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Pizzeria in Town Built by Domino's Chief Not Domino's

By Harry Kimball, Newser Staff

Posted May 26, 2009 3:46 PM CDT

(Newser) – The first pizza shop in Domino’s founder Thomas Monaghan’s Catholic university town of Ave Maria, Fla., will not be a Domino’s, the Fort Myers News-Press reports. Domino’s says the town is covered by another franchise’s delivery radius, and Ave Maria... Read full story »

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