​Data is gold, so find new ways to mine it

What’s next in data and delivery? As usual, Domino’s is trying some ideas that could spark some new approaches for other brands looking to build business. Its latest promotion, Points for Pies, urges consumers to upload photos of pizzas of all kinds (not just from Domino’s) to the Domino’s app — that could include a competitor’s pizza, a homemade pizza or even a dog’s chew toy in the shape of a pizza. The brand then uses AI technology to identify those pizzas and award points to each person who posts an image. A person can win up to 10 points by posting one pizza each week and 60 points earns them a free medium-size, two-topping pizza from Domino’s. By making this game about the consumer and not directly about Domino’s — and showing a clear, achieveable path toward redeeming those points — the brand has made it more appealing for consumers to share data. Eater reports that this latest move is a creative plan to help Domino’s gather and dissect consumer data, then enhance their menu and service accordingly. The photos and data from Points for Pies will give Domino’s information about how often consumers think about, buy, make and eat pizza, what ingredients and combinations they crave, as well as what pizzas competitors are making. The results could impact how Domino’s makes pizzas or adjusts it menu, and how it manages its staff, store expansions and delivery strategy.