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Domino’s chief Don Meij was an empire builder.

Domino’s slices and dices, but still must deliver for investors

The pizza chain’s shares surged after the company announced it would shutter hundreds of dud stores. But is the market too optimistic about its prospects?

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  • James Thomson

November 2024

Domino’s Pizza Enterprises chief executive Don Meij is stepping down.

Billionaire Cowin doubles down on Domino’s after CEO agrees to exit

Don Meij started as a delivery driver and held the top job for 22 years. But also he led the business through downgrades and failed to fix poor performance.

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  • Simon Evans and Carrie LaFrenz
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Domino’s CEO exits; Coalition attacks Joyce; Trump’s top 5 tech bros

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Domino’s chief Don Meij will depart after four decades on the pizza slicer.

Don Meij delivered, then divided. Domino’s is now a puzzle with the lot

Whatever you think of the polarising chief executive, there’s no doubt he’s hanging up his pizza slicer at an extremely tricky time for the former darling.

  • James Thomson

October 2024

Dominos CEO Don Meij’s Bel Air mansion still on the market with a reduced price.

Rupert Murdoch, Don Meij stung in flat US prestige market

Deluxe foreign homes of corporates are flooding in for sale. Shame about demand.

  • Mark Di Stefano
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August 2024

Domino’s Pizza Enterprises chief executive Don Meij says investors need to see a turnaround in France and Japan in the next 12 months.

Domino’s Pizza CEO scrambles to avoid ‘painful’ result

Shares in the pizza maker slumped again as it said same-store sales dropped 1.3 per cent in the first seven weeks of the new financial year.

  • Simon Evans
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ASX rallies; Bullock rules out cuts; How top dealmakers dine

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New Domino’s Australia and NZ CEO Kerri Hayman and her brother, group CEO Don Meij.

Domino’s Pizza boss names sister as local CEO

Kerri Hayman was appointed chief executive of Australia and New Zealand for the brand, while her brother, Don Meij, focuses on fixing the overseas operations.

  • Carrie LaFrenz
Pressure is mounting on Don Meij, the CEO Australia’s biggest pizza group Domino’s, to turn around its fortunes.

Pressure is on Domino’s boss to deliver a turnaround

US parent Domino’s Pizza Inc and local chairman Jack Cowin are each becoming more involved in how ASX-listed Domino’s Pizza Enterprises is run.

  • Carrie LaFrenz

July 2024

Domino’s group CEO Don Meij opened the 1,000th store in Japan in 2023.

Rising cheese prices bite into Domino’s earnings: Barrenjoey

Barrenjoey has slashed its earnings forecasts for Domino’s due to a slower store rollout, weak Japanese yen and rising cheese prices.

  • Carrie LaFrenz

June 2024

Some of the world’s largest fast food chains are targeting Australia for growth.

Guzman y Gomez isn’t the only fast food giant with big plans

McDonald’s, Pizza Hut, Wendy’s. The race is on for who can grab the biggest slice of a $25 billion market, as big players scramble for sites and customers.

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  • Simon Evans and Carrie LaFrenz
Dominos CEO Don Meij’s $US30 million Bel Air mansion was priced to sell quickly. It’s still on the market with a reduced price.

Unsold $45m LA mansion adds to Don Meij’s heartburn

On top of everything else, the pizza svengali appears to be struggling to find a buyer for his gargantuan American home.

  • Mark Di Stefano

February 2024

Vertium’s Jason Teh.

This fundie says Domino’s Pizza is a better bet than the big four

Vertium Asset Management’s Jason Teh has an eye for companies in a turnaround phase – and his gaze is now firmly set on Domino’s and Fisher & Paykel Healthcare.

  • Joanne Tran
Don Meij’s Japanese ambitions have given his investors heartburn.

Don Meij still has multiple margin loans

Amid four downgrades in three calendar years, anyone dancing to Don Meij’s beat has not only lost the rhythm, but by this stage broken a leg.

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RBA governor Michele Bullock.

Coalition agrees to tax cuts | Haley backs AUKUS | Market bear’s new warning

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January 2024

Domino’s chief Don Meij had disappointed the market with a shock downgrade.

Shocker with the lot: Domino’s 30pc plunge puts pressure on Don Meij

The fourth profit downgrade in three years from Domino’s boss Don Meij has raised questions about the credibility of management with at least one veteran analyst. 

  • James Thomson

November 2023

Domino’s Pizza CEO Don Meij says it’s important in business to “play the long game”.

For Domino’s CEO, pepperoni and a Tarantino movie hard to beat

Domino’s CEO Don Meij says investors expect perfection from large ASX companies, as he regroups and avoids becoming ‘lost in the past’.

  • Simon Evans
Domino’s Pizza CEO Don Meij (left) and chairman Jack Cowin at the company’s AGM in Brisbane.

Domino’s Pizza sticks to guidance, says this is a year to rebuild

The one-time market darling is cutting costs, having already closed its Danish business, and faces a resurgence by smaller rival Pizza Hut in Australia.

  • Carrie LaFrenz

October 2023

There has been a global shortage of Ozempic since early 2022 because of an unexpected increase in demand due to use of the drug for weight loss.

Ozempic short-selling wave storms ASX

Alarm bells are ringing on Wall Street about the toll of the diabetes drug, which is also used to treat weight loss and has flattened CSL’s valuation.

  • Carrie LaFrenz

August 2023

Domino’s Pizza CEO Don Meij says that the chain must get its price points and product launches right to do well amid a crowded market,

Domino’s: is it time to reorder fallen pizza maker?

The one-time market darling has crashed back to earth and still has analysts split over its prospects.

  • Carrie LaFrenz

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