In early 2017, Papa John’s was enjoying steady growth, a high-profile partnership with the NFL and rapid international expansion. But its winning streak didn’t last — by 2018, Papa John’s future looked bleak. North America same-store sales growth plummeted in the 4th quarter of fiscal year 2017, and stayed negative for 6 straight quarters after that. Here’s where Papa John’s went wrong.
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What Happened To Papa John’s?
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Sheesh… of course he's involved & wants his face on everything. It was his company. He brought it into existence! His blood, sweat & tears.
What this quite one-sided mini-docu doesn’t share is … the FBI exonerated him!! It was proved Papa John was set up. There was malicious intent to entrap him. The ONLY amo he accidently gave them was by restating what someone else said. 🤦♀️ Come-on-man. Should he have said it, no. However, he wasn't saying it too anyone or reference anyone by stating the word itself … he was a merely restating what someone else had said… to his knowledge. 🤪 When will this cancel culture crap end. 🙄
Prayers to him & his Co. 🙏
He was setup and framed like all the little Midwest people that turned into billionaires
Pappas pizza and garlic sauce has been sabotaged along with poor papa!
Most racist commercial I've ever seen here on 4/15/24!!! White and black! Wtf
https://youtube.com/@johnny5pizzaguy?si=I0AOZtLPeYpLI6dX
Use to love Papa John’s
Bit Dominoes really did a turn around. Great pie’s delivered fast!
Papa John's Pizza nasty 🤢🤮
They should rename it Papa Shaq's. Since John is a taboo name why not?
Basically the leftists right or wrong destroyed papa's business because he spoke freely. The truth isn't appreciated by leftists.
Imagine attending a expensive college education just to waste it on selling pizza for a guy you went to college not to become. Loosers
"What Happened To Papa John’s?"
Papa John said the gamer word.
The racist pizza tasted better.
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Essa é a pizza do futuro
It's a lousy pue invented by a racist, lousy excuse for a human being.
I’ve had over 40 pizzas in the last 30 days
Papa John’s is trash, you should read their ingredients list.
I used to only get papa johns then I tried dominos garlic bread crust and never went back
A lot of service problems are due to lack of good wages to pay people. Not worth it
Papajohn can never win
Papajohn is just a wrong company
I don't like Papa John's
https://youtu.be/8X6v42yZ4ps
It's taken over by Pakistani General what do you expect 😂
5 dollar pizza no more 2022
Pappa….has a problem. Also his product is a delivery system for giving people the diabeetus
Here in Brantford, Pizza hut no longer has a seating area. The best pizza in Brantford Ontario Canada, is Papa John's. All the others make mediocre pizzas
They used to be the real deal. I remember ordering Papa Johns was kind of a splurge with their garlic sauce and all. Now prices seem very high or is it just me. $20 for a large pizza I'm not so sure about.
Holy hell Pizza Hut used to have in-house alcohol?
one of the worst pizzas ever
In Peru its still popular and taste better than dominos and pizza hut
Can you provide?
On January 6 2026
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My local papa John's is pricier but always hot always right always on time . Beats every single pizza joint out there except for little Ceasars for value. But they both have their place
better pizza was just a slogan
I give papa John's a 10/10
The last Papa Johns Pizza I bought was when "Papa Jerk" ran his mouth about Obama's re-election…
What happened to Papa John’s?
Answer: John
I ate papa johns a few years ago. It literally tasted like nothing. Even this recovery of theirs seems like a corporate farce. Dominos went through the same thing. They admitted their recipe sucked and changed it, now they're number 1.
Papa John's CEO was also racist as hell.
Papa Johns is ran by the worst kind of people. What they did to the founder and set him up was disgusting. They just care about money and not about quality, people or principles. I will NEVER eat at a Papa Johns again.
I checked a "loaded" Papa John's Pizza because I noticed how little pepperoni was on it. When pressed, the new young manager (a millennial) admitted that for every additional topping on the pizza, they were told to put LESS of every topping. Thus a large pepperoni pizza might have 25 – 30 pieces of pepperoni whereas a loaded pizza with 6 or 7 toppings will only have 11 to 15 pieces of pepperoni – check it out yourself…
Customers are getting very savvy. The owner of PJ'S is a very devisive individual. And customers will not spend money on a product pitched by an individual like John Shnatter
Papa John is a conservative so a bunch of bottom feeding commentators attack him
Never eat it their food is horrible and give old pizza.
I've never had their pizza, to be fair I don't eat pizza from chains.
Do one on Elephant Bar
after what they did to this company and it's owner i will never buy this product EVER…shame on the woke
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