Papa johns is hurting

[TEB]

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Im very happy that the boycott is hurting them. A ceo who is ruled only by the dollar, I’m glad is all. And that they are trying all kinds promotions and it doesn’t increase business.

[Cary]

1. Papa John's who?

[TheBlackAdder]

74. They make semi-biodegradable discs that you place under your tire when you are stuck in the snow.

[olegramps]

89. A nasty little bastard that made nasty pizza.

Payton Manning bought a number of franchises and I hope that greedy jerk goes the same way. Some of the athletes seem to have no limit to their greed. I think that they would endorse cancer if it paid a buck.

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

2. Good!!

[Liberal Veteran]

3. Have they tried making good pizza yet?

Just a thought.

[Scarsdale]

55. My thought exactly!

What a dislikeable person he is, so smug. The pizza is not good.

[forgotmylogin]

68. They did a ton of promotions before all this.

I was subscribed to them because they were great and there was always a decent deal, and our local PJ franchise is actually good. I made the choice to unsubscribe from text and email promos from them and have refrained from ordering from them.

[dhol82]

4. Yeah, sucky pizza and bad political choices will get you every time.

Surprised they lasted this long.

[Roy Rolling]

44. They are related

Low quality products propped up by political policies that favor exploiting employees go hand-in-hand.

[Alice11111]

5. Geez, guess he should have counted where his money comes from,

before he bit the hands that feed him.
Not the sharpest CEO.


I am so glad we can exert boycott power. Many in Alabama said, we don't want to wind up like N Carolina.

[RestoreAmerica2020]

52. Pobrecito..not really he'll be fine;..he'll probably file chapter 11, rebrand

..or chapter 7 banckruptcy and walk away debt free ..like his buddy tumpf .

[Pobrecito: poor thing, or sarcastically-poor goddamn cry baby! ]

[dewsgirl]

6. The only decent thing they have is their cheese sticks, their pizza has always sucked.

[murielm99]

7. I can't believe one of these boycotts

actually worked. So often, the calls to boycott that I see are ineffectual. I may choose on my own to refrain from buying products produced by, for example, Koch Brothers companies. But I don't expect my personal choice to have that much impact.

I am glad this is working. Their pizza sucks anyhow.

[BigmanPigman]

24. Boycotts by corporations of Fux Ruse and

their sexual predators worked. I wish they would boycott Hannity.

[RandomAccess]

36. And Rush Limbaugh

[brush]

39. The boycotts agains limp balls sponsors worked. He lost quite a few.

[quartz007]

53. Limpballs needs more boycotts

He is still on too many radio stations.

[not fooled]

83. He could have zero sponsors

and the oligarchy would keep him on the airwaves--polluting every town in the nation--to keep him catapulting the propaganda.

[Drahthaardogs]

8. Their pizza is porcheria,

Happy to see them fail.

[Baitball Blogger]

15. Porqueria.

I like Papa Murphy's better. Their thin pizza allows me to eat pizza like a normal person.

[Drahthaardogs]

16. No "qu" in italian

It's porcheria, which translates into filth and is often associated with food.

[Baitball Blogger]

17. That makes sense.

Porqueria is Spanish for filth.

[Drahthaardogs]

19. Cool, did not know that.

So it's shit in both Spanish and Italian!

Yes!

[CentralMass]

35. You must be in Oregon then. I agree Papa Murphy's is good.

[Baitball Blogger]

43. Florida, actually.

I prefer Napoli style pizza, but I have never tasted anything Stateside that comes close to my birth country pizzeria.

So Murphy is the best thin crust pizza.

[OriginalGeek]

78. I Was all excited to move here

to Seminole county and there was a Papa Murphy right down the street - but it closed right before we moved in. lol, if they'd a just hung in a little longer I woulda kept them in business.

[Baitball Blogger]

86. Well, you see, OG.

If I ever get a chance to have you and your wife over to the house, I will serve ceviche and Papa Murphys.

It's a promise.

[OriginalGeek]

87. Sounds Awesome!

lol, it's been 6 months now and we still have most rooms stuffed full of junk form the old house trying to figure out what to keep and what not to. I had the whole week off after christmas and get violently sick on tuesday and never left bed until Friday - and now she has it!

But I know we'll get together some day for something! Happy New Year to y'all!

[Baitball Blogger]

88. Happy New Years to you, too! n/t

[forgotmylogin]

69. I LOVE Papa Murphys!

I just wish they delivered, but that's not their thing.

I love their Angus steak and gourmet toppings, the "cowboy", and their double layer pies are a great way to feed several people with one enormously thick pizza.

[House of Roberts]

71. I prefer pizza to be completely cooked when I pay for it.

That way I can't burn it and waste my money.

Actually Costco has good pizza at their food court. Ten bucks for a 16 inch, at least here in N. Alabama.

[Baitball Blogger]

73. Papa Murphy's pie cooks up perfectly in that smaller, upper oven door you

find in double ovens. In fact, I only started using that door when we discovered Papa Murphys.

The only negative of Papa Murphy is their lack of Alfredo Sauce, since I like Spinach, Mozarella and Feta with Alfredo Sauce.

But, they have a good second with their olive oil and garlic base.

[Runningdawg]

9. Started my boycott in 2008

When he claimed if Obama won he would need to raise prices .50 in order to offer his employees insurance. I bet I wasn't the only one. When people actually do what they say and boycott something, it takes a while, but it will work. This is proof.

[onethatcares]

18. ever seen his "Palace"?

it's a shame his employees weren't treated with respect and with the ability to obtain healthcare insurance.

never had his brand of pizza, never will.

[Iggo]

31. You weren't the only one.

[Marie Marie]

48. Yup - that is when my disdain for John Boy started.

He was downright arrogant about his resentment on possibly having to provide health care for his employees while he was so stinking rich it wouldn't have cut into his lifestyle one iota. I will go to my grave never understanding that kind of greed and selfishness. So:

Screw you Johnny - I hope your business tanks!

[TexasBushwhacker]

59. That revealed that he was greedy AND stupid

He was greedy because he was unwilling to absorb the cost of health insurance but he failed to realize that most Americans, even Republicans, would happily pay a little more for their pizza if it meant full time employees got health insurance. Instead of providing health insurance, he cut all full time employees down to 29 hours a week or less. So now they're poorer AND uninsured. What an asshole.

[Raastan]

72. + 1

[Hayduke Bomgarte]

10. Great!

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[we can do it]

11. Overpriced awful cardboard pizza. Greedy owners.

Hope they go out of business.

[Weed Man]

12. If he's hurting, have him sell his mansion at a loss

and move into a simple 1 bedroom townhouse, and sell off everything he owns, and pay his damn employees more money and redevelop the "pizza" concept of his.

[marble falls]

13. Screw him. Let him eat stock options.

[Siwsan]

14. Take out pizza, for my family, is usually Little Caesars. Never tried Papa John's

Maybe it's a Michigan thing. Every Saturday my Mom had me drive her to Little Caesars so she could buy a 'Hot and Ready' pepperoni pizza. She LOVED those.

I'm more likely to buy, and embellish, a Mama Cozzi's pizza from Aldi's. That way I get exactly what I want, with very little expense and effort.

[Aristus]

33. I understand that Little Caesar's is a highly progressive company, and on our side on a lot

of issues.

I was really glad to learn that. I spent a ton of money on Little Caesar's pizza when I was in the Army. (Best thing for a night on CQ...)

I'm glad so much of my Army paycheck went to a progressive company.

[Siwsan]

57. Mike Ilitch, who founded Little Caesars, paid Rosa Park's rent, for about 10 years

That way she was able to move to a safer section of Detroit.

Little Caesar's foundations do a lot of good work feeding the hungry and helping veterans.

[geardaddy]

81. I won't buy Little Caesar's where I live, because the local franchise owner

is a Republican dick. Always claimed everything was Obama's fault.

[crazycatlady]

20. Their pizza sucks

[KG]

21. pizza so bad i cant believe anybody ate it more than once. couldn't figure out how it became a chain

[forgotmylogin]

70. The one thing that kept me coming back to Papa Johns before boycotting:

The "John's Favorite" in regular or pan crust was the closest thing in taste and texture to a pizza place we had in the 80's called Panteras... That was before pan pizza, it was like an inch of sausage and cheese and it was the best.

Plus, my local PJ was apparently one of the few franchise locations that could turn out good pizza.

[Gothmog]

22. I have been boycotting Papa Johns for a long while

[Initech]

32. I have so much better pizza I can get from local places...

Than I ever could at Papa John's or Dominoes.

[Big Blue Marble]

23. I remember eating his pizza once in the eighties.

It was awful. I think too much of myself and my health to eat that garbage.

[lindysalsagal]

25. They call it pizza, but it's like school lunch. Horrid.

Ick.

[underpants]

26. Actually had some about 3 weeks ago after a holiday workplace event. WOW it was HORRIBLE

Pizza is my food snob thing. So we had this event and the organizer said "We're having pizza afterwards!" I was asked to pick it up. "Where?" I asked then they told me. I protested but I wasn't buying so....

First they didn't have a record of it being paid for the night before. Then, I got the "pizza" back to work, took one bite, and let out a "Oh my GOD!!!". It was beyond horrible. I was hungry so I downed one slice but couldn't finish the second. Spit it out in a trash can (discreetly) and I hate wasting food.

[Skittles]

28. I only tried it once, also at a work function

I didn't think it tasted bad, it just did not have much taste at all which is what made it so bad

[LenaBaby61]

80. Friends who've eaten that pizza tell me that ....

It tastes horrible. Yeah I guess when you use fake toppings such as cheese

Anyway, he deserves to see himself and his hideous pizza go up in flames

[C Moon]

27. It's no problem boycotting the worst pizza in the U.S.

[Voltaire2]

29. I started boycotting that crapfest more than 30 years ago.

It was based entirely on not wanting to ever eat pizza that bad again in my life.

[IronLionZion]

30. Their quality went downhill many years ago

I used to like it at one time. But haven't ordered it in at least 10 years. They must have done a lot of cost cutting and got inferior ingredients or something.

[salster]

60. Same here

I too used to think it was ok at one point, but stopped eating it or buying it for work functions when he came out strong against the ACA, specifically paying for his employees healthcare. There were stories that he began to change employee hours to avoid paying for health care. Both he and his corporation just got a huge tax cut, so he can cry all he wants. B.S.

[keithbvadu2]

34. What happens when neo-Nazis hijack your brand

https://www.democraticunderground.com/10141945182

What happens when neo-Nazis hijack your brand

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/what-happens-when-nazis-hijack-your-brand/2017/11/16/8871c7ba-c98f-11e7-8321-481fd63f174d_story.html?utm_term=.5bd8c1cfc790&wpisrc=nl_most&wpmm=1
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“We were going to order from the local place where we get pizza all the time, but we said no, Papa John’s is the official pizza of the alt-right now,” said Eli Mosley, the 26-year-old leader of the white separatist group Identity Evropa. “We’re just supporting the brands that support us.”
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http://www.newsweek.com/papa-johns-tells-nazis-dont-buy-our-pizza-after-chain-claimed-official-pie-alt-702296

The Daily Stormer posted a picture of a swastika pizza after the CEO of official NFL sponsor Papa Johns blamed his company’s recent losses on players kneeling during the national anthem to protest police brutality.
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[Honeycombe8]

37. I forget. What did Papa Johns do? nt

[mtngirl47]

62. The CEO, John Schnatter, blamed bad pizza sales on the take a knee protests.

Papa Johns did heavy advertising and promos with the NFL.

In addition, back during the contentious debates about the ACA (Obamacare), he mouthed off a lot saying that it would cause him to raise his pizza prices in order to comply with the new law.

[Honeycombe8]

65. Oh. I didn't know about the NFL. I remember something now about the ACA, though. Thanks. nt

[Moral Compass]

38. If they made a decent pizza...

If They made a decent pizza I doubt they would have been so negatively impacted.

But combine a crappy product that people order just because it’s cheap and all the negative publicity their asshole founder has generated over the years and I guess this was the one that just pretty much killed it.

[paleotn]

40. Crappy, industrial pizza.

Worse than even the frozen kind in most cases. And it seems all the industrial chains, except for maybe Pizza Hut and Little Caesar's, support right wing, nutter causes. Either way, I choose not to give them my cash, period. Virtually every town, even my small, nearby burg, has at least one local pizza joint that takes pride in their work. Whether home or on the rode, I choose to support the independents. Better pizza, and always interesting variants on the theme. You simply don't get that with the nationals. It's the same old cardboard crap from Seattle to Miami.

[Different Drummer]

41. Good! Their pizza is crappy. n/t

[Cha]

42. Then I have Schadenfruede..

but, where did you hear this? Never mind.. I just read up thread.

Thank you!

[TheCowsCameHome]

45. They haven't felt hurt until they eat their own pizza.

[GetRidOfThem]

46. I love all these pizza discussions....

...I am glad to hear that Little Ceasars seems to be supportive of progressive policies...

I for one love pizza, but because of the saturated fats don't get any delivered. Instead I find a good crust (thin), and I use Kraft's Fat Free Mozzarella and Cheddar cheeses to make my own. Usual toppings are mushrooms, chives, onions, olives cut in half, and basil. I cover the whole concoction with garlic powder and then top it off with fat free Pam Olive flavored spray before it goes into the oven.


And now I am hungry, and on my New Year's diet....

[Mopar151]

47. Dominoes pizza is worse than Papa John's

But Tom Mongahn is way worse than Papa Jerk!

[crazycatlady]

91. Buy local pizza

Then again I live in NJ with a pizzeria on every corner.

Chain pizza sucks.

[Mopar151]

93. In New England

The "Greek" places have the pizza I like! Mrs. Mopar likes Papa Geno's, which I can tolerate, but it's A) blah, and #2) pricey. Pizza Rut is kind of OK.

[crazycatlady]

96. I've had Papa Geno's at a rest stop

It isn't bad.

[democratisphere]

49. I wouldn't eat drumpf loving pizza if I were starving to death.

[Little Star]

50. Here in MA we have a lot of Papa Gino's and they are vey good...

Also plenty of individually owned pizza places. Once when traveling I tried Papa John's, Yuck! Could not even eat it.

[perdita9]

51. Papa John's pizza is terrible

We always get our pizza from small local shops. They have a much better product.

[hunter]

54. "Papa" John Schnatter fucked over his franchisees in our community.

Their businesses died, no fault of their own. None left.

They lost it all.

He's still in his mansion.

In hell the demons will be stuffing his beloved 1971 Camaro Z28 up his ass.

[IluvPitties]

56. Good!

[Crash2Parties]

58. When you make crappy pizza *and* there are other choices...

Perhaps it might be best not to also be racist.

[mtngirl47]

61. Besides the boycot--they're also facing a class action lawsuit

from their employees for not paying their drivers up to minimum wage.
http://www.daytondailynews.com/news/crime--law/local-pizza-delivery-drivers-sue-papa-john-over-wages/pugbiOoF1snresJ5DgMVbJ/

Karma.

[BlueJac]

63. Shitty pizza does not sell!

[sakabatou]

64. Let me get out my Planck-scale violin

[Bleacher Creature]

66. He was the guy who threatened to raise his prices if Obamacare passed.

I won't lose any sleep over his troubles.

[SunSeeker]

67. Their pizza sucks. If I am going to clog my articles, I want it to at least taste good.

And I sure as fuck don't want to help the bottom line of some right wing asshole.

[BobTheSubgenius]

75. Poor, poor John. I would never kick him when he's down.

It's better to wait for him to get to his knees so I don't miss.

[Renew Deal]

76. The pizza is probably hurting more than the boycott

[liberalhistorian]

77. Good riddance.

Shit pizza, shit management.

[Hulk]

79. Good...good...good!

I wouldn't buy one of his pizzas if I was starving to death and it was the only thing left to eat.

[Sunlei]

82. UBER delivers, Doordash, Grubhub, & Amazon restaurant delivery services- kill off 'pizza delivery'

Papa Johns & other fast food pizzas have to improve their food quality to stay in business.

[extvbroadcaster]

84. His pizza sucks

Have to agree here. I have eaten Papa Johns probably 10 times. Each time it was pretty bad. A few times, when he ran promotions, the pizza was free or half price. Even then, it was hardly worth the trouble to choke down. Pizza hut and Little Caesars are better, and they are both pretty bad too. Sometimes a cheap pizza, at maybe 7.99 is not worth it compared to a good one at 11.99. Plus Papa John is a jerk.

[gvstn]

85. I agree with all the Papa Johns haters.

Practically no sauce, skimpy toppings and tasteless cheese. Where are the "better ingredients"? At least Caesars and Pizza Hut flavor their sauce with some pepper or oregano or something, and they actually give it to you on the pizza.

[UCmeNdc]

90. They make lousy pizzas anyway, add that recipe to their old CEO's political agenda equals stay away

customers.

[Kimchijeon]

92. Good, they are horrible and deserve the bad rap

Treating employees like crap, not to mention shitty pizza.

[MrScorpio]

94. Has anyone seen his house?

He gets no pity from me.

[SergeStorms]

95. Maybe if it tasted better....

than the cardboard box it was delivered in people wouldn't be so hesitant in buying it. Oh, that the part about the owner being a Nazi doesn't help much either.