos because Pizza Hut and Papa Johns routinely took 60-90 minutes to deliver us cold pizzas in our area (a DC Suburb). I was half-joking when I told her "nobody ever eats Dominos anymore, I bet they'd have no queue and get us pizzas fast".
I had heard that they reinvented their pizza. We were pleasantly surprised and really liked the pizza. Plus I was right, we regularly got our pizzas hot and fresh within 30 mins. So we were Dominos customers for a while before we moved (to another DC suburb). Now nobody delivers to us, which is crazy given that we're not exactly in the boonies!
Maybe part of fast delivery is that they're selective who they deliver to. I'm about 4 miles from the nearest Domino's but I'm across the border in the next town and can't get delivery.
Exactly this. If I go to the Domino's website, it tells me that I'm out of the delivery zone of the two closest stores. I think "corporate" is setting the delivery range/route algorithms.
However, if I call the store directly, they'll take the order and are usually here within 35 minutes.
I had heard that they reinvented their pizza. We were pleasantly surprised and really liked the pizza. Plus I was right, we regularly got our pizzas hot and fresh within 30 mins. So we were Dominos customers for a while before we moved (to another DC suburb). Now nobody delivers to us, which is crazy given that we're not exactly in the boonies!