Pizza Hut vs Domino's | Meltdown | 2

Business Wars

Wondery

History, Business, David Brown, Management

4.6 • 13.2K Ratings

🗓️ 14 September 2020

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

It’s the dawn of the 1970s and Pizza Hut is about to join America's business elite by floating on the stock exchange. But the Kansas pizza giant’s moment of triumph turns into defeat.

But while Pizza Hut’s been charming investors on Wall Street, Domino’s is living on skid row. And founder Tom Monaghan’s running out of time to save the day.

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0:00.0	Hey, prime members, you can listen to business wars at free on Amazon music.
0:04.6	Download the app today.
0:06.6	It's a January afternoon in 1969 at Pizza Hut's headquarters in Wichita, Kansas.
0:20.5	Co-founder Dan Carney tries to concentrate on the phone call he's on, as executives and
0:25.4	store operators cram into his office.
0:28.5	Uh-huh.
0:29.5	Sorry, hang on a second.
0:31.7	Courtney clasps a hand over the handset and scowls at the anxious eavesdroppers.
0:35.9	Keep it down, keep it down.
0:37.2	I can't hear over all your chatter.
0:39.7	The hush falls and Courtney resumes the call with a stockbroker.
0:43.6	Sorry about that.
0:44.6	Go ahead.
0:46.6	Really?
0:47.6	Right?
0:48.6	Sure.
0:49.6	Anything else?
0:52.6	Okay.
0:53.6	Well, uh, speak soon.
0:58.0	Courtney hangs up and looks at the eavesdroppers edging forward.
1:01.4	They're eager to hear the news.
1:03.0	And with good reason.
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