Papa John finally departs from Papa John’s
Good morning everyone, and welcome to today’s installment of As The Pizza Box Turns. In a surprising turn of events,…
Papa John’s angles for new customers with old slogan
As reported yesterday, beleaguered pizza chain Papa John’s finally has some good news to share. This bucks a trend that…
Papa John’s gets new board chair, probably pissing off old board chair
Struggling pizza chain Papa John’s has finally found a new investor: Louisville’s Courier-Journal reports that hedge…
Papa John’s hires first “chief people officer” to save itself from this mess
It’s hard to think of a franchise more plagued by public image problems than Papa John’s. The chain is still embroiled…
It has been 50 days since our last Papa John’s update
You guys! It’s been 50 days since our last Papa John’s update. What have we been doing with ourselves all this time?…
Let’s make Shrimp Scampi with Papa John’s garlic sauce
Back when I wrote How To Conquer Red Lobster’s Endless Shrimp, I tackled strategies for handling vulgar amounts of…
Guess which 2 chains that aren’t Papa John’s closed more restaurants than they opened this year
Three fast-food chains closed more restaurants than they opened in 2018, and I refuse to follow that statement with…
Will somebody please buy Papa John’s?
The extensive troubles of pizza chain Papa John’s continue: The Louisville Courier Journal notes that according to the W…
Papa John’s U.K. hopes its ostrich-meat pizza really takes off
The United Kingdom arm of beleaguered pizza purveyor Papa John’s is celebrating the return of I’m A Celebrity… Get Me…
Oh snap, Papa John’s franchisees are lawyering up
We haven’t checked in with Papa John’s in a while, wonder what’s going on over there? Turns out, the pizza chain is…
Papa John’s jack-o’-lantern pizza kinda looks like the Wu-Tang Symbol
This year, Papa John’s is offering a jack-o’-lantern pizza throughout the spooky, spooky month of October. It’s not the…
Papa John’s founder John Schnatter reveals NDAs with 2 women
Papa John’s founder John Schnatter has been fighting to wrest back control of his company since he resigned as chairman…
Hey buddy, you wanna buy Papa John’s?
Hey, you there, the person reading the internet right now. You look like a smart person, a person who knows a great…
Papa John’s may ditch apostrophe from name, because we are all Papas John
An August filing to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office indicates that Papa John’s may be planning to ditch the…
This Papa John’s thing is never going to be over, is it
There are the great rivalries of our time: Yankees versus Red Sox. Mothra versus Godzilla. Taylor Swift versus Katy…
Papa John’s: Thank you for calling us racists
Papa John’s, the pizza chain flailing its figurative arms Kermit-style as it runs from its publicity dumpster fire, can…
Papa John's founder launches truther website [UPDATED]
Update, August 22, 2018: Papa John’s senior director of public relations, Peter Collins, reached out with a statement…
Papa John’s now offering financial help to suffering franchisees
As recently reported, Papa John’s has had a rocky road since it was reported that founder John Schnatter used a racial…
Unsurprisingly, all is not well over at Papa John’s HQ
Wow, for a while there, it was like we were getting Papa John’s updates just about every day. Now we’re looking at sever…
The Papas John are taking their battle to court
In today’s Papa John vs. Papa John’s update, after the board of his former company tried a “poison pill provision” move…