Papa John's CEO blames NFL lackluster pizza sales.

[muntrv]

https://www.cnbc.com/2017/11/01/papa-johns-slams-nfl-leadership-for-lackluster-pizza-sales.html

[Freddie]

1. How about lousy pizza for the real reason

There was a Papa John's in my town that lasted less than a year. Nice couple from my church owned it and hired a few church youth so I had to try it a couple times. Bleh. We have a lot of "real" pizza places around here plus the usual chains, they couldn't compete.

[spanone]

2. sounds like trump....blame everyone else.

[bdtrppr6]

3. papa john

your pizza SUCKS and you hate your employees, i hope you go under.

[Johonny]

4. NFL viewership is down only 5% in the last five years

And how much of his pizza business can be based on NFL games? If it really is 10 to 11% then he has a terrible business model.

[hamsterjill]

5. I've had Papa John's pizza exactly once in my lifetime.

When I worked for an uber conservative company and they had it brought in for a company lunch. Tasted like cardboard. It was painfully obvious that the restaurant had skimped on ingredients which I'm sure they do to try to maximize profits.

No thank you. Never again. If their sales are down, they might try making a better product.

[underpants]

6. Maybe Peyton Manning can come through for them in the clutch

Payton. Clutch.