How Domino’s Won India’s Pizza Wars

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Domino's is crushing it in India. It entered the country in 1995, and since then it's expanded rapidly. There are over 1300 dominoes across 282 cities in India and its footprint continues to grow. Domino's has market share of more than 70 percent. Domino's in India is even testing delivery in 20 minutes or less. That's made it difficult for Pizza Hut and Papa John's to compete. Even local Indian pizza rivals haven't been able to match Domino's success. So what is Domino's doing that is so different from the competition? It's localized its product offerings, but probably the biggest differentiator, ust like in the U.S., Domino's is winning the pizza war in India because it offers fast delivery and sophisticated ordering technology. Domino's success has made it more difficult for other chains to flourish. Papa John's left India in 2017, closing 66 doors, according to its 2017 financial filings. And Pizza Hut footprint has stayed relatively small compared to Domino's, despite its early entry to the market. On March 24th, 2020. India announced a 21 day lockdown during the Corona virus outbreak instead of closing its stores across the country. Domino's India offers zero contact delivery and pickup to its customers, according to the chain's website. Domino's India has taken strategic steps to stop the spread of coronavirus by making sure company employees pass medical checks, temperature screenings for employees before entering restaurants, sanitizing protocols for equipment, bags and delivery boxes every four hours. And employees must wash their hands every hour. Pizza Hut has offered similar contactless delivery, but the brand is still outnumbered by Domino's store count. It has across the subcontinent. So how has Domino's won India's pizza war? The pizza market in India is valued at over $1.5 billion. That's small compared to the U.S. market, which is worth $46.7 billion dollars. Still, the market is huge considering the huge population that India has. But when Domino's and Pizza Hut started operations in India in 1995 and 1996, respectively, the pizza market was much smaller. It wasn't until July 1991 that India's leaders decided to open up its economy, marking the beginning of globalization. India removed subsidies on some items, lowered some import duties and invited foreign competition in. With globalization came American brands like Coca-Cola, McDonald's, Pizza Hut and Domino's. When international pizza chains entered India in the 1990s, some experts say it wasn't immediately compatible with local tastes. Pizza in India strikes a delicate balance between being too foreign and not foreign enough. They've been able to kind of walk the tightrope or the balancing act between localizing to an extent that is definitely needed to be successful in the Indian market. But again being able to balance that with, you know, being perceived as, you know, that the top pizza brand in the U.S. and globally, not just in India. That brings a lot of credibility to the brand and is why a lot of people want to want to have it in comparison to others. Domino's success is also thanks to India's huge millennial population. In general, millennials are more likely than their older counterparts to eat food from a restaurant. Use technology, travel and embrace new foods. Millennials account for about two thirds of the population in India. And research shows that Indian millennials love eating out, spending three times as much on restaurant visits than other forms of entertainment. Nielsen research found that middle income urban millennials spend roughly 10 percent of their food budget on eating at restaurants. That's significantly higher than the 3 percent spent by their Gen X counterparts. As pizza's popularity grows, Domino's has found a huge market in India as of the end of 2019. India is Domino's second largest market after the U.S.. It's a different story for Pizza Hut. Its business in India makes up a small fraction of Pizza Hut. Overall business, the country accounts for just one percent of system sales. China, on the other hand, accounts for 17 percent of Pizza Hut sales. More and more local restaurants are starting to offer pizza, too. Let's say the top 10 cities in India, you would have at least seven to eight brands of pizza which are there and would offer at least about who would operate at least five stores in that city. But experts say no Indian chains are on the verge of becoming national chains. Most are small and privately held, so they're not competing on a national level with American chains. In India, there appears to be a lot of room for growth in the pizza industry. Domino's local franchise Jubilant FoodWorks had sales of $510 million in fiscal year 2013, 18 percent higher than the previous year, according to FactSet. In fact, Jubilant FoodWorks sales have seen double digit growth for 13 out of the last 14 fiscal years. Jubilant FoodWorks also runs Dunkin in India and operates its own Chinese food chain. But Pizza is the company's most profitable business segment by far, making up 78 percent of its revenue, according to FactSet. Domino's footprint in India is huge compared to its rival Pizza Hut, which has 430 restaurants, according to its Web site. Domino's has 1,325 stores across 282 cities as of December thirty first 2019. And it's been adding stores steadily across new cities. They are adding about 200 plus cities in India. And if I look at the potential, they have the potential of expanding to about 500 cities in the country. So that's fairly substantial. Papa John's entered India nearly a decade and a half after its rivals, Domino's and Pizza Hut had come onto the scene. By the time Papa John's expanded into India, some experts say it was already too late. By the time Papa Jones entered the Indian industry, Domino's hand-up is ahead have already established and therefore brand in. Many of the consumers used to prefer Domino's Pizza Hut to whip up business because of the affordability, but Papa John's was prized higher. Papa John's tried to close the gap in 2014 by acquiring Pizza Corner, a south Indian chain. At the time of the deal, Papa John's had 15 stores through its master franchisee for the region, a company called Ohm Pizza and Eats Papa. John said the acquisition of Pizza Corner would expand its presence by at least 40 restaurants. Papa John's had restaurants in 11 Indian cities, according to its Twitter account. Its stores were concentrated in the southern and western parts of the country. But some experts say it was a mistake not to branch out to more rural cities. India is a massive country, it both population and size part of Domino strategy to familiarize Indians with the brand was expanded to smaller cities and rural areas, not just one region. Developing a restaurant network at a national level in India is challenging due to its huge size and cultural differences between states. But Domino's made it work. But Domino's has invested heavily in rural areas and not just the cities. And I do think that is an important point as to why they have been successful in particular in comparison to their competitors, their main competitors, such as Pizza Hut and Papa John's having access to something like pizza is like having access to the rest of the world feeling like you're a part of global consumer culture and that you can try something that's different. It has a tremendous amount of symbolic value, and I think Domino's has recognized that and that people are willing to kind of pay for that. Papa John's shut its indie operations in 2017, according to local media reports, experts say. Papa John's just couldn't stand out against the competition. In the U.S., dominos one, the pizza wars thanks to delivery and tech innovation. It's a similar narrative in India. India has a huge population of Internet users, second only to China. That number is expected to grow, fueled by the declining cost of data and smartphones in developing economies like India. Smart bombs are cheaper option than personal computers. All this means that the Indian market is perfect for smartphone apps. Domino's franchisee Jubilant FoodWorks says it was the first food service company to launch online and mobile ordering nationally in India. Analysts agree and say that Domino's introduced the online ordering culture. And as of January 2020, nearly 30 million people downloaded Domino's mobile ordering app. If you look at a market like in India, Internet is mostly used through mobiles. So mobile administration is a very high compared to that of a laptop or desktop. So Domino's were very quick to launch a mobile app and they also see high ordering retro mobiles in 2013 online in mobile orders contributed about 17 percent of delivery sales at Domino's by the end of fiscal year 2019. Online ordering contributed seventy five percent of delivery sales. Domino's has stood out in the Indian delivery market guaranteeing customers free pizza if a delivery takes 30 minutes or longer. Domino's even tested a 20 minutes or less delivery guarantee in some Indian cities and offers all night delivery in multiple cities. While Domino's has succeeded in delivery and with its mobile app, experts say Pizza Hut was focused more on dining in just like it has in the U.S.. Some consumers prefer that, but it means that Pizza Hut needs to rent large and usually more expensive real estate to offer seating. I may have to travel to a particular point in the city just to eat at a Pizza Hut or a Pizza Express that at times it takes away from, though, you know, the desire to go there or you're not just ordering, then you're more comfortable. While many fast food brands look to China for growth, Domino's has struggled there. The company attributes that to the fact that cheese and bread aren't part of a traditional Chinese diet. In India, the pizza chain hasn't had that problem. Domino's tries to make sure its menu is well-suited to every country. It expands into. In addition to offering American staples like sausage and veggie, Domino's, India serves pies topped with familiar ingredients like chicken tikka paneer cheese and red paprika. Chicken is the most popular meat in India. And Hindus don't eat beef, which is why chicken dominates the online menu at Domino's. It's even hyper localized its products by region etting menu items more suited to tastes in certain states. For instance, in 2014, South Indian customers got a spicy banana pizza. Green bananas are often used in traditional South Indian dishes. Domino's localize more than its menu. It tailored each restaurant to local conditions, too. In small cities where people eat out as a family, the restaurants are larger and have space for customers dining in. In another huge differentiator, Domino's offers pies at a lower price than Pizza Hut see when they launched in the 1990s. Not very many people wanted to have a pizza. So you had to bring them to the level of acceptability that, you know, you come in and have a pizza or you order a pizza. Also, if you look at the kind of prices that are there, Domino's does awful pizzas, which would be for I think if I have to put it across an American dollar terms, which would be less than a dollar. Middle class consumer spending is on the rise in India. That means they'll be spending more on food and beverages two times more, according to World Economic Forum estimates. India's Domino's second largest market behind only the U.S. and its business is growing fast there.
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Published: Sun Apr 26 2020
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