ANN ARBOR, Mich., Jan. 24, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Domino's
(NYSE: DPZ) customers, team members and franchisees across
the United States came together to
raise an all-time high $7.3 million
for St. Jude Children's Research Hospital® during the
2016 St. Jude Thanks and Giving campaign. The donation is
the recognized world leader in pizza delivery's largest
charitable fundraising total in company history.
Customers were prompted to add a $1, $2,
$5 or $10 donation to their total while placing phone,
walk-in, online and mobile orders. New to the 2016 campaign was the
ability for online customers to round up their total to the nearest
dollar and donate their change to St. Jude, as well as an extra
week of the campaign that included Halloween. A new retweet-to-donate campaign was
added to social media this year, increasing awareness about St.
Jude and Domino's partnership.
"We are proud to be a long-standing participant in the St. Jude
Thanks and Giving campaign," said Patrick Doyle, Domino's president and CEO. "On
behalf of the Domino's team, and the patients, families, doctors
and scientists at St. Jude, we are grateful to our customers for
making this the most successful fundraising campaign yet."
2016 was the fifth straight record-setting campaign for
Domino's, and the second year of its latest commitment to raise
$35 million in eight years. Since
naming St. Jude its national charitable partner in 2004, Domino's
has raised more than $38 million for
the hospital.
Created by Marlo, Terre and Tony
Thomas – children of St. Jude founder Danny Thomas – the St. Jude Thanks and
Giving campaign asks people to "Give thanks for the healthy
kids in your life, and give to those who are not" in order to help
St. Jude continue its lifesaving mission: Finding cures. Saving
children.® St. Jude is leading the way the world
understands, treats and defeats childhood cancer and other
life-threatening diseases. Treatments invented at St. Jude have
helped push the overall childhood cancer survival rate from 20
percent to more than 80 percent since it opened more than 50 years
ago, and they won't stop until no child dies from cancer.
About Domino's Pizza®
Founded in 1960, Domino's Pizza is the recognized world leader
in pizza delivery, with a significant business in carryout pizza.
It ranks among the world's top public restaurant brands with a
global enterprise of more than 13,200 stores in over 80 markets.
Domino's had global retail sales of over $9.9 billion in 2015, with more than $4.8 billion in the U.S. and nearly $5.1 billion internationally. In the third
quarter of 2016, Domino's had global retail sales of nearly
$2.5 billion, with over $1.2 billion in the U.S. and nearly $1.3 billion internationally. Its system is
comprised of independent franchise owners who accounted for over
97% of Domino's stores as of the third quarter of 2016. Emphasis on
technology innovation helped Domino's reach an estimated
$4.7 billion annually in global
digital sales at the end of 2015, and has produced several
innovative ordering platforms including Facebook Messenger, Samsung
Smart TV®, Apple Watch, Amazon Echo, Twitter and text
message using a pizza emoji. In late 2015, Domino's announced the
design and launch of the DXP®, a purpose-built pizza
delivery vehicle, as well as Piece of the Pie Rewards™, its first
digital customer loyalty program.
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About St. Jude Children's Research
Hospital®
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital is leading the way the
world understands, treats and defeats childhood cancer and other
life-threatening diseases. It is the only National Cancer
Institute-designated Comprehensive Cancer Center devoted solely to
children. Treatments invented at St. Jude have helped push the
overall childhood cancer survival rate from 20 percent to 80
percent since the hospital opened more than 50 years ago. St.
Jude is working to drive the overall survival rate for childhood
cancer to 90 percent, and we won't stop until no child dies from
cancer. St. Jude freely shares the discoveries it makes, and every
child saved at St. Jude means doctors and scientists worldwide can
use that knowledge to save thousands more children. Families never
receive a bill from St. Jude for treatment, travel, housing or
food – because all a family should worry about is helping their
child live. Join the St. Jude mission by visiting stjude.org,
liking St. Jude on Facebook (facebook.com/stjude) and following us
on Twitter (@stjude).
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