How to reinvent franchising with tech and transparency

In 2019, Dodo Pizza launched 141 new pizzerias and closed 5, capping off the year with 576 units in 13 countries. Outlets outside of Russia generated 11.4% of total revenue, up from 9.5% a year before. Our annual system sales exceeded 20.2 billion rubles—around $314m. In US dollars, that’s a 46% year-over-year growth in sales. Building at such a pace, Dodo remains one of the fastest-growing QSR brands in the world.

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Gloves provide an illusion of cleanliness. It's safer and more hygienic to make pizza without gloves.We stand for the highest hygiene standards. Some clients may think that by not wearing gloves we’re jeopardizing food safety, however it’s much safer not to use gloves and to maintain cleanliness by constantly washing and sanitizing the hands instead. Gloves carry bacteria and increase the chances of cross-contamination. Clean hands provide better standards and cleaner processes.

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Thanks to our policy of radical transparency, we at Dodo Pizza share a lot of stories and data on this blog and on social. But sometimes it's nice to have a different perspective and see everything through the eyes of an impartial observer. So, in this post we collect links to the latest media publications about Dodo from all over the world.Russia’s pizza king wants to use the cloud to take over the world

Once you crack the profit code for delivering hot pizzas in the Arctic, where blocks of cheese arrive...

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Next year, we will launch two new concepts—coffee shops and doner kebab houses. Pilot projects will be up and running in early 2020 in Moscow. By the end of the year, we will probably be ready to begin testing these new concepts together with our first franchisees.

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Hi everyone! Thoughts on the way from Syktyvkar to Moscow—the #founder_channel is back on air.Our company is growing and changing. Obviously, new conditions demand a new approach and adjustments to the part the CEO plays. Our team has become so big I don't even have time to talk to everyone like it used to be. Of course, you can always catch me in the office by the coffee machine or in the cloakroom and ask me your question, but that doesn't solve the problem of communication on a systemic level....

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