Papa John’s gets absolutely scorched on Twitter after report that founder used the n-word

Pizza lovers no longer care how good your ingredients are, Papa John’s. They’re jumping ship and taking their appetite for subpar pizza elsewhere.
On Wednesday, after Forbes reported that John Schnatter, founder and former CEO of Papa John’s, used th…

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Pizza Hut vs. Domino’s vs. Papa John’s: Trash Pizza, ranked

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You can learn a lot about a person based on where they fall in life’s big debates: Coke vs. Pepsi, Triscuit vs. Wheat Thins, Taylor Swift vs. Katy Perry.

But there is one question that is perhaps the most decisive, the most controversial, the most revealing of what type of person you are: What is your favorite Trash Pizza?

Let’s get this out of the way — pizza is a gotdamn national treasure.

If I had a Personal Brand™, it would be pizza. I frequently wear a pizza sweater, which matches my pizza bow tie, which matches my “pizza fund” change jar on my desk at work, which one time, I cashed out and got $71 for pizza.  Every year for Christmas I ask for “pizza and/or pizza related items,” which is how I now have a pizza-shaped phone charger. And I used to have a Friday night ritual where I would grab a bottle of wine, a book, and eat a whole pizza by myself in bed while reading. (Helpful tips for how you too can live your best pizza life here.) Read more…

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Pizza Hut vs. Domino’s vs. Papa John’s: Trash Pizza, ranked

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You can learn a lot about a person based on where they fall in life’s big debates: Coke vs. Pepsi, Triscuit vs. Wheat Thins, Taylor Swift vs. Katy Perry.

But there is one question that is perhaps the most decisive, the most controversial, the most revealing of what type of person you are: What is your favorite Trash Pizza?

Let’s get this out of the way — pizza is a gotdamn national treasure.

If I had a Personal Brand™, it would be pizza. I frequently wear a pizza sweater, which matches my pizza bow tie, which matches my “pizza fund” change jar on my desk at work, which one time, I cashed out and got $71 for pizza.  Every year for Christmas I ask for “pizza and/or pizza related items,” which is how I now have a pizza-shaped phone charger. And I used to have a Friday night ritual where I would grab a bottle of wine, a book, and eat a whole pizza by myself in bed while reading. (Helpful tips for how you too can live your best pizza life here.) Read more…

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Brands have no idea how to deal with being caught in a political firestorm

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Coffeemaker wreckage, political pizza purchases, and erratic boycott calls flooded social media this week as major brands struggle to navigate the riptide of America’s culture wars.

Controversies like Fox News host Sean Hannity’s defense of accused sex predator and Alabama senatorial candidate Roy Moore and NFL player protests have once again thrust consumer companies into the middle of loud fights over charged topics like racism in America and society’s treatment of sexual assault.

Brands have responded to this activism with all the rigid conviction of an inflatable tube man at a car lot.  Read more…

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Papa John’s politely asks racists to stop buying its pizzas, please

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Papa John’s sales may be terrible, but apparently they’re not desperate enough for customers that they’re willing to embrace racists.

Peter Collins, a public relations representative for the company, told the Louisville Courier Journal on Monday that Papa John’s does not want nor does it need the business of racists.

“We condemn racism in all forms and any and all hate groups that support it,” Collins told Courier Journal. “We do not want these individuals or groups to buy our pizza.”

The comment comes after Papa John’s CEO John Schnatter blamed his company’s plummeting sales on NFL players’ #TakeAKnee protests of police brutality during the national anthem.  Read more…

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