YouTube Prank Forces Domino’s Pizza Franchise To Close

San Francisco Chronicle:

The owner of a North Carolina Domino’s Pizza franchise that gained worldwide notoriety after two employees posted several gross videos on YouTube lost so much business because of the prank that he had to close up shop.

The franchise in Conover, N.C., shut its doors last week, according to the local Hickory Daily Record. “My business was off 58 percent because of YouTube,” owner Kevin Hendren told the paper.

Back on April 13, five video clips showing a Domino’s Pizza employee performing unsavory acts with food showed up on YouTube. The videos, shot and posted by a second employee, became Internet sensations.

Bloggers uncovered the identities of the employees, Kristy Hammonds, 31, and Michael Setzer, 32, who were arrested and charged with felony food tampering. Read more.

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