Domino's Is Going On A Pothole-Filling Mission In The USA

The takeaway firm has launched a bizarre programme aimed at protecting its pizzas by helping local governments repair road damage

There’s much that separates us Brits from our friends across the pond. You call them pants, we call them trousers. Your footballs are shaped like eggs, our footballs are shaped like…actual balls. You get loads of awesome muscle cars we don’t, and we get plenty of amazing hot hatches you wish you had.

But there is one thing that joins these two very different nations together: our road networks are - in places - appalling. Potholes are the scourge of British and American motorists alike, but there is an unlikely saviour for the latter group: Domino’s Pizza.

In what at first seems like a very late April Fool’s joke or perhaps the plot for a Black Mirror episode, the firm has announced that it’s launched an initiative to fix road imperfections that “can cause irreversible damage to your pizza during the drive home from Domino’s,” it said in a statement. “We can’t stand by and let your cheese slide to one side, your toppings get untopped or your boxes get flipped,” it added. We promise we’re not making this up.

Domino's Is Going On A Pothole-Filling Mission In The USA

Users can log on to the ‘Paving For Pizza’ website, where it’s possible to enter a ZIP code and nominate a town. If successful, the local government will receive a grant to help with road repairs.

So to sum up, a corporation is using its own money to do what the US government can’t. This story has a whiff of dystopia to it, doesn’t it? At least we have the option of masking it with the spicy odour of pepperoni…

Comments

RWB Dude

Nice people, bad pizza 🍕

06/12/2018 - 14:58 |
7 | 4

And cutting edge marketing strategies!

06/12/2018 - 15:20 |
11 | 0
Anonymous

Gimme a pepperoni with a slice of curb appeal

06/12/2018 - 15:01 |
25 | 1
EpiCon

Do they full it with cheese? That would be cool

06/12/2018 - 15:04 |
1 | 1

It would even act as a shock absorber! At least in my mind.

06/13/2018 - 00:20 |
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Valanti Demetriades

A pizza company successfully fixing potholes. Its like an energy drink company successfully competing in the top tier of car racing……

06/12/2018 - 15:05 |
119 | 1

Or like a Brand new Innovative and revolutionary Electric car company going bankrupt cause of its horrible Production speed(one of the few things every company must keep important)

Oh wait

06/12/2018 - 15:16 |
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Anonymous

Thanks Domino’s!

06/12/2018 - 15:32 |
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Griffin Mackenzie

Not all hero’s wear capes

06/12/2018 - 15:51 |
23 | 2

Not all apostrophes are used correctly

06/12/2018 - 16:23 |
36 | 1

Except in Samrac’s case

06/12/2018 - 18:23 |
2 | 0

Some wear aprons

06/12/2018 - 20:19 |
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Anonymous

So first pron hub begins to do actual snow plowing and now dominoes is fixing potholes
At this rate all roadworks will be outsourced by 2050

06/12/2018 - 16:08 |
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Anonymous

Can they do it in Canada cuz the road ma in Toronto are garbage

06/12/2018 - 16:15 |
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DJ N

In reply to by Anonymous (not verified)

Might as well drop by Vancouver while they’re at it, some alleys and backroads here are bumper scrapers and tire poppers

06/13/2018 - 00:19 |
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UnknownCat13

The evolution of James May’s cheese sauce theory

06/12/2018 - 16:23 |
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Anonymous

Now that was a truly shocking pothole repair

06/12/2018 - 16:30 |
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