Domino's sells as many as 31 pizzas a second during an England matchAs England's footballers aim to make it to the knock-out stage at the Euros, thousands of Domino’s Pizza workers are facing a test of their own.
With grey hair and a sportsman’s freckled skin, he’s a bit older than the average chef at the chain. But, dressed in a Domino’s chef’s outfit from head to toe and wearing Nike trainers, Andrew Rennie certainly looks the part. Investors hope this tournament will help Domino’s shares rebound. At £3.19, they are a long way off their high of £4.59 in 2021.
The firm accounts for more than three quarters of branded pizza sales in the UK, he says, but adds: ‘We’ve got over 1,330 stores across the UK and Ireland, but I want to get us to 2,000 by 2032.’ ‘Head office pointed out the average store had a 50,000 population around it, and mine had 10 per cent of that, and would fail.
He was 52 and his ‘retirement’ was short lived. It never involved any leisure, as in that time Rennie set up 25 businesses, including a cheesecake maker, car wash, whisky distillery and cattle farm, but even that wasn’t enough.He says: ‘Then Domino’s Pizza Group came knocking on the door and I couldn’t not come out of retirement.’