I really don't get Papa John's Pizza CEO,

[NashvilleLefty]

First, he comes out and says he's going to have to raise the price of his pizzas (by like a whopping $0.14, or something else ridiculously low) because of the ACA. Well, I'm more than willing to pay $0.14 more if his employees actually get Health Insurance!

But THEN he puts out a commercial with Peyton Manning that they're giving away 2 MILLION pizzas - for FREE!

WTF?

[Fire Walk With Me]

1. I've heard he gives money to Romney. 'nuff said.

[Iggy]

2. What's Not to Get?

He's a one percenter...

if congress just happened to (not likely) raise the min wage by a mere .50 cents an hour, this
guy would probaby roll around on the floor, kick his legs wildly and scream this will put
Papa John's into bankruptcy court.

FAIL.

[FarPoint]

4. The pizza business is a cash cow...

One can make money hand over fist with pizza's. Papa is playing to the gop teabaggers...

[Iggy]

6. Umm, not sure about that

food prices are going UP... food retail is all about small margins...

trust me-- I'm in the business

[FarPoint]

9. I make my own pizza....from scratch

use the finest ingredients too....2 large pizza's cost me $12.00..

I use fresh mozzarella, Boars Head pepperoni, King Arthur's Flour...grow my own basil, garlic, make my own sauce from fresh tomatoes....This retail essentially...

Buying in volume....cheaper...so Papa is definitely posturing and pandering.

[whistler162]

14. King Arthur's flour well how elite of you!

[FarPoint]

15. It's the best....

unbleached, unbromated....cost me $3.59 for a 5 pound bag. I use it for making bread too. A huge cost savings as well as good eats.

[Mosby]

23. papa johns is a public company - ticker is PZZA

Trailing 12 months their profit margin is 4.65%. That means for every dollar thru the register they make a little under a nickle.

Afaik no retailer (except maybe walmart) in the US makes a high net margin. Its the manufactures that make bank, like colgate palmolive, unilever, glazo wellcome, kelloggs, apple, cisco, etc.

[NashvilleLefty]

5. Good point. nt

[lynintenn]

3. It can go up to $20.00. I'd do without before I would buy one.

[FarPoint]

11. Make your own!

Fun for the family and tastes 100% better.....Yummo!

[RagAss]

7. who eats that crap?

[jmowreader]

25. People in places where the other choices are worse

Fayettenam, N.C., has Dominos, Pizza Hut and Papa John's - no local joints. If you want pizza, Papa John's is your best choice.

[DainBramaged]

8. Support your local pizza parlour, the mass market pizzas all suck and are run by Pukes

[tarheelsunc]

10. I never liked Papa John's all that much anyway

They've been on my ignore list along with Chick-fil-a for some time now.

[jillan]

12. What I don't get is how he stays in business selling crappy pizzas - with plastic dipping sauce.

I stopped getting their pizzas a long time ago, even before I knew what a partisan a-hole he is.

[Bucky]

13. $2m in pizzas is only a fraction of their marketing budget. And only a fraction of his healthcare

I'm glad he's being required to do it. Since work is the normal place for Americans to recieve healthcare coverage, it's perfectly normal to require it that way. But giving away the pizzas to raise his company's profile isn't really part of the equation here. It's just a promotion stunt.

[NashvilleLefty]

17. Speaking of promos, how much do you want to bet

that he writes off all those pizzas? Screwing Uncle Sam and the rest of us.

[jmowreader]

26. You mean, the franchisees write them off

Papa John's is a franchised operation. People pay him for the rights to the name, buy supplies from his authorized suppliers and operate under his rules.

And yes, these pizzas are a deductible advertising expense.

[Eleanors38]

16. Well, there's Dominos. You don't want to go there. nt

[bluestate10]

19. Buy from mom and pop shops, in particular if they have progressive owners, which a number do. nt

[Eleanors38]

21. I eat/shop at Mom & Pop operations almost exclusively...

Exceptions are ammunition purchases at big box operations (though I will try to get locally-produced when available).

[bluestate10]

18. He gave lots of money to Romney. He is a right-wing bastard.

Buy from local mom and pop pizza shops that don't wear their politics on their sleeves, and if they do, their politics are progressive. I am lucky, I have two shops near me that meet the enlightened category, they get all of my fast food and dining out money. Don't worry about the papa joe employees, they will find jobs with companies that appreciate them, they likely are already looking.

[L0oniX]

20. His pizza sucks donkey ballz ...and it's too much money.

[dionysus]

24. only redeeming quality for that crap is the pepperocini and the garlic sauce..

otherwise... meh

[JI7]

22. All the Papa Johns i have seen are always offering deals to try to get people to buy the shit

[Initech]

27. Steven Colbert: "Papa John's is like eating the ass off a raccoon that drowned in your bird bath."

[Cha]

31. There's that!

[Risen Demon]

28. They were good once upon a day

But that was years ago. As companies get bigger, they get cheaper. Look at DELL. Their computers pioneered a new era of home computers. Then only a couple years later they are using sweat shop labor generic parts and treat their customers like shit. I wish the DoD would kill the contract with them.

I'm an ASUS guy anyways

EDIT: And don't get me started on Pizza Hut. Their dough is frozen and shipped in boxes at preset sizes. You can literally break a frozen pie into a few sharp pieces and use them as shanks.

[jmowreader]

29. I have a better commercial for him

You know that evil federal government my man Romney is about to decimate? (Play stills taken in the Depression to illustrate.)

According to the IRS, advertising (pan across massive display of Papa Johns tearsheets, coupons and advertising reels) is a deductible expense.

According to our lawyer, givin' away free pizzas counts as advertising. So we figured, if Romney gets elected he'll kill that deduction so he can afford to cut my personal tax rate (picture of John's castle) to absolutely nothin', so we better do this now. And where does the money to pay for this deduction come from? Higher taxes on wages and salaries!

So call this number (your local franchisee's order line) and get you a pizza you already paid for!

[B Calm]

30. I buy frozen pizza at the local IGA,

doctor them up and pop them in the oven. Hell of a lot cheaper than buying Papa Johns and more convenient too!

Digiorno's is our favorite!