Speaking on the partnership, Pratik Pota, chief executive officer and whole-time director, Jubilant FoodWorks, said, “We are delighted to announce PepsiCo as the beverage partner for Domino’s Pizza India. The partnership will bring in fresh focus on our beverage portfolio. We look forward to offering greater beverage variety, and thereby enhancing the Domino’s Pizza experience for our guests.”
Ahmed ElSheikh, president and chief exeuctive officer, PepsiCo India, commented, “PepsiCo is honoured to be the preferred beverage partner for Jubilant FoodWorks across its Domino’s Pizza outlets nationwide. Domino’s consumers will now be able to choose from a range of their favorite PepsiCo beverage brands across carbonated soft drinks and Lipton Ice Tea with their meals. This partnership further strengthens our position in the food service segment in India, and consumers can look forward to some exciting new experiences.”
The company is a part of the Jubilant Bhartia group and is one of India’s largest food service companies, with a network of 1,167 Domino’s Pizza restaurants across 269 cities (as of September 30, 2018). The company and its subsidiary have the exclusive rights to develop and operate Domino’s Pizza brand in India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Nepal. At present, it operates in India and Sri Lanka. The company also has exclusive rights for developing and operating Dunkin’ Donuts restaurants for India and had 32 Dunkin’ Donuts restaurants across 10 cities in India as of September 30, 2018.
