Everything That Went Wrong With Papa Johns Pizza 

Don't worry about it...the fact that you DON'T know who they are means that your parents did right by you!

If im in the mood for gas station pizza, Hunt Bros is my go to. If its in my area. ​@obsidian00

Maybe keep watching the video and find out?

Military post shoppette standard pizza

U don't fill up on gas huh

its almost like they had to cut corners to save a dying business and appease shareholders after their former CEO used the N word on a conference call 😂

@@poindextertunes He was right

In my opinion it dived when they stopped putting the toppings under the cheese.

@@poindextertunesyou left out a lot of context behind that recording. For starters he wasn’t saying the word to say it, he was quoting what the founder of KFC used to say, to then say how Papa Johns is better because they don’t come from racist origins. 2nd everyone on the board/at the meeting knew he was going to read that quote. In fact he even clarified with the black members present in that meeting if it would be alright to read that quote or if he thought it would be in poor taste. All of them said they were fine with/none objected. And since everyone knew he was going to say this, it was very easy to record it then share it. Some on the board wanted him gone because they wanted to implement cost savings measure, aka the cheap stuff. Worse ingredients, get rid of the internal hiring program, etc. John used to be very proud that he would take people who just started making pizzas in a store like he did and transform them into franchisees. Obviously this isn’t cheap from a raw balance sheet perspective but it fosters a very strong work culture with managers and franchisers who truly care about the brand and in turn their own staff. The quality went down not because they had to save costs to cover “what he said”. It went down because those involved always wanted it to go down. They really thought their customers were too dumb to know if they changed ingredients and overall staff quality so they could save a few bucks. And sadly this line of thinking has infected a lot of corporations where they care more about saving a few dollars than ensuring their customers and employees are happy The business was in no way “dying” before that happened. And it did not “die” because of John. It died without John.

​@@poindextertunes He said that to point out that it's ridiculous people were calling him racist for being against the whole "kneeling during anthem" thing, but they're fine with KFC even though Colonel Sanders would refer to black people with the hard R. It's proven through documents and stuff that it was a legitimate conspiracy by their advertising agency and corporate leadership at the time, to oust John

Yeah, there's no denying that John's a terrible person as evidenced by the various stories of him showcased in the video, but I do feel like he was the only one keeping the Papa John's vision alive and not totally consumed by shareholder greed; the taste has cratered since he left. Now if I had to choose between him staying and the situation we find ourselves in, I think him not being apart of the business was the best choice; no one should have to put up with sexual harassment or any similar behavior. I am lucky though because there's actually a good, local pizza place by me.

I never got this domino's slander. I've loved domino's since they dropped and they're easily the best now.

It was garbage before and after that monster left.

Lies and slander.. But the brooklyn style with sausage is like a trip to the sea side soo

Johns Better, Pizza Papa. Ingredients.

Johns Ingredients. Pizza better, Papa

You guys are funny 😂😂😂

I remember when Hungry Howies first coined that slogan in Kuwait, summer of ‘74 if I remember right. Good times.

@@thestarseeker8196I had Hungry Howie’s one time and the next day the store was gone and I searched all over the city. 😢 First time I cried in years.

Colonel Sanders sued KFC around '69, '70, or somewhere thereabouts. He felt the company wasn't making the chicken correctly. I didn't have it until after that time, but I noticed that after he died, the quality went down then too. Though I don't believe in using lard, I have to admit their chicken didn't taste as good when they replaced the lard about 15 to 17 years ago with what I believe was a vegetable based oil in a move to reduce trans fats.

It’s usually the founder or a member of leadership that brought the company to its peak. They typically have a distinct vision or approach that is hard to replicate once they’re gone. Once a new leader moves in, the business strategies become derivative and the business plateaus

@@lilcotorro esp in the food business, letting the accountants run things can be a disaster. they make small changes for more profits, and the cumulative effect over several years is a food product that has lost its "magic" and identity. customers begin to leave, then the company tries to win them back. That's where Pizza Hut is right now

Yeah but when that special person is also a racist, sexist, toxic boss, one must ask - were they really that special?

Well, Papa John raised the price of pizza way more than that now.

@@BBradshawProductions lol I wonder how much went to workers 🤫

Well, Pizza Mogul, tell us all about running a successful nation-wide restaurant is going for you?

@@ambercrombie789 these are bad business decisions. Why shouldn't they be criticized? Similarly, why should athletes be quiet and John Schnatter talk politics?

@@ambercrombie789 Faxx

That's a good thing, means you weren't dirt poor like we were! 🤣

My mom made us chef boyardee we were very poor and what a treat those were people today have no idea what it is to be humble ​@obsidian00

To be honest I haven’t had before this year and to be honest it’s not that bad at all

​@@obsidian00dirt poor eating out? You clearly don't kno what dirt poor is. White bread, ketchup, slice of Gov't cheese was dirt poor.

Best gas station pizza, well pizza in general

Wow very kind

He did door to door sales of coupon books in my old neighborhood

The guy is still racist. Bet you aren’t black.

I personally think that their pizza even before John's ousting was only mediocre at best. My goto pizza in my early 20's when I did eat pizza regularly as a ma and pa shop called Roman Coin Pizza.

@@dlengelkes comparing a locally owned shop to one of the big five is apples to oranges. Papa johns was the undisputed champ of incredibly cheap and fairly delicious pizza. Now when I go there, it’s either pretty good or damn near inedible

@austinbevis4266 ok that's fair, I thought regionally owned Godfathers pizza was than Pappa John's, but I will say their garlic sauce was decent.

Because papa ain’t involved anymore

Partly because of the retards that work in the fast food chain and there's no one there to actually work. They just sit on their phone

It ALWAYS sucked and he gets exactly what he deserved.

Much like a majority of our current commodities

@@infinidominiontrue, everything is trash

I'll take Hunt Brothers over Domino's anytime...fight me!

there are 9,500 locations lmao

@@fl0pZ3 But, in this area it's pretty much unheard of besides a couple of places.

Good pie.

It's good fresh as a whole pie, but terrible by the slice under a warmer.

My last experience was awful too. The pizza was completely soaked in grease, all the way to the bottom. It was so soggy I couldn't even take a bite. Totally inedible...never again. I hope they go bankrupt.

I've never heard of Round Table lol

​@@dallaselgin2636I guess you hate beer . It is one of the pizza shops that serves beer with their pizzas.

@@dallaselgin2636 same here. a few hunt brothers in the area but never heard of round table

I grew up with Round Table! I loved that the pizzas were named after King Arthur characters. And you could get pizza with (tiny) shrimp, yum! There was also Shakey's. But this was back in the 60s & 70s. I don't think Shakey's is around anymore? Where I live now, Papa Murphy's is across the street, Domino's & Little Caesars a couple blocks away, a little further is a Papa John's. As is pretty much every other major fast food brand. This is not a big city even! Tbh I don't eat any of that, the grocery store is also across the street and it's cheaper to get food there.😊

@@peggywoods4327 Shakey's is still around. Well at least in Los Angeles Metro area. I have had Round Table before and I was not impressed. Little Caesars Detroit Style is not bad. I have had Papa Murphy's a few times but it is inconvenient. As far as Grocery store pizza such as Whole Foods, Costco, or even Sam's Club is even worse because you have no idea how long that pizza has been sitting out unless one witness someone pulling the pizza out of the oven.

Where in Asia? That's a very large continent and it includes India. 😅😊

with a little dash of American racism? 😂

@@poindextertunesthat’s the secret ingredient 😂

Toppings: cat, bat, and dog

It was never a good pizza. Ever.

Their pan pizza is 80% oil.

@@Mikewee777 Bruh that's why my skin soft!uhhhh Pizza pizza? Oh Wait School pan pizza reading programs

Apparently not really considering is mainly available at gas stations and only available in certain states

I see them a lot in small towns. Probably the only pizza place for miles.

@@thepagnaet6361 yep! Good to get on vacations/trips at 11pm lol.

​@@FoxyPinkGirl it's in half the country but yea it's because it's cheap. it's about 200k-300k to start a "hunts bros pizza" compared to say pizza hut or little ceasar which can get up to 1.7 million.

if you like actual pizza then how is Papa John’s your number 1? Straight trash pizza. Sauce too sweet, pizzas are undercooked and yet somehow the dough still has a cardboard taste to it. Garlic sauce is “liquid butter alternative”. The best part of their pizza was the marketing gimmick.

@@poindextertunes because I know if someone tries to be like you then I can disregard everything they say since they lack taste buds 🤣

@@poindextertunes I hate pizza but love papa johns.

I prefer to go with local, non-chain pizza places. We have a local one that still has an all-you-can-eat buffet. I find Pizza Hut to be greasy. I didn't like Dominos years ago but they changed their crust and after that it was better. Papa Johns is okay. Their "New York" style pizza is a joke. All of them are too expensive to eat very often these days. Haven't ever tried Little Caesar's.

I remember about 7 years ago I would order a large 3 cheese pepperoni for $8 from PJs

That's a really cool story. Can we hear it again?

Yeah, the local joint has a 9.99 in person lunch deal which bangs!

I wanna say Vegemite beats it out for absolute disgustingness but can't compare rn

@@infinidominion Bit Vegemite (like Marmite) at least people tell you "you may not like this". There no excuse for that Special Garlic Sauce, which I am sure tastes better when it's left under a radiator for a week.

Technically it’s pretty gross. I remember the first few times I ordered Papa John’s pizza bag in the 2000s, I didn’t even know what the hell I was supposed to do with it - put it on the pizza? Dip the pizza in it? Dip the crust of the pizza? Lol. I still don’t know if there’s any agreed-upon rule, but it does help make the crust more flavorful

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It exists! I swear! I've had them and they taste about the same as Digiorno. You just have to go to some no-name back roads country bumpkin gas station to get it. No one decides to get their pizza. Circumstances force you to. Strange, almost weird..., that this video lists them as a top 5.

It does, but it's gas station pizza in Appalachia.

Thats a huge indication of a clearly terrible pizza chain. Being 70 you’ve tasted a lot of pizza and the fact PJs sticks out as your least favorite should definitely say something about their quality

Feed someone that small pizza is not good

you never tried Little Cesar's in up or'ver by the trailers park

Grotto's or I call it, Rotto's.

But they give you the dipping sauce to mask the taste of the pizza.

@@Brad-ic4bp😂

Yesss!!! Do Cici’s!!!

Our local cici's in Springfield Ohio got shut down. They were caught on video washing the dishes behind the store with a garden hose before the callaspe of the company during covid.

I thought they already did...I'm proud my city ran Cici's out of town

@NASCARFAN93100 Cici is the only time I've had pizza, was physically full but still craved pizza spiritually.

I finally got to go to one in South Carolina after seeing commercials for it for my whole life and It was amazing

I stopped after the racism

Godfathers was my family's chain of choice when I was growing up.

I LOVED that place as a kid! There was a store in my town in Iowa and it was always my favorite. Loved the soft, thick crust!

@@geoffreyreuther5260 My older friend talks about this place sometimes.

Now that's been reduced to gas station pizza like Hunt Brothers.

Haven't thought about them in years. Used to be a great place until the business seemed to detonate practically over night.

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dang ALTHOUGH pizza Goodd

It's amazing how he can be a moron in so many ways but so good in a few areas where he counts. In another comment I mentioned my own negative experiences with him. He's an asshole, unpleasant all around, doesn't seem bright or capable.. but despite these glaring flaws the company seemed to function better undearneath him. Are... are the new people in charge less capable than someone we all genuinely dislike and have no faith in? Christ alive, I have zero experience running a franchised corporation but I get more faith in myself every day knowing how incapable everyone else was.

@@brittislove I've always assumed that most of his success came from his connections; as I alluded to with the Pitino story, he knew a lot of people in the sports programs at U of L and likely used them to get in with the NFL. The investors probably cared less about him being a foul-mouthed racist and more about him cutting ties with those people, because they knew that not having that in would kill the company (that's probably why they immediately went to Shaq and tried to get SOME kind of sports sponsorship going again). Once his connections were gone, there was no reason to keep him around.

When I make homemade pizzas, I never put sugar in my tomato sauce.

I ate from Papa John's and absolutely hated it.

I’ve heard of Papa John’s and can’t say I ever cared much.

you've probably seen them before but just didn't actually pay attention. It's always at like gas stations and bowling alleys and stuff. Source - I'm a 40 year old Hoosier and have been here most of my life.

They're around. I got a friend who lives in the middle of nowhere IL. They got a few of them in the gas stations around there.

@@indyhondagod theyre practically in every single non-chain gas stations from the east coast all the way to the south west and everywhere in between. Im in Oklahoma and can really be found at every gas station except for QuikTrip, Kum N' Go, and Caseys.

@lt200420 I live closer to the city so I don't see a ton by me. I'm sure they're around but I also don't really look either.

I've been to 36 states and I've never heard of them either🤷

they make good pizza.

I love how naive you are, do u think wearing gloves makes it cleaner, think again.

Hey man Papa John’s ain’t the best pizza in the world but they got some good deals.

@@NotMyWar ok, I can agree with that. It was also the very first place I had that delicious garlic butter sauce and a pepperoncini, so there's that lol

@@Blitzkrieg1976 their breadsticks though? They deserve some criticism lol

Always… And you can see his little underlings in the comments too. Anyone siding with this guy on the issue of him using the N word in a PROFESSIONAL setting 🤦‍♂️ has clearly never worked in a corporate environment to begin with. It’s crazy to me that ppl who have lived their entire lives with most everything catered to their demographic would claim oppression over a man losing his job bcuz the SHAREHOLDERS can see that his actions are going to lose them money 😑

​@@poindextertunesthe n word is funny tho

@@poindextertunesthey set the dude up because he wouldn’t shrinkflate and was extremely stubborn about the quality of ingredients and the way he ran everything including the ability to work up the ladder and end up being a franchisee from just starting at any papa John’s chain in the world lol that being said he shouldn’t have said that absolutely

@@poindextertunes People who wanted to take over his company baited him into saying it to get him fired.

It's gas station pizza in Appalachia where Dollar General is more common than grocery stores.

"The day of reckoning has come." --Me, on the toilet, after eating PJ pizza.

I’ve yet to see a single comment here from somebody who has met him saying he was a nice guy. Given these anecdotes, his public image and all those negative reports about him over the years, it sounds like he’s indeed a pretty crappy guy

Marcos brand is not bad but the crust could be better.

P.J. PIZZA got worse during COVID.

Little Ceasars does that with the "Detroit" pizza 🍕 but it's still decent.

Sure but you don’t have to be a dictator butthead about it

@@pensivepenguin3000 you kind of do