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Domino's Pizza Group plc is a United Kingdom–based master franchise of international fast food pizza delivery chain Domino's Pizza. The company holds the exclusive right to own, operate and franchise branches of the chain in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Germany, Switzerland, Liechtenstein & Luxembourg. The firm’s shares are listed on the London Stock Exchange, and are a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index as of May 2015. Domino’s Pizza Group is the largest master franchisee in the Domino’s system, measured by retail sales and store profits.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://ww7.investorrelations.co.uk/dominos/uploads/reports/Dominos_AR2011.pdf )〕 ==History== The Domino's Pizza company was founded in 1960, by American entrepreneur Tom Monaghan as a single pizzeria in Ypsilanti, Michigan. Through franchising, the firm had opened 200 American locations by 1978. The first British branch opened in Luton in 1985, with expansion into Ireland following six years later, with a store in Dublin. The master franchise for the British Isles was sold off by the parent company in 1993 to Domino's Pizza Group, a subsidiary of the International Franchise Systems holding company controlled by sibling investors Colin and Gerry Halpern. The company partially floated its shares on London's Alternative Investment Market in October 1999, by which time it had expanded to a network of almost 200 branches (of which all but eight were franchises).〔 〕 Certain investors such as Colin Halpern and property entrepreneur Nigel Wray retained significant stakes at this time.〔 The company opened its 400th store in Wadsley Bridge, Sheffield in November 2005. The 500th store opened in late 2007, in Hatfield, with the 600th following in December 2009, in High Holborn, Central London, being opened by Stavros Flatley. The Domino's share transferred from AIM to the main market of the London Stock Exchange in May 2008, and was promptly added to the FTSE 250 Index at the next quarterly review the following month.〔 〕 The 2000th European Domino’s store was opened at ''Kier Park'', in Hemel Hempstead in August 2013.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.hemeltoday.co.uk/news/community/special-delivery-for-2-000th-european-domino-s-pizza-store-in-hemel-hempstead-1-5410886 )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Domino's Pizza Group」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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