Domino’s vs. Papa John’s: Pizza Workers Burned Down Rival Store, Police Say
- Posted on October 30, 2011 at 1:47pm by
Madeleine Morgenstern
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Two Domino’s Pizza store managers apparently tried to put a definitive end to the “Domino‘s versus Papa John’s” debate when they allegedly set fire to one of their local rivals, burning it down so they would get more business.
Bryan David Sullivan
Store managers Sean Everett Davidson and Bryan David Sullivan were arrested on arson charges in Lake City, Fla. Thursday in connection with a fire that set a local Papa John’s store ablaze Oct. 20.
According to the Ocala Star-Banner, the fire was discovered shortly before 3 a.m. By the time it was brought under control, the store had been destroyed.
Police said Sullivan‘s motive was that the Domino’s location he managed would see an uptick in business if the Papa John’s restaurant was out of the picture.
The two were arrested after they told others of their plan.
“After the fire some people got nervous and we got some tips,” a Lake City police department spokesman told the Lake City Reporter.
Sean Everett Davidson
According to the Reporter, Domino‘s officials have been cooperative with authorities and there is no reason to think the store’s owner had prior knowledge of the plan.
The police spokesman said some of those interviewed by police lied about what they knew of the plot and slowed the investigation.
“If everybody had been honest from the beginning we would’ve solved this a whole lot quicker,” he said.
Investigators are still searching for the ignition device, the paper reported.
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Comments (76)
South Philly Boy
Posted on October 30, 2011 at 4:00pmI don’t like Papa Slopa
Report Post »WhiteFang
Posted on October 30, 2011 at 4:40pmNot a good business model.
Report Post »Why not just make a better Pizza? The people will come.
Uranium Wedge
Posted on October 30, 2011 at 4:58pmBoth these places suck.
Report Post »jb.kibs
Posted on October 30, 2011 at 6:29pmdominos is union owned huh? :P
Report Post »Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra
Posted on October 30, 2011 at 8:13pmMy POS pizza is better than your POS pizza, and I’ll prove it by burning your store down. Was Milton the manager? (Reference, Office Space).
Report Post »black9897
Posted on October 30, 2011 at 9:57pmHaha. Dominos is better anyhow. And Pizza hut and Little C. I used to work at Dominos up until a few months ago for about a year and a half as a driver.
Report Post »DADA
Posted on October 30, 2011 at 10:53pmJB, look it up. Domino’s is not a union owned company. It is a corporation. This is the act of a couple of idiots and has nothing to do with the ownership of Domino’s.
Report Post »Free2speakRN
Posted on October 30, 2011 at 3:46pmI hate it when they burn the crust.
Report Post »Marci
Posted on October 30, 2011 at 3:56pmOnly in Lake City. Get up to the northern section of FL and it is scary.
Report Post »Lotus503
Posted on October 30, 2011 at 3:35pmNow, THAT’S what I call competition! And arson…
Report Post »ares338
Posted on October 30, 2011 at 2:56pmThe Pizza War…hmmm…catchy title!
Report Post »1casawizard
Posted on October 30, 2011 at 2:54pmPut these two on ya payroll barry. You could use someone with brains in the WH.
Report Post »babylonvi
Posted on October 30, 2011 at 3:57pmDoesn’t need any help in burning down the economy.
Report Post »timej31
Posted on October 30, 2011 at 2:45pmThis is right out of Goodfellas.
Report Post »Tusker
Posted on October 30, 2011 at 2:45pmOf the two, Papa Johns is better but we don’t eat either one. We like Mellow Mushroom or Picklefish! When will idiots learn that crime doesn’t pay, nor will it get you more business! lol
Report Post »biohazard23
Posted on October 30, 2011 at 4:28pmOooooohhhhhh…. Mellow Mushroom….. Yummy!!!
Report Post »Raven249
Posted on October 30, 2011 at 6:45pmPicklefish? Odd name, but where are they based? I don‘t think I’ve ever seen them around up in the Panhandle of Florida.
Report Post »LIVEFREEORDIEHARD
Posted on October 30, 2011 at 2:43pmLook Out Everyone Now we‘re going to have pizza wars along with class warfare and the OWS movement I’m waiting for Nancy Pee On Myslf to shed crocodile tears and state how inhumane this was….she’ll probably blame this on the TEA Party also….
Report Post »TRONINTHEMORNING
Posted on October 30, 2011 at 2:35pmHave fun in prison, losers.
Report Post »Cat
Posted on October 30, 2011 at 4:47pmTron, they’re still searching for the ignition device …
Report Post »Good luck!
Lake City boys still use paper matches to light their joints,
and apparently, pizza establishments as well.
Talmid of Yeshua
Posted on October 30, 2011 at 2:32pmI have a better idea… quit selling cardboard topped with crap and maybe people would frequent your business.
And idiots… barely making over minimum wage and they do this? That explains why they were working for a pizza joint. At least pull a Bernie Madoff. Make sure the crime is going to make you filthy rich.
Report Post »WeekendAtBernankes
Posted on October 30, 2011 at 2:39pmYou must not have been to Dominos in a while. Their new sauce is excellent. The crust tastes great, especially the Brooklyn style. The Fiery Hawaiian (or whatever) pizza is brilliant. Cardboard? You’re thinking of Tostinos.
Report Post »PatriotDaze
Posted on October 30, 2011 at 2:39pmDateline: Lake City, Florida
The South Will Rise Again…….indeed.
Report Post »flatdaddio
Posted on October 30, 2011 at 3:53pmI agree still cardboard……Domino’s needs to cook it in an oven not a cloths dryer….Papa Johns is better…
Report Post »keithh1981
Posted on October 30, 2011 at 2:31pmWhat ever happened to making a better pizza and letting the people decide? They should have brainstormed why they lose customers to their competitors. Maybe because they have better people that make pizzas. Means better chefs. Maybe their competition uses better ingredients. Maybe spend a little more on better dough and spices. Maybe people do not like how they are treated. Better personnel.
Report Post »YepImaConservative
Posted on October 30, 2011 at 2:29pm“… and in their spare time when not spitting on your favorate piece of cardboard with ketchup they call pizza… they entertain the locals by dueling banjos.”
Report Post »jb.kibs
Posted on October 30, 2011 at 6:31pmwhy does everyone gotta make fun of banjo players? :P
Report Post »kocurkrew
Posted on October 30, 2011 at 2:25pmFuture Obama cabinet members here, they understand how he thinks.
Report Post »Islesfordian
Posted on October 30, 2011 at 2:17pmThey hardly look like “managerial material” to me.
Report Post »CatB
Posted on October 30, 2011 at 2:44pmYou have never been to Lake City … ROFL!
Report Post »evilhatemonger
Posted on October 30, 2011 at 2:17pmWhy all the arson? They should have just had congress legislate the competition out of busness. Isn’t that the civilized way to do things?
Report Post »PatriotDaze
Posted on October 30, 2011 at 2:16pmObviously, Godfather‘s Pizza didn’t represent a threat to either one.
Report Post »booger71
Posted on October 30, 2011 at 2:46pmThat’s because Godfathers do not have a franchise in Lake City, so technically your little snarky reference to the next president is correct.
Report Post »plastinoid
Posted on October 30, 2011 at 2:15pmAwwe man…..The local OWS protest movement will miss these two at the rally tonight.
Report Post »Dinkiecb
Posted on October 30, 2011 at 2:13pmthey must be obamameat lovers … inbreeding and being stupid didn’t help them at all did it
Report Post »Socialism_Is_The_New_Black
Posted on October 30, 2011 at 2:11pmAnyone play the game Florida or Germany?
Report Post »Shrinking Citizen
Posted on October 30, 2011 at 2:08pmWell, if passion for your product is any indicator, Domino’s has the better pizza.
Report Post »BobtheMoron
Posted on October 30, 2011 at 2:08pmYour educational system at work. These two would have been rocket scientist if it weren’t for their lack of education. We should feel sorry that the system failed them. They shouldn’t go to jail. The were just practicing free enterprise as they’ve come to know it. If Barrack Obama,Barney Frank and Chris Dodd, etal can burn down the American economy, why can’t they burn down one little pizza joint? It only seems fair.
Report Post »Countrygirl1362
Posted on October 30, 2011 at 1:57pmCan’t fix stupid.
Report Post »V-MAN MACE
Posted on October 30, 2011 at 2:06pmBut the wannabe Pizza Man-in Chief Herman Cain thinks he can fix the Federal Reserve!
THAT’S stupid!
Ron Paul 2012
Report Post »I support God's Israel!
Posted on October 30, 2011 at 3:06pmYes, you can fix stupid. Send them to Libya.
Report Post »war7412
Posted on October 30, 2011 at 1:54pmThat was not RIGHT……….two dummy’s now in jail…………NO PIZZA for them…………..
Report Post »AmericanStrega
Posted on October 30, 2011 at 1:54pmI hate burnt pizza.
Report Post »banjarmon
Posted on October 30, 2011 at 1:51pmThese two must have voted for BO!!!
Report Post »All American Woman
Posted on October 30, 2011 at 2:15pmprobably payed to take out his rival, he just could‘nt remember the company name of Cain’s pizza place. He didn’t have his teleprompter when he told these two who to take out. LOL
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