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Story from Jam Press (Dominos English Lessons) Pictured: Alok Yadav, 36, opens his very first Domino???s store in Swaffham, 16 years after he joined the company as an in-store cleaner. I learned English from a Domino's pizza menu ??? now I run my own store A man who spoke almost no English when he arrived in the UK has revealed how he learned the language by studying Domino???s pizza menus ??? pronouncing words like ???chicken??? and ???anchovies??? Now, he???s opening up his own pizza franchise. Thirty-six-year-old Alok Yadav first took a job at the chain 16 years ago as an in-store cleaner while studying for a year-long placement at university. Originally from India, the former student arrived in Britain in 2007 and only knew basic phrases such as ???please??? and ???thank you???. Determined to move up at Domino???s, he spent hours upon hours learning how to pronounce words like ???chicken???, ???anchovies??? and ???pineapple???. Downtime outside of work was also spent role-playing with his colleagues until he mastered the phrase ???Thank you for choosing Domino???s pizza, my name is Alok, how can I help???, so he could answer the phone and take orders. The Delhi native excelled and was soon promoted to store manager, running the Portsmouth North End Domino???s branch. This Monday (5 June) he realised another dream through the company???s Homegrown Heroes programme, opening his very own franchise in Swaffham, Norfolk . ???I knew I had to learn the language quickly if I wanted to progress, but it was really hard,??? said Alok. ???It was tricky when someone ordered a ???Meatilicious??? pizza because I couldn???t say it. ???As I was young, I???d only heard of onions and tomatoes, so I had to learn the names of the other toppings and how to say them. ???It wasn???t easy. My colleagues were great in helping me learn and I was determined to do it as I really enjoyed working in Domino???s. ???We spent hours in the flat above the shop going through the phon

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