Hey, Papa John's. I'll Have a Large Pepperoni, Hold the HC Surcharge

If that stuff were edible, I'd be happy to pay another 15 cents per pizza to keep 30 million Americans insured.

 

He's just cheap, that's why he likes to whore himself in all of those gawd awful commercials on TV. I just wanna punch the guy in the throat when I see him.

 

Andy Borowitz ‏@BorowitzReport
Papa John's CEO says he will raise prices if "Obamacare" stands, which means the pizza is no longer the worst thing about Papa John's.

 

Good. Its not like his employees were eligible for company insurance anyway.

 

And as Romney has said that they support many of the parts of the Obamacare, how much will it cost with the Republican Redux of HC reform?

 

I realize that the company is trying to make Obama look bad by saying this, but your point - that he's bitching about a 15 cent increase in the cost of a pizza in order to expand healthcare coverage - does make him look like a cheap SOB. Were this to become an issue in the campaign (I rather doubt it will), one would imagine the Obama campaign could make the point that a company with over a billion dollars in annual sales (their last quarter revenue was $318 million) can probably afford 15-20 cents per pizza if it means better health care for its employees.

 

That would be people like me- not much in the way of big pizzerias (the only ones, it seems, where you can get it fast enough) or the small ones where you have to sit and wait, either.

In addition to not being very good pizza, Domino's is a pretty blatant supporter of rolling back women's reproductive rights, so no. Pizza Hut's pizza ain't worth crap. Papa John's wasn't bad, but with this whining, I guess it's time to eat more burgers and Chinese. I'm just ashamed I ever did business there. Is there any way to vet CEOs once they go national so decent people don't end up spending their money in places where it can do more har

 

Papa John's, Chick Fil-a, man who's next?

 

This is actually directly related to the Chik-Fil-A fracas, but somehow seems even more relevant here, as this movement grows .... like a tumor.

John Oliver on his podcast, The Bugle:
Fast Food Restaurants Used as Proxy for Ludicrous Culture Wars in America News!
It’s time for all of America’s fast food chains just to come out and reveal their positions on the most important political issues affecting America right now. Would Taco Bell let the Bush tax cuts expire? Does KFC think it’s time to restore diplomatic relations with Cuba? What is the Cheesecake Factory’s position on abortion?
These are important questions... What is Dairy Queen’s attitude toward a pre-emptive strike on Iran? America needs to know. I can’t enjoy a Strawberry Cheesequake wondering whether or not Dairy Queen would allow Iran to get a nuclear weapon. And hold that burrito, Chipotle! Why don’t you let me know your view on the ethics of stem cell research first?
...

The Bugle, 203: No Medals for Syria
....At the 32:45 mark

 

Thank heavens I live in Chicago where good pizza places are a dime a dozen and I can safely ignore Papa Adolf's, Little Sleazers and Dominos Death Discs.

 

Do his pizzas already cost more in Massachusetts?

 

I've lived in lots of places that aren't worth living in. Most would say that is especially so now. But as my wife and I have already discovered, there are two pizza places that could survive in Chicago within a mile of our house.

When I lived in Chicago, it would shock me to see someone going into or coming out one of those places.

Speaking of "those places," we've left off Godfathers, something that never would've happened if we were still in early primary season.

 

Like how I went to England and saw plenty of natives (not all of them women) drinking Budweiser or any form of "lite" beer. I wanted to pimp slap them.

 

I don't suppose they were hipsters going for irony?

 

One of my favorite pizza places is in an out-of-the-way town on the Oregon coast - Rockaway Beach. Upper Crust Pizza. Finding something like that in an unexpected place is always a bonus.

Papa Johns pulled out of town several years ago owing to a pretty large debt owed to a Kentucky bank by the franchisee. The whole region in Central and Eastern WA I think. No one has mentioned missing them.

 

Here's the funny thing about Papa John's big announcement:

If he just decided to raise the price of his pizzas by $.10 (let's say he did it just to get richer and buy more hookers and blow) I doubt too many people would actually notice. Really. Raising the price of your pizza by 10 cents is supposed to get my attention?

The price of gas fluctuates that much every couple of days, and I buy a lot more of that than I do pizza.

 

This reminds me of the boardroom scene from Heaven Can Wait. Warren Beatty's character Leo Farnsworth is addressing his board, with media present, and tells them they will start catching tuna without harming dolphins. To the objection that it would cost money to save dolphins, he says "yeah, but we don't care how much money it costs, we just care about how much money it makes."

Even comes up with a slogan:

"Would you pay a penny to save a fish who thinks?"

Go for it Papa Johns.

 

As someone who spent over a decade in New York and was born and raised in Chicago, I think each city's version of pizza has its merits. I can appreciate each city's distinctive style without having to compare the two, as they bear little resemblance other than the name. But if you're going to post a photo of a classic Chicago pie, at least show us a representative one. Here's what I and many others consider the epitome of the deep dish Chicago pizza, Lou Malnati's..

 

Never, ever go to the UK without this: