01 April 2017
I figured it would be cool just to work behind the scenes for a little while and then get back to writing this blog with some breaking news. And here I am with an announcement: we’re opening our first dine-in Dodo Pizza restaurant in the US. If you’ve followed our story for a while, you might be perplexed, because we’re doing something we said we wouldn’t ever do. Why the sudden change of heart?
Read more09 December 2016
As you’ve probably already noticed, we disappeared from this blog for quite a long time. The reason is that we’ve been busy. Oxford is a college town in Mississippi where things get crazy during the fall. Students are back, and even more importantly, the football season takes off. Now it’s over, and we can finally catch our breath and sum everything up.
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29 August 2016
In the history of our small but brave American startup, we’re now facing the toughest challenge yet. It happens to be the result of the most fortunate thing that could have happened to us in Oxford. Dodo Pizza has become the only company that will be serving pizza at the Vaught–Hemingway Stadium during the upcoming sports season.
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19 August 2016
On this blog, we’ve always been challenging ourselves to share with you guys what we learn from mistakes we make. You might remember the post about our infamous milkshake fiasco or the sad story of puny Dodo Pizza’s productivity in Oxford. But this post will be a bit different. Now I’m going to tell you about 8 things we decided not to do in Oxford—that were totally right.
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08 August 2016
Actually, we hit it in June. But it took a while for our finance people to crunch the numbers and come up with the P&L spreadsheet for June. Our business plan published almost a year ago predicted that the pizzeria would lose money for at least half a year. Lately, we had a hunch that the forecast was probably too pessimistic. Still, $1,791 in profits in June took us all by surprise.
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