Donatos

Dan Savage Wins Highest Donatos Award

2/23/2010 (Columbus, Ohio) --

Dan Savage, General Manager of the Donatos Pizza restaurant at 350 Norton Road in Columbus, has been named one of the company's six Gold Standard award winners for 2009. A twenty-one-year Donatos veteran, this is the third time Savage has been named a Gold Standard winner.

"Dan Savage has proven to be one of the Best of the Best at Donatos," said Jane Grote Abell, President and COO of Donatos. "Gold Standard status at Donatos is the pinnacle of operational excellence with less than 1% of our managers achieving this level."

Gold Standard certification entails achieving exemplary results in a wide array of operational categories including sales performance, store profitability, adherence to operational standards, associate retention, etc.

"I was both shocked and honored to discover I had won again this year," Savage said. "It is exciting to be recognized for all of the hard work we do all year."

About Donatos Pizza

Donatos Pizza, founded in 1963 by Jim Grote, is family-owned and operated, and headquartered in Columbus, Ohio. The creator of Edge-to-Edge® pizza, Donatos Pizza is recognized as the gold standard in pizza, using only the freshest ingredients and highest food and safety standards to create delicious, quality products that are all trans-fat free. Donatos and its franchise partners operate more than 175 stores in six states. Additionally, Donatos has extended its Take & Bake product line to more than 350 locations nationally and offers products atmore than 20 entertainment and sports venues. For more information on Donatos Pizza, visit www.donatos.com.

Media contact:
Tom Santor
(614) 416-7700
tsantor@donatos.com