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Business Wars

Wondery

History, Business, David Brown, Management

4.6 • 13.2K Ratings

🗓️ 9 September 2020

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

It’s 1958 and on the East and West Coasts, all the cool cats are chowing down on pizza.

Yet in the heartland, far away from the buzz of New York and LA, pizza is still rarely seen, let alone eaten. But that’s all about to change, thanks to a new pizzeria opened by two brothers in a hut in Kansas.

And they’re not the only siblings with pie in the sky dreams. In Michigan, the Monaghan brothers are hoping to bring pizza to the nation’s front doors.

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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.
0:07.0	3.30am February 8, 1968.
0:18.6	If Saladie, Michigan.
0:20.6	Tom Monahan tightens his grip on the steering wheel of a domino's delivery car as he corners
0:25.1	hard.
0:26.1	Then force him as he hits an empty street.
0:29.1	His heart pounds as he races past the town's snow-covered sidewalks.
0:33.0	He mutters a prayer under his breath.
0:36.0	Please, Lord, please don't abandon me now.
0:38.9	Forgive my trespasses.
0:40.9	Please, Lord, please be with me tonight.
0:44.0	The tires scream again as the car skids on the cross street.
0:48.5	As he speeds toward the center of town, his stomach sinks.
0:52.4	Oh, no.
0:53.4	No, no, no, no, no, no.
0:56.6	Monahan slams his hand against the steering wheel.
0:59.5	Up ahead, he can see the flashing lights of the fire engines next to Domino's headquarters.
1:04.5	A plume of dark smoke rises into the night sky.
1:08.6	He breaks, leaps out of the car, and runs toward the smoldering building.
1:12.5	A fireman moves to block his path.
1:15.2	Whoa, there, buddy.
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