Australia’s chief dairy farmer is urging consumers to ditch Dominos and support smaller pizzerias saying its time to forget the US-owned fast food giant.
Australians should perform their patriotic pizza duty and ditch Dominos and Pizza Hut for smaller pizzerias that use domestic dairy produce.
That’s according to Australian Dairy Farmers president Ben Bennett, who says opting for “Mum and Dad pizza players” over US-owned fast food giants was the best way of responding to American tariffs.
The southwest Victorian farmer said a tit-for-tat tariff battle wasn’t in the interests of either Australia nor the United States.
“If Australian consumers want to show America a message, then supporting the Mum and Dad pizza outlets that use Australian cheese is the way to go,” Mr Bennett said.
“A lot of the small businesses making pizzas prefer Australian cheese, their customers prefer pizza with Australian cheese, because it’s fresher and you can taste the difference in quality.
“The big boys like Dominos and Pizza Hut mainly use American cheese, clearly it’s been cheaper for them. They like to keep it quiet but it’s not good for the environment, shipping it halfway around the world, and it’s not good for the Australian farmer either.”
A Dominos spokeswoman said: “While Domino’s cheese is supplied from Leprino’s global facilities based in America and the UK, we regularly work with them to create customised products for local customers,” the spokeswoman said.
“Additionally, Domino’s is committed to partnering with local Australian companies where possible, such as Real Dairy Australia, for the supply of cheese, including feta and paneer which is used to top some of our most popular pizzas.”
Pizza Hut was contacted by The Weekly Times for comment.
Dominos signed a 10-year deal in September 2023 to use American cheese on its products.
Last year, The Weekly Times surveyed 10 of the nation’s biggest pizza makers – from takeaway titans such as Domino’s, Pizza Hut and Crust to frozen labels such as McCain and Dr Oetker.
Many including the companies behind Pizza Hut, La Porchetta and Bubba Pizza kept quiet when contacted about the origin of their cheese.
Some others — notably the Dr Oetker and Papa Giuseppi brands — import frozen pizzas from far-flung Canada and Germany, with all ingredients foreign sourced.
Dominos signed a 10-year deal with Leprino Foods to supply its mozzarella in September 2023, meaning most cheese on its products is sourced from overseas.
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