What was Domino's Pizza originally called?

Domino's Pizza Inc. is a large American pizza restaurant chain founded in 1960.

The corporation is headquartered at the Domino's Farms Office Park in Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States.

In 1960, Tom Monaghan and his brother, James, purchased DomiNick's, a small pizza store at 301 West Cross Street in Ypsilanti, Michigan, near Eastern Michigan University. The deal was secured by a $500 down payment, and the brothers borrowed $900 to pay for the store. The brothers planned to split the work hours evenly, but James didn't want to quit his job as a full-time postman to keep up with the demands of the new business.

Monaghan wanted the stores to share the same branding, but the original owner forbade him from using the DomiNick's name. One day an employee returned from a pizza delivery and suggested the name Domino's. Monaghan immediately loved the idea and officially renamed the business Domino's Pizza, Inc. in 1965. The three dots on the logo represent the original three stores the company owned at the time. The original intent was to add a dot for each new Domino's, but the company grew rapidly and this idea was unfeasible.