New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio blasted a Domino's Pizza franchise for "jacking up" their prices on New Year's Eve. However, the pizza restaurant chain isn't staying silent....
As people readied to kick off the night and a new decade, a Midtown Domino's franchise delivered pizzas worth $30 each — double the normal cost of a pizza — to those who were at Time Square's ball drop. The franchise has been doing these deliveries for 15 years.
The NYC Mayor tweeted this:
But Domino's is firing back - WITH TONS OF SUPPORT from customers and the people who actually bought the pizza on NYE... "It's absolutely worth it," one man said of buying a pizza, adding, "It was hot. It seems like it just came out of the oven. If he comes back, I will buy some more."
"Every store in [New York City> is owned by a local resident," a Domino's spokesperson said, adding, "Every employee is a local New York resident. Those stores provide jobs to thousands of his fellow citizens. With his comments, the mayor is suggesting that New Yorkers who own or work at a franchise are 'lesser than' those who don't."
