McDonald's made the first call in fast food, and says it could lose out on $50 million a month. Starbucks, Yum, and Papa John's have all followed.

New restaurants will have an open concept and more ways for customers to pick up to-go orders, with a warming shelf and drive-thru pickup area.

After previously claiming to have eaten 40 Papa John's pizzas in 30 days, exiled founder John Schnatter now says he's continued his rigorous testing.

Papa John's said about 14,000 staff at company-owned restaurants, and in its supply chain, can get up to $400 paid in increments.

John Schnatter was fired in July 2018, for using the racial epithet on a conference call.

Papa John’s cheese-stuffed crust is finally hitting stores nationwide on December 28. The Epic Stuffed Crust, which uses Papa John’s original dough filled with cheese, costs $US12 for a large one-topping pizza with the promo code “STUFFED.” This is only the second time the chain has introduced a variant on […]

Panera is adding pizza to the menu, rolling out three flatbreads in restaurants this week. Panera exec Eduardo Luz told Business Insider that the rise of Panera’s take-out, drive-thru, and delivery during the pandemic helped convince the chain to add pizza to the menu. The chain wanted to make a […]

Papa John’s comparable sales grew 24.2% at locations across North America in August. The pizza chain’s sales were boosted by new menu items, such as the massive pepperoni “Shaq-a-Roni” pizza. Pizza sales have soared through the pandemic. Now, chains are getting creative, with new menu items such as Papa John’s […]

Papa John’s same-store sales in the US were up 28% in the most recent quarter. CEO Rob Lynch said that the chain’s strengths in delivery and e-commerce positions it “well for the foreseeable future, as customer ordering and consumption behaviour continues to be affected by the pandemic.” Lynch also attributed […]

On Monday, Papa John’s and Shaquille O’Neal announced the launch of the Shaq-a-Roni pizza, designed by O’Neal himself. The Shaq-a-Roni pizza is an extra-large pizza with extra cheese and pepperoni, cut into six slices instead of eight. The launch comes over a year after O’Neal joined Papa John’s board of […]

On Monday, Papa John’s announced it would hire 10,000 more employees on top of the 20,000 it had planned to hire starting in March. 6.5 million restaurant workers are still out of a job because of the pandemic, but Papa John’s is one of several major restaurant chains hiring right […]

John Schnatter went on TikTok to take followers inside his $US11 million mansion in Louisville, Kentucky. Schnatter is the founder and former CEO of the pizza chain Papa John’s. Forbes reported in 2017 that Schnatter had a net worth of $US1 billion. Schnatter stepped down as CEO of Papa John’s […]

Wingstop and Papa John’s reported same-store sales grew by more than 26% in April, as other restaurants struggle to overcome the sales slump related to the coronavirus pandemic. The National Restaurant Association said in late April that the industry lost $US30 billion in March and was on track to lose […]

DiGiorno’s pizza advertisements claim the frozen pizza is better than delivery. It’s a truth I’ve always wanted to chase down, but one I’ve never had the room in my stomach to – until now. I pitted small supreme pizzas from Domino’s, Papa John’s, and DiGiorno’s to see if DiGiorno’s is […]

Domino’s, Papa John’s, and Pizza Hut are together hiring more than 50,000 new employees amid the coronavirus outbreak. While other restaurant lay off workers and cut hours, pizza chains need more employees to keep up with delivery demands. Roughly 25% of respondents said they increased their use of pizza delivery […]

I tasted a plain, cheese pizza from the chains Domino’s Pizza,Pizza Hut, and Papa John’s Pizza to see which had the best pie. Papa John’s pizza was the most expensive, but I felt it had the least amount of flavour and seasoning. Pizza Hut’s pie had a great, fluffy crust […]

John Schnatter, the founder of Papa John’s, told hosts of the “H3 Podcast” that he did not actually eat 40 pizzas in 30 days, as he appeared to claim in November. The founder said he was simply “inspecting” the pizzas, taste-testing slices. Schnatter was ousted from the company in 2018 […]