Papa Johns

[Gulo Blue]

https://money.cnn.com/2018/07/16/news/companies/papa-johns-office/
So he's been booted from his office now. Removed from all advertising, and the company's name is off Louisville's stadium, and dropped as the pizza of the NFL.


My understanding is that he dropped the slur in the context of a role playing exercise where he said that Colonel Sanders used the term. I have a feeling, this backlash is based on more than just this usage. It's the kind of usage where most normal people would have said "the n-word" instead and nobody would have taken issue because it's talk about using the word as a slur. People must have been sick of him just needing an excuse to give him the boot. I think a well-loved corporate leader would have been able steer the reaction to this differently.

 

[Michchamp]

He's an idiot.

His pizza sucks.

His company was and probably still is circling the drain, so the rest of the executives there and board were probably looking for an excuse to get rid of their founding idiot.

 

[tomdalton22]

He's an idiot.

His pizza sucks.

His company was and probably still is circling the drain, so the rest of the executives there and board were probably looking for an excuse to get rid of their founding idiot.

I haven't had that pizza in a while. I seem to remember I kind of liked it...I think they had pretty good garlic butter sauce and it came with banana peppers?

 

[Gulo Blue]

I haven't had that pizza in a while. I seem to remember I kind of liked it...I think they had pretty good garlic butter sauce and it came with banana peppers?

Yeah, of the lower tier, massive chain pizza places, I thought it was above average. Pizza Hut > Papa Johns > Dominos > Little Ceasars

But Papa Johns was usually so much cheaper than Pizza Hut, it was my go to place the handful of times per year I got that kind of pizza.

Frozen pizza beats all other options when it comes to cheap pizza.

 

[Mitchrapp]

Yeah, of the lower tier, massive chain pizza places, I thought it was above average. Pizza Hut > Papa Johns > Dominos > Little Ceasars

But Papa Johns was usually so much cheaper than Pizza Hut, it was my go to place the handful of times per year I got that kind of pizza.

Frozen pizza beats all other options when it comes to cheap pizza.

Frozen Pizza is much better now than it used to be. You can get some good stuff these days ..

 

[Michchamp]

I haven't had that pizza in a while. I seem to remember I kind of liked it...I think they had pretty good garlic butter sauce and it came with banana peppers?

Yes, it came with garlic butter sauce and banana peppers.

It was still the worst of the pizza delivery chains.

 

[Michchamp]

Dominos >>>> everything else >>>> Papa John >>>>> Papa John's Pizza

 

[Mitchrapp]

The thing about Domino's, is sometimes they can be downright awful. Pizza Pizza is like eating cardboard.. We have a non chain by our home that is pretty good.

 

[Spartanmack]

When I was in college Papa John's was totally different and back then I would rank it up there with Little Caesar's pan pizza. I had it a few years after college and it was totally different.

Little Caesars/Papa John's > Pizza Hut > .... > Dog food > Dominos

Back in my CPA days I had an Italian meat company as a client. During the plant tour we came up on this MASSIVE steel bin full of something resembling meat, the audit managers asked "what's in there?" and the controller replied "that's grade D sausage." The follow-up questions was "who do you sell that to, dog food companies?" and the controller said "no, Dominos buys it by the ton."

I know Dominos revamped their whole product line with the whole fresh ingredients push, but between living in 2 big pizza towns (Chicago and New York) the last 24 years, I've always had more than enough local pizza options that are WAY better than any of the chains. I probably haven't had big chain pizza more than 3x in the last 20 years. The last one being Dominos when I went to watch Floyd Mayweather destroy Connor McGregor on PPV at a friend's house.

 

[tomdalton22]

Dominos >>>> everything else >>>> Papa John >>>>> Papa John's Pizza

I don't think I have had Dominos in 20 years. I don't think there is one near me that delivers.

 

[Gulo Blue]

Dominos seems like the most temperature sensitive pizza to me. There's a narrow window when it's first delivered where it's ok. Then something happens as it cools and reheating won't help. I think it's the cheese mostly. It's good the first time it's melted, but once it's cooled off and coagulates, it's done.

 

[Michchamp]

Dominos seems like the most temperature sensitive pizza to me. There's a narrow window when it's first delivered where it's ok. Then something happens as it cools and reheating won't help. I think it's the cheese mostly. It's good the first time it's melted, but once it's cooled off and coagulates, it's done.

you know the trick about microwaving your pizza with a glass of water to keep it from getting soggy when you re-heat it, right?

Oh, of course you do... I assume. you probably came up with that trick, now that i think about it.

it has something to do with the microwaves, and the energy transferred through water, the molecular structures and what not.

 

[Gulo Blue]

you know the trick about microwaving your pizza with a glass of water to keep it from getting soggy when you re-heat it, right?

Oh, of course you do... I assume. you probably came up with that trick, now that i think about it.

it has something to do with the microwaves, and the energy transferred through water, the molecular structures and what not.

I don't. I've been using a cast iron pan like a savage.

 

[Polish-Hammer]

Papa Johns is awful.

Twice they tried to expand to Windsor (Kanatian side of river) and both times failed. Pizza is overpriced and rubbish compared to local competition.

 

[tinselwolverine]

Papa Johns is awful.

Twice they tried to expand to Windsor (Kanatian side of river) and both times failed. Pizza is overpriced and rubbish compared to local competition.

The trick with Papa John?s and Really all the other chain delivery pizza is To know how to season it once you get it delivered.

First you sprinkle a little oregano on it

Then a little basil

Then some of those crushed red peppers

Then a few olives

Then some sun-dried tomatoes.

Then a little fresh virgin oil.

Then you throw that shit in the trash and you eat the box.