Donatos Pizza, America’s original Edge to Edge pizza restaurant, is continuing its franchise expansion with the opening of its first store in Virginia.  The newest Donatos store, located in the Washington, D.C., suburb of Vienna, Virginia, will be the first of several Donatos scheduled to open in the state this year. Franchise Partners Slice of […]

Donatos Pizza believes in the importance of providing a great customer experience, from the time the order is placed until the customer enjoys the final bite. That belief, with the help of valuable customer feedback, has inspired Donatos to reshape its online ordering system. “We think customers will be pleased with how user-friendly the new […]

  Donatos Pizza announced the hiring of Alan Hoover as its new general manager of Jane’s Dough Foods, a division of Donatos Pizza.   Hoover brings 12 years of experience building and growing branded frozen foods, private label products, and contract manufacturing. He has joined Donatos’ home office in Columbus, Ohio.   “Jane’s Dough Foods began […]

Jane Grote Abell will be chairman of the board, while founder Jim Grote will stay active in the business.

Donatos Pizza has made agreements to expand in Ohio and Indiana.

Donatos Pizza will be promoting its “The Difference is Delicious” message during its 47th year in business.

Donatos Pizza featuring 15 of its store employees in the chain’s newest advertising campaign.

Tom Krouse takes new position of president of expansion brands; Todd Young becomes vice president of operations.

Donatos adds four new subs and updates two.

Donatos Pizza has purchased and installed one of the Total Reconciliation Solution (T-Recs) package.

Donatos Pizza has named Martin/Williams Advertising its agency of record. The announcement comes after a comprehensive 3-month agency search led by consultant Rojek Marketing Group.

Jim Grote’s Donatos chain had a special ingredient that attracted McDonald’s — but how is the alliance panning out?