Domino's Workers Fired for Gross-Out Video

Posh package even comes with a $10 dinner box

(NEWSER) - If you're more interested in being memorable than romantic, and happen to have a significant other that you'd like to spend the rest of your life with, you may want to propose to her ... at Pizza Hut. Because for a mere $10,010, the Hut promises to show you and your would-be fiancee a good time, Eater reports. Included in the package: limo service, a ruby engagement ring, flowers, a personal fireworks display, a photographer, a videographer, and the piece de resistance: a $10 Pizza Hut "Dinner Box" with a medium pizza, breadsticks, and 10 cinnamon sticks with sweet icing cup. (Because what bride-to-be doesn't want to celebrate her proposal by inhaling a pound of sugary dough?) More»

Bankrupt restaurant chain offers bad food at high prices

(NEWSER) - There are a lot of theories as to why Sbarro filed for bankruptcy last month—including “too-rapid growth” and the decline of malls. But Justin Peters has “a simpler explanation: Nobody likes Sbarro,” he writes in Slate . “Devoid of atmosphere, charm, and gustatory relevance, with no signature product to call its own, it's America's least essential restaurant.” On top of that, a simple slice of pizza sets you back $3.49. More»

Was worried when elderly woman didn't order for 3 days

(NEWSER) - When 82-year-old Jean Wilson fell at home and couldn’t get up, just one person came to her aid: her pizza delivery driver. Wilson has ordered a large pepperoni pizza every single day for the past three years, and Domino’s employee Susan Guy often delivers it. Guy realized something was wrong when her boss told her Wilson hadn’t ordered in three days—and she insisted to her boss that she be allowed to check on the elderly customer. More»

Pizza chain offers world's most lucrative part-time job

(NEWSER) - Domino's is staging a publicity stunt guaranteed to attract attention in strapped times—its Japanese branch will hire an employee to work for a single hour in December. The pay? Just over $31,000. More details will be out later this month, but "basically it's anybody over 18, no questions about education or experience," a spokesman said. "We're actually a little surprised by how much of a response it's getting." The chain is marking 25 years in the country, Reuters reports. More»

Here's a preview of your post-health care reform sticker shock

(NEWSER) - Thanks to a fun little side clause in the health care reform bill, fast food restaurants are going to have to start posting nutrition information on their menus. The Daily Beast decided to offer a preview of the 40 most shock-inducing items:

1. Wendy’s Triple Baconator: In a class by itself really, with 1,330 calories, 38 grams of saturated fat, 345 milligrams of cholesterol, and a whopping 3150mg of sodium.
2. SuperSonic Cheeseburger: Sonic only needed two patties to squeeze in 980 calories and 24g of saturated fat.