pretty and you love her but is she stupid she forgot my vegetarian scandals accusations
LeBron and the NFL what's all this have to do with a pizza chain well here are 15
untold truths about Papa John's what's the deal with the peppers in every box
it's a red sevina I think will burn a hole right through you anyone who has ever had a Papa John's
Pizza has opened up the box only to Feast their eyes on a single solitary pepper placed in the
far corner of the Box inevitably you've likely asked yourself what's the deal with the pepper
that pepper is called a pepperoncino which is a generic Italian name for a chili pepper and is
placed in each box for a specific reason back when owner and founder John Schnatter was a dishwasher
in his father's Pub back in Jeffersonville Indiana they would always place a pepperoncino in every
pizza box noticing how much the customers enjoyed the pepper accompanying their Pizza Schnatter
continued the tradition when he opened Papa John's a few more interesting facts about that
little pepper Papa John's sources their peppers from turkey and uses up about 25 of the country's
pepperoncino pepper crops that's a lot of work for a little taste of nostalgia the very first
Papa John's was a broom closet you can't spend your day in a broom closet it's no longer room
closet it's now a citadel of Higher Learning most restaurants have humble beginnings even the mega
franchises didn't start out as the big name chains they are now KFC started out as Sanders court and
Cafe which was a former Shell gas station and Burger King began Life as a small Florida burger
joint called instaburger however most fast food franchises can't make the claim of starting out in
a broom closet this is cozy it's a broom cupboard yes the very first Papa John's location was a
broom closet in John schnatter's father's Pub after knocking out a wall to make a little more
room the future Pizza Guru began making pizzas within the closet using second-hand equipment
it only took a year of delivering pizzas from the broom closet for Schnatter to make enough money
and open a true Pizzeria which became the official first Papa John's from a small broom closet in
his father's Pub to an international franchise with over 1200 locations quite the origin story
Papa John's isn't a fan of LeBron protection like a lawyer oh like a non-disclosure agreement who
isn't a fan of LeBron James aside from the question of who the greatest of all time is
LeBron or Jordan most basketball fans seem to like the NBA forward Papa John's on the other
hand apparently not so much back in 2008 during a playoff game against the Washington Wizards fans
could be spotted wearing and waving t-shirts with the number 23 reading crybaby the T-shirt was a
tool used to taunt LeBron James who is playing for Cleveland at the time besides the aforementioned
writing on the shirt the Garment also happened to sport the Papa John's logo suffice it to say
Cleveland fans were not happy with the pizza chain for producing the shirts in fact some
online fans even said they were boycotting the pizza franchise for producing the Garment this
situation managed to not only enrage LeBron fans but also caused business to drop slightly the
franchise has since apologized Mr James and blamed the incident on a Washington franchisee for making
the shirts new to babletop then make our day and hit that subscribe button thanks John paid
a lot of money to get his beloved car back anyway Let's Get Serious you want to buy this car one yay
well I don't know we have to think about him before John Schnatter became Papa John he was
just a man with a dream a dream and a car a car he was apparently very fond of Schnatter
was forced to sell his prized 1971 gold Camaro for twenty eight hundred dollars in 1983 to fund the
opening of a pizzeria the non-broom closet type that is Mater didn't get to say goodbye goodbye
selling his car and
John did end up finding his car and buying it back for a hefty price Schnatter ended up paying
250 thousand dollars for his beloved Camaro from a man in Kentucky surprisingly the car was only
165 miles away from the Papa John's Kentucky headquarters Papa John's is vegan friendly
with a small hack in the natural fiber clothing I assuming some kind of vegetarian denomination
that we're vegans Pizza is beloved by most people on this planet that's a safe assumption however if
you happen to be vegan chances are you'll tend to avoid Pizza even without slices of pepperoni and
other assorted Meats Pizza still contains a few vegan no-nos luckily the crust and sauce of Papa
John's Pizza are a hundred percent vegan so if you just order one without cheese and obviously meat
you have yourself a vegan ready pizza vegans can also enjoy the garlic dipping sauce often
accompanying the pizza as it too is vegan friendly so for all you vegans out there wishing to finally
sink your teeth into a slice of Papa John's feel free to indulge to your heart's desire a
certain Hip-Hop star loves the chain or at least she did what is it that you really like to do
each Hip Hop star Iggy Azalea is mostly known for her pop infused hip-hop music however a fact about
the Australian performer that may not be known is that she is very fond of Papa John's Pizza yes
the rapper has a taste for the pizzas served up by the U.S pizza chain unfortunately the controversy
Cloud that often hovers over Papa John's wasn't too far away apologize to me and I'm supposed
to forgive him and then we go back to being a big happy family as one of the chains delivery drivers
apparently shared the hip-hop Star's phone number with his family and friends who then proceeded to
call Azalea this resulted in Azalea taking to Twitter to let the world know what happened and
she demanded an apology from Schnatter himself some might say that the incident and ensuing
Fallout was far from fancy Papa John's has the honor of being the official Pizza of the alt-right
on the pizza guy's car is still running outside full tiles not one of them the same do politics
and food mix to be honest it seems like a good idea for fast food franchises to
keep their political affiliations and opinions to themselves and stay neutral not if you happen to
be Papa John's it would seem as the national Pizza chain has been hailed as the official Pizza of
the alt-right the distinction comes from comments made by owner and founder John Schnatter that were
picked up by an alt-right extremist publication the publication went on to write a piece stating
that Papa John's would be a perfect candidate to become the official Pizza chain for the alt-right
it didn't take long for the PR department of Papa John's to release a statement the release stated
that the chain was not only Against Racism hate speech and discrimination but the chain does not
want organizations such as those buying their Pizza Schnatter stepped down as CEO this is me
expressing myself okay back in 2017 the founder of Papa John's John Schnatter announced that he
would be stepping down as CEO of his beloved organization the following year schnatter's
stepping down came after making controversial comments about the Chain's dwindling business
being a result of the NFL protests which had the unforeseen side effect of alt-right organizations
proclaiming the pizzeria their Collective Pizzeria your big mouth was a revelation I appreciate that
while Schnatter never came forward to say that it was the resulting controversy that prompted his
resignation it seems likely that the alt-right honoring the national chain caused the founder
to say adios despite Schnatter officially stepping down as CEO he would remain the
face of the franchise the racism allegations this gentleman says that I'm not permitted to
dine here unfortunately Papa John's has had its fair share of racism allegations let's
start out with Papa John himself John Schnatter and his use of a racial slur during a conference
call despite his justification of the use of the word Schnatter ended up stepping down as the CEO
of the company shortly thereafter the racial controversy doesn't stop there however as in
2013 a delivery driver left a racial slur-filled voicemail for a customer after failing to receive
a tip the delivery driver and another employee who could be heard laughing in the background during
the voicemail rant were both fired following an apology from Schnatter in 2016 another incident
involving a customer in Denver received a nasty message complete with racial slurs on the receipt
for his pizza and if that wasn't bad enough down in Louisville a woman received a similar racial
slur message on her receipt a month after the Denver incident Papa John's was sued by Schnatter
your best friend is suing you for 600 million dollars yes the founder and former CEO of Papa
John's sued the very chain he created back in 2018 which was the same year he stepped down as CEO the
lawsuit claimed the franchise denied Schnatter access to company records and that he was kicked
out of his office at Papa John's headquarters sir you're out of order I don't I show you on order
the lawsuit also mentioned Forbes claiming the magazine had falsely accused Schnatter
of using racial slurs though John did admit he had used the slur albeit in a quoting manner
Forbes released a counter statement to the lawsuit which basically stated the lawsuit was an attempt
to distract from his own controversial actions unfortunately this is far from the only time the
pizza chain has been sued there have been major accusations made toward the Chain by employees
I wasn't thinking about you he was thinking about himself the controversy never seems to end for
the national Pizza chain as Papa John's has had several accusations launched their way by former
employees in 2018 many former employees came forward informing Forbes Magazine about incidents
that had taken place at various locations of the pizza chain several sexual harassment settlements
some dating back to 1999 were brought to light this incident involved Schnatter allegedly groping
and stalking a cell phone representative other accusations include Executives creating a hostile
work environment which included inappropriate remarks lewd behavior and Schnatter encouraging
co-workers to bring their Mistresses to work if that wasn't bad enough the chain has also been
accused of unfair wage practices involving their delivery drivers this resulted in a lawsuit and
an out-of-court settlement awarded to the drivers unfortunately the list of scandals accusations and
lawsuits involving Papa John's is quite Lancy Papa John's has a Stadium named in its honor
what I don't like about Modern Life naming rights on public stadiums Papa John's happens to be seems
to be a big supporter of football most notably the NFL but the chain has some interesting ties
with the world of college football as well all the way back in 1998 the University of
Louisville named their Stadium after the national Pizza franchise with Papa John's signature colors
adorning everything within the stadium and the Chain's recognizable logo as far as the eye could
see the stadium could have been mistaken for a shrine to the popular pizza chain three minutes
to the biggest battle of our professional lives the deal came about after Schnatter paid five
million dollars for the naming rights to the stadium which would be followed by a further 10
million dollars used for the Stadium's expansion uh but yeah as far as the Stadium's name don't get
too used to it John College's cut ties with Papa John's your son is going to college sometimes it's
best to keep your opinions comments and Views to yourself in the case of Papa John's founder John
Schnatter this is definitely advice to live by in 2018 as a result of comments Schnatter made during
a conference call the University of Louisville changed the name of its Stadium which had been
named Papa John's Cardinal Stadium to Simply Cardinal Stadium the comments made by Schnatter
forced the University of Louisville to promptly rename the stadium however Louisville was far
from the only institution of Higher Learning to sever ties with the pizza chain Poor House
College the University of Kentucky and Oregon State also distanced themselves from Papa John's
Papa John's claimed protesting NFL players are bad for business ruling he revealed to the country
that his only role is to ensure decorum remember that whole thing about John Schnatter saying that
kneeling NFL players were bad for business well it's time to shed some light on that particular
subject 2017 was not a stellar year for Papa John's the national Pizza chain experienced a
drop in business and a loss of Revenue as a result according to Schnatter the drop in business was
the fault of the NFL and the organization's inability to handle the controversial issue
of players taking a knee during the national anthem did you know what I had a really rough
night and my boss can back me up on that I'm your boss at the time the pizza chain was the official
sponsor of the NFL and schnatter's opinion was that his company's Financial woes were due to
the NFL's leadership failings Schnatter himself is reportedly worth around 800 million dollars and
his business seems to be doing just fine all these years later so it doesn't seem like the founder of
Papa John's will be clipping coupons and searching out the two for one sales anytime soon Papa
John's as a drug front sorry it's just you guys don't at all look ready for the drug test today
drug test today so when it comes to controversial subjects to be associated with nothing beats drugs
especially the hardcore stuff unfortunately Papa John's has had some controversial moments
with narcotics in the past back in 2016 it seems there was a secret menu item available
at a Papa John's location in the Seattle area police received a tip that a few employees at
the location were dealing cocaine in the parking lot of a particular Papa John's
undercover police officers managed to make a buy at the location after ordering their
pizza and waiting in the parking lot at which time they would receive the drugs tucked inside
the pizza box the investigation was called operation extra olives and the investigation
ended with the arrest of two Papa John's employees 28 thousand dollars and Other
Drugs seized and a blemish on the reputation of the franchise luckily the pizza franchise
never experienced controversial happenings ever again oh wait we've got more just tap or click
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