The company that oversees the Domino’s Pizza brand in Russia said it will file for bankruptcy there, signaling a definitive end to its operations in that country nearly 18 months after President Vladimir Putin launched an unprovoked invasion of neighboring Ukraine.
DP Eurasia, the franchisee for Domino’s in Europe and Asia, cited unspecified business challenges in Russia, where it operated more than 100 restaurants. The U.S.-based Dominos Pizza has said it cut off financial support for the Russian business in December 2022.
A bankruptcy filing is now forthcoming, the company said.
Fuck Domino’s. They stayed for a fucking year and half. I hope they lost tons of money. Fucking vile sub-human shitbags.
I mean, to be fair, they stopped all financial support to Russia in 2022 (still took too long). This was just a pre-existing licensing agreement. I doubt they could’ve revoked it. Most people don’t think to put a “must stop operating in any country that commits war crimes” clause in their licensing deals
This is almost like being pissed at Boeing because russia stole their planes.
These things are not related. Domino’s had the ability to leave (despite any imagined contracts) this entire time. They chose to stay in hopes of continued profit.
They chose money over human life, which is the expected behavior of sub-humans. Russia did not steal from them. Russia did not imprison or threaten them. They chose to stay for profit because they are villainous shitstains. Do not defend them. They neither need nor want your defense (unless it brings them profit).
They chose to stay in hopes of continued profit.
I hate to spoil this for you but the only reason any brand or corp left Russia was because they were afraid of reduced profits (sanctions notwithstanding). End of story. That just happens to line up with the majority of people’s sentiments which is “Fuck Russia.” Don’t confused morality with perfectly timed greed.
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What did you want the American branch to do, go in and physically dismantle the franchised outlets?
The parent company has the ability to revoke franchise status. They absolutely could do that and chose not to.
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Username checks out lol
Bet you’re gonna have a stroke when the next GOP president is in office 🤣
Fair enough. Still pretty angry about it.
Fucking vile sub-human shitbags.
Sir, this is a pizza place that hires mostly teenagers. There are much greater evils to get sweaty about. This one isn’t it.
Here it is. The embodiment of the example I gave (before I even saw this lmao) in my responses to the idiots down voting.
Stop attaching morality to stupid fucking brands, people. The capitalists fucking hate you.
They actually stopped taking orders, it just took this long to finish their deliveries.
You have to keep in mind that the Russian government holds workers hostage. The Kremlin literally requires foreign companies to have an office with workers located in Russia just so that the workers can be threatened in order to pressure the company. And most companies care enough about their image to try and prevent headlines like “[Company] allowed workers in Russia to be murdered”.
Im gonna be honest man, you sound like a total tard. It’s just pizza, i swear it has no effect on the war.
Like it or not pizza guys are people too
So brave.
Wow. Really quickly done there. /s
These companies are taking even longer:
https://som.yale.edu/story/2022/over-1000-companies-have-curtailed-operations-russia-some-remain
As in they are still operating as if nothing has happened.
Companies like:
- Braun
- British Telecom
- Carl’s Jr
- Cloudflare
- Honor
- Kawasaki
- Lacoste
- Makita -New Yorker
- Patreon
- Riot Games
- Sbarro
- Tupperware
- Valve
- Yamaha
- ZTE
There are a ton more that simply suspended new investment but are still operating.
Sbarro should be allowed to continue in Russia. I’ve never eaten at a restaurant chain more demoralizing than that.
Sbarro’s to the front lines!
Lol, ZTE is a Chinese company. They are 100% not pulling out.
So is Riot Games lmao
They finally ran out of frozen dough.
If Domino’s Pizza can end their presence in Russia, when will the Norwegian Sovereign Wealth Fund?
Didn’t they promise to pull out their 51 investments by February 2022?
Last I heard is that they simply couldn’t, as the assets were locked at the bank they were using in Russia, which came under sanctions. They technically still have the investments, but have written them off as worthless.
According to this Norwegian publication in an article published January 31st 2023:
the Norwegian oil fund still holds hundreds of millions worth of shares in petroleum companies like Gazprom, Novatek, Bashneft and Lukoil
Even if the value of the companies they’ve invested in lowers, they still haven’t pulled out any of their financial investments from Russia. The investments could be worth very little, but they still have something invested in Russia.
Is money more important to Norway than justice?
Norwegian Government on February 28, 2022, ordered the Oil Fund to freeze all investments in Russia and prepare a plan for divesting with the goal of totally exiting the Russian stock market
Why has it taken them much more than a year to even communicate their ‘plan’ to make the divestment happen?
Is Domino’s Pizza really better at handling their finances than the wealthiest pension fund in the world?
Damn. That’s a win for Russia :\
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There can be no ethical consumption under capitalism.
You just steal your food from farmers then?
I just don’t attach morality to shitty brands or corporations. It’s okay we don’t need to act like they are “on our side” because inherently they are the ones exploiting us. They cater to the market, not a sense of morality. Acting like they actually care, or have some sort of moral compass is just sticking your head in the sand against the irrefutable evidence of the capitalist hellscape we live in.
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