Dominos Offers Infrastructure Solution

With its new "Paving for Pizza" initiative, Domino's Pizza is offering to fill potholes in towns across the US to ensure a smoother delivery.

June 12, 2018

With its new "Paving for Pizza" initiative, Domino's Pizza is offering to fill potholes in towns across the US to ensure a smoother delivery.

The pizza company has reportedly been working with four towns already to help repair their roads, including Bartonville, Texas; Milford, Delaware; Athens, Georgia and Burbank, California. Dominos said that it has already fixed 40 potholes on 10 different roads in Milford, according to Yahoo.

Domino's customers can nominate their town for pothole repairs on the Paving for Pizza website. If selected, their city will receive funds to help repair roads so that "pizzas will make it home safely."

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