What Brandon Solano has said about Domino's Pizza turnaround
3 quotes · 1 episode · Nov 3, 2026
Brandon Solano, CEO of RAVE Restaurant Group (Pizza Inn, Pie Five); former Domino's VP and former CMO of Wendy's and Papa Murphy's, has been quoted on Domino's Pizza turnaround 3 times in 1 episode of We Fixed It, You're Welcome, most recently on November 3, 2026. Each quote below is verbatim and links to the moment it was said.
In their words
Solano recounted redesigning Domino's stores with an open 'Pizza Theater' layout, which he said raised sales in reimaged stores.
“Domino's, we turned the store on the side for pizza theater where you could see your pizza being made”
We Fixed It, You're Welcome: Reheating Pizza Hut: Can We Deliver a Comeback? (Nov 3, 2026) · Listen from 21:34
Solano said internal taste tests showed Domino's pizza finishing last against Pizza Hut and Papa John's before the turnaround.
“We tested it against Pizza Hut and Papa John's. And we finished third of three. We were dead last”
We Fixed It, You're Welcome: Reheating Pizza Hut: Can We Deliver a Comeback? (Nov 3, 2026) · Listen from 28:14
Solano described the untestable Domino's relaunch as a career-threatening gamble.
“I wasn't worried that I'd get fired. I was sure I'd get fired. I was worried I'd never work again”
We Fixed It, You're Welcome: Reheating Pizza Hut: Can We Deliver a Comeback? (Nov 3, 2026) · Listen from 28:32
Episodes
Reheating Pizza Hut: Can We Deliver a Comeback?We Fixed It, You're Welcome · Nov 3, 2026 · 51 min
Aaron Wolpoff and Chino Nnadi talk with RAVE Restaurant Group CEO Brandon Solano about Pizza Hut's sale to LongRange Capital and propose a turnaround plan.
Brandon Solano on other topics
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- Franchising · 1 quote