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The Israeli flag recently joined other international flags outside Domino's Farms Ann Arbor headquarters,
marking the opening of Israel's first Domino's franchise.
Domino's Pizza Opens In Israel
For A Slice Of The Market
KIMBERLY LIFTON
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A
fter two years of
planning, Domino's
Pizza two weeks ago
opened its first franchise in
Israel, boasting hundreds of
pizza sales each day.
Located in Ramat Aviv
near Tel Aviv University,
the Domino's store is
thought to be the first of
several Israeli Domino's
franchises, said the Tel Aviv
store franchise owner Oded
Gur-Arie, an Israeli living in
Ann Arbor.
"It is a realistic vision,"
Gur-Arie said. "On our first
day, sales were excellent.
We had no phones yet; just
take-out orders from the
counter. We will be opening
a lot more — possibly 30
stores."
The store opening
culminates extensive plann-
ing by officials of the Ann
Arbor-based Domino's Pizza
International, who had been
searching for a qualified
franchise proprietor since
staff members attended an
"The time and
climate are right
for delivery of
Domino's pizza."
Oded Gur-Arie
annual food exhibition in
Israel in February 1988.
Gur-Arie, who moved to
Ann Arbor to take a job as a
business professor at the
University of Michigan, now
owns the Portfolio Furniture
Corp. He first met with
Domino's officials one year
ago to discuss franchising
options for Israel.
"The time and climate in
Israel are right for delivery
of Domino's Pizza," Gur-
Ar ie said. "This is a
challenge we are excited to
accept."
Ofer Erez of Tel Aviv, a
partner in the franchise, will
manage the Israeli store.
Delivery will be made on
mopeds. Vegetables are ex-
pected to be the most pop-
ular toppings.
The Tel Aviv take-out res-
taurant puts Domino's chief
Tom Monaghan closer to his
goal of operating 10,000
stores before the year 2000.
Domino's now operates
5,200 facilities in 21 inter-
national markets. ❑
Israel Gets Low Mark Of D
For Handling Economic Affairs
KIMBERLY LIFTON
Staff Writer
I
srael's government earn-
ed a D on its 1989 report
card for its overall handl-
ing of economic affairs, ac-
cording to Alvin Rabushka,
a Stanford University pro-
fessor working with the In-
stitute for Advanced Strate-
gic and Political Studies in
Jerusalem.
The report card, based on
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FRIDAY, APRIL 13, 1990
policy decisions, included a
D- for budget, D for taxation,
C- for money and capital
markets, B- for business, D-
for price controls, F for
labor and a C- for interna-
tional trade.
Rabushka, author of the
Scorecard on the Israeli
Economy, said Israel's poli-
cies have worsened in the
past year. He said Israel
would have earned an
overall C rating for last
year's policy decisions.
"Israel is pumping mill-
ions of dollars into a welfare
system, which is
perpetuating a stagnating
economy," Rabushka said in
a telephone interview from
his Stanford home.
"In 1988, the policy mix
was a little better,"
Rabushka said. "But since
1974, there has been a vir-
tual stagnation policy in
place.