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| Type | Public (NASDAQ: PZZA) |
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| Industry | sandwiches, pizza |
| Founded | October 2, 1984 |
| Headquarters | Louisville, Kentucky, U.S.A. |
| Key people | John Schnatter, Founder |
| Revenue |  US$ 1.126,397 billion (2010)[1] |
| Operating income |  US$ 86.744 million (2010)[1] |
| Net income | US$ 51.940 million (2010)[1] |
| Total assets | US$ 415.941 million (December 26, 2010)[1] |
| Total equity | US$ 207.200 million (December 26, 2010)[1] |
| Employees | 16,000 (2010)[1] |
| Website | papajohns.com |
Papa John's Pizza (NASDAQ: PZZA) is the third largest take-out and delivery pizza restaurant chain in the United States (behind Pizza Hut and Domino's Pizza)[2]; its headquarters is in Louisville, Kentucky. Papa John's slogan is "Better Ingredients. Better pizza. Papa John's"
Internationally, there are over 3,300 Papa John's establishments, including over 2,600 in the U.S. and the remainder spread among more than 30 countries.[3][4]
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The founder of Papa John's, John Schnatter, began his pizza career at Rocky's Sub Pub in Jeffersonville, Indiana, while attending Jeffersonville High School. Schnatter graduated from Jeffersonville High in 1980, and continued his association with the pizza business while attending Ball State University, working as a delivery driver for Greek's Pizzeria in Muncie. Upon graduating, he began working for his father, who was co-owner of the bar (Spaghett's Lounge) in Jeffersonville. In 1984, he sold his car (a 1971 Chevrolet Camaro Z28) to buy out the other owner of the bar, and started serving pizza to customers.[citation needed]
Papa John's credits its growth to great customer service, quality products, and menu simplicity, in contrast with other chains' focus on low prices. Fewer options in crust styles and side dishes simplify inventory management, meaning the focus remains on quality. However, since the mid-1990s, Papa John's has followed the industry trend and greatly expanded its menu options, adding thin-crust, pan pizza, and whole wheat crust options; "robusto", barbecue, and Alfredo sauces. There also are 10 specialty pizzas, many with new toppings and new cheeses; chicken strips and four flavors of chicken wings; dessert pastries, such as apple pie; and new variations of bread sticks and cheese sticks.[citation needed]
The thin crust has been advertised as crispier than others (similar to St. Louis-style pizza) and the "robusto" sauce introduced with the pan crust has chunky tomato pieces and more vibrant spice notes. To simplify in-store operations and to provide product consistency between stores, many functions such as dough production are carried out by an off-site commissary system similar to that of most other fast food chains.[citation needed]
In late 2009, the company made a partial return to offering a relatively narrow range of menu items. The Papa Perfect Pan Pizza, the whole wheat crust, and the robusto style sauce were discontinued.[citation needed]
We conclude that (1) the slogan, standing alone, is not an objectionable statement of fact upon which consumers would be justified in relying, and thus not actionable under section 43(a); and (2) while the slogan, when utilized in connection with some of the post-May 1997 comparative advertising--specifically, the sauce, dough and stuff campaigns--conveyed objectionable and misleading facts, Pizza Hut has failed to adduce any evidence demonstrating that the facts conveyed by the slogan were material to the purchasing decisions of the consumers to which the slogan was directed.
In 1997, Pizza Hut filed suit against Papa John's based on a series of advertisements that compared the ingredients of Papa John's and its competitors. At trial, the court agreed with Pizza Hut's argument that Papa John's slogan did not constitute statements of literal fact – that "fresher ingredients" do not necessarily account for a "better" pizza; this ruling was overturned in 2000 when Papa John's appealed the decision. Although the jury's decision on the misleading advertising was upheld, the appeals court determined that Pizza Hut failed to prove, under the requirements of the Lanham Act, that the misleading advertising and puffery had a material effect on consumers' purchasing decisions.[5]
Papa John's primarily takes carryout and delivery orders, although some stores have tables and chairs. Papa John's offers online ordering throughout the United States, automatically assigning all registered customers to the closest location.[citation needed]
In Ireland, many Supermac's restaurants serve Papa John's Pizza.[citation needed]
The structure of a Papa John's restaurant is typical of that seen in many fast-food outlets, with a salaried store manager presiding over day-to-day operations, and several salaried or hourly assistant managers and shift managers presiding over in-store and delivery team members. Above the store management is an area supervisor who is generally supervised by a franchisee or; in corporate stores, a director of operations reports to an operational vice president.[citation needed]
Franchise stores owners pay a royalty fee 5% of net sales to Papa John's International, and up to 7% of net sales on advertising efforts.[6] Corporate operations looks over franchisees to ensure brand consistency.
As of January 2008[update], there were over 3,330 Papa John's restaurants operating in all 50 U.S. states and in 30 other countries. Papa John's International is a publicly traded company, with 30% of shares owned by John Schnatter.[citation needed]
Papa John's became one of the first major pizza chains to include a garlic butter dipping sauce with every original crust or square pan pizza, as well as a peperoncini pepper, a traditional Italian spice.[citation needed]
In January 2002, Papa John's became the first national pizza chain to make online ordering available to all of its U.S. customers.[7] Most other national chains subsequently added online ordering to their services. Online ordering is also available in Canada, South Korea, the United Kingdom, and Ireland.[citation needed]
On March 30, 2006, Six Flags announced that its parks' pizza would exclusively be from Papa John's. In turn, Six Flags received an annual sponsorship and promotional opportunities from Papa John's. Papa John's is also the official pizza supplier of the Olympic Speedskating Oval in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. On November 16, 2006, Papa John's signed with ESPN Regional Television to become the title sponsor of the annual PapaJohns.com Bowl, a college post-season football bowl game in Birmingham, Alabama.[citation needed]
Papa John's is credited with developing the most advanced dynamic resource control infrastructure in the fast food industry. Sources within the company have stated the centralized network is modeled after NORAD's Cheyenne Mountain Operations Center. As of January 2007[update], all Papa John's retail locations were linked via fiber optic cables to national headquarters.[8] Real-time updates are made at the company's Louisville national inventory control center, where operations research experts (many recruited from the 2002 layoffs at Enron) allocate deliverymen and pizza ingredients to areas experiencing surges in pizza demand.[9]
In early 2010, Papa John Corporate rolled out a new idea. Customers were to design their own specialty pizzas, submit them to Papa John's Corporate, with the hope of winning pizza for life. Papa Johns received a number of specialty pizza choices. After a few judging competitions, by a number of judges, the list of specialty pizza choices dwindled to three - The Working Fire, The Big Bonanza, and the Cheesey Chicken Cordon Blue.
In late July the three choices were presented to the people for their final vote. The specialty pizza with the most sales will be queened as the new specialty pizza, and will remain on Papa John's Menu for one year. After July sales ended the Cheesey Chicken Cordon Blue had won with a undisclosed number of sales - and will remain on Papa John's Menu for one year.[citation needed]
In August 2010, Papa John's Corporate signed a multiple-year deal with the National Football League (NFL) to be their official pizza restaurant.[citation needed]
Papa John's is currently the sponsor of the NBA D-League Game of the Week presented by Versus.[citation needed]
Papa John's received negative media attention in May 2008 when a Washington, D.C. franchise distributed t-shirts making fun of Cleveland Cavaliers star player LeBron James at a playoff game against the Washington Wizards. Photographs of the shirts quickly spread from the blogosphere[10] to Cleveland television. Increasing awareness of the controversy prompted an apology from the Papa John's national headquarters on May 5.[11] To apologize, Papa John's offered large single-topping pizzas for 23 cents (matching James' jersey number) at all locations in Greater Cleveland and throughout northern Ohio. The chain sold over 172,000 pizzas at 23 cents a piece, with customers waiting in lines outside of some stores for as long as three hours.[12]
Papa John's also received negative media attention on January 6, 2012, when an employee typed the racial slur "lady chinky eyes" on a receipt issued to an Asian American customer at a restaurant in New York City.[13] The employee was fired and the company issued a formal apology.[14] However, an unapologetic manager at the restaurant where the incident occurred who would identify himself only as Jerome told the New York Post that the cashier, a teenager, did not intend to offend, saying, "It’s a busy place, and it was a way to identify her and her order. You know, we do stuff like that sometimes. We’ll write 'the lady with the blue eyes' or 'the guy in the green shirt.' I think the lady (chinky eyes) put it out there just to get some attention, some people like that type of attention."[15] The incident received widespread negative media attention, including The Washington Post, the New York Daily News and ABC News. Stephen Colbert of the news/satire program The Colbert Report gave Papa John's a "tip of the hat" for the incident, noting that "calling her lady chinky eyes is no more culturally offensive than calling Papa John's 'Italian food'".[16]
On April 19, 2012, Papa John's Pizza founder John Schnatter held a private, $1000-a-ticket fundraiser for Mitt Romney in Schnatter's Louisville, Kentucky home. A public boycott of Papa John's Pizza was announced immediately afterward.[17]
Papa John's operated under the company name "Papiano's" in East Lansing, Michigan, because a pre-existing local chain of pizza restaurants in this area already laid claim to the name "Papa John's" before the major chain was formed.[18] The location closed in 2008 and reopened as another pizzeria.[19]
Papa John's has operated in the UK since 2001. In May 2011 the company had 156 shops in the UK with plans for between 400 and 500 within 5 years.[20]
All the Papa John's restaurants in Portugal are now closed or have changed names. Some of these locations still serve pizza, though the master-franchise Rest-Smart filed for bankruptcy.[21]
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Me making pizza at work. Please comment and rate!
Papa John Schnatter was recently on a local cooking show, "Secrets of Louisville Chefs", and gave away some of his secrets for making his famous pizzas. In this video, Papa John talks about his fresh, never frozen original dough.
So I ordered a pizza online, and they sent me... well it wasn't "pizza". It wasn't edible, that's for sure. I'm not even certain it was food. When I called to complain, the best they could offer me was a "free pizza" later on, but not tonight apparently. That's nice, I paid money for pizza tonight, and you can't... ok, fine. So since they're not going to refund my money, nor give me the food I bought from them, I plan on taking my pound of mozzarella and being done with them. So seeing as they've decided to screw me over, I figured I'd return the favor. As soon as this is uploaded, I'm going to Taco Bell.
On Monday, August 24, 2009 the manager of this Papa Johns store in Atlanta, Georgia called the customer's home and said that she was "calling the police because the customer took the pizzas without paying." The customer immediately returned to the store with the camera phone recording. The manager realizes that an employee had lied, and that she falsely accused the customer of stealing the pizzas. The store is located at 2685 Metropolitan Parkway, Atlanta, Georgia, (404) 762-3700. Papa Johns Store #3509.
America, you make the call! In Papa John's Super Bowl XLVI Coin Toss Experience, Peyton Manning and Jerome "The Bus" Bettis want you to call the Super Bowl coin toss: heads or tails. If America gets it right, all Papa Rewards members will receive a FREE Papa John's pizza and 2-liter Pepsi MAX. Make the call and sign up at www.freepapajohns.com.
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Papa John Schnatter offers his customers a free topping for every touchdown scored by the Champion of Super Bowl XLIV on Feb. 7, 2010. They can enjoy these fresh ingredients on a Large cheese pizza for only $9 for the three days following The Big Game (Feb. 8-10, 2010).
Papa John's Super Bowl XLIV Pizza John Schnatter
A man who could make a violin sing.
Papa John's '72 Z28 Camaro augmented reality demo
Big Papa Presents: A Day at Papa Johns What goes on while the phone rings...
She thought they were making her pizza wrong so she went nuts. She told them the cheese goes on before the meat, but they told her she was wrong. They offered to make it how ever she wanted it, and even offered to let her make the pizza herself. Her pizza was already coming OUT of the oven by the time she flips out. She throws a sandwich, and two bags of chips at James Then after he throws the chips back at her, she pulls out her phone, and says "I'm calling the police"
$10 Pizza special for Pizza Hut & Papa Johns pizza. Pizza review of who has the best pizza deal for $10 Papa Johns or Pizza Hut? PizzaWars.net offer a special pizza review of the battle of $10 pizza specials
Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones celebrates in new Papa John's pizza commercial.
Like OMN on Facebook: www.facebook.com Follow OMN on Twitter: twitter.com Check out oneminutenews.com ----------- A woman by the name of Minhee Cho picked up Twitter traction yesterday by tweeting, "Hey @PapaJohns just FYI my name isn't 'lady chinky eyes'" along with a picture of her receipt from Papa John's, which did indeed show her named as "lady chinky eyes." And in Georgia, parents are outraged over controversial math homework assigned to their third graders, with questions such as, "If Frederick got two beatings per day, how many beatings did he get in 1 week?" Sources huff.to abcn.ws
Papa John's Receipt Racist Lady Chinky Eyes
Recorded live at Canegie Hall in New York City. April 3, 1972 1. True Religion @ 0:10 2. I Know You Rider @ 6:20 3. Hesitation Blues @ 12:35 4. Keep Your Lamps Trimmed And Burning @ 18:57 5. Rock Me Baby @ 25:22 6. John's Other @ 33:40 7. Uncle Sam Blues @ 40:02 8. Keep On Truckin' Mama @ 45:44 9. Sea Child @ 50:25 10. Trial By Fire @ 55:20 11. Down Home Blues @ 59:47 12. Feel So Good @ 1:05:49
