The beginnings of D.P. Dough® can be traced back to Penny Haley’s food truck debut at the 1983 Big E Fair in Springfield, MA. Penny and her son Dan sold calzones out of her food truck. Four years later, after witnessing the popularity of his mom’s food truck calzones, Dan had the idea to open a retail and delivery location. The restaurant was unique in that it did not sell pizza. Thus, The Pizza Alternative® was born! It was named D.P. Dough® after Dan and Penny’s initials.
When D.P. Dough began, we never could have imagined how our delicious dough recipe would become the catalyst for life long memories of nights out or hitting the books for students across the country. We are so thankful to continue that tradition in our current markets and welcome you to share this tradition with your community as we continue to grow.
Many of our franchisees formed such a strong connection with our brand while attending university they decided to join us in serving up freshly prepared Zones® for the rest of their lives. They share in our vision, and have the dedication and passion to continue sharing our great product across the country for semesters to come. It takes a lot to meet the demand of hordes of our Zone® craving customers, but night after night our franchisees and their team suit up and deliver.
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*Calzone King, LLC possesses written substantiation for all Reporting Restaurants. The median Net Sales for all Reporting Restaurants in 2021 was $854,617. The average Net Sales for all Reporting Restaurants in 2021 was $869,315. The dates when the reported level of financial performance was achieved for Reporting Restaurants are January 1, 2021 – December 31, 2021. The total number of outlets that existed during that period was fifty-three (53). The total number of outlets whose actual financial performance data was used in arriving at the representation is thirty five (35). April 28, 2022 43 Restaurants that were not open for all twelve (12) months during 2021 were not included in the Reporting Restaurants. The term “Net Sales” means all revenue collected by each Reporting Restaurant, minus taxes, voids, and comps.
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