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Meet The Coupon-Throwing Papa John's Owner From Hell

Papa John's wouldn't let reader Adi redeem her coupon for a $9.99 extra-large pizza online, so she trekked over to the nearest store in Weymouth, Massachusetts, where she met the franchise owner from hell. The owner insisted that the coupon didn't apply to online orders, so Adi asked to cancel her online order and re-order her pizza in person to get the discount. This prompted the owner to angrily throw the coupon at Adi, before throwing away her ready-made pizza. And was just the start of the fun... More »

9:00 AM on Sun Jun 8 2008
By Carey
28,715 views, 134 comments

Latest by n/a: No worries... not all the owners and employees are that bad! We might not 100% love our jobs (or sometimes customers), but we take pride in our business to know how to (or not to) treat our customers. That woman more »

say cheese

Pizza Hut Raises Prices, Unveils New Strategy: Treat Cheese "Like An Extra Topping"

Pizza Hut has declared that cheese is a topping, meaning that plain pizzas and pies with one topping will now cost the same. The chain's declaration comes in response to the rising price of block cheddar, the light sweet crude of the cheese market. Pizza Hut buys 300 million pounds of cheese each year.
Jennifer Little, a Pizza Hut spokeswoman, said the new strategy is to treat cheese "almost like an extra topping." Little said the price change also could be justified because a typical cheese pizza has about 50 percent more cheese than a similar-size pie with one topping, such as pepperoni.
Papa John's has no plans has no plans to treat cheese like a topping; the Pizza Hut rival hedged its cheese supply, guaranteeing steady prices through the summer. — CAREY GREENBERG-BERGER More »

9:46 AM on Sat Jun 23 2007
By Carey
4,849 views, 53 comments

Latest by Thrust: I rather like Pizza Hut. One of the few places where the cheese still tastes like cheese (though they could lighten up on the deep dish oil). Little Caesars (Canadian at least) cut 90% of the Muenster and 100% of more »

crime

Papa John's Pizza Guy Delivers Drive By Shooting Instead Of Pizza

Bad customer service stories don't usually involve phrases like "bullet casings were recovered" and "drive-by shooting". Alas, this one does. More »

4:37 PM on Fri Apr 27 2007
By Meg Marco
7,348 views, 37 comments

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Papa John's: Best Nationwide Pizza

Papa John's International Inc. received the top rating among national pizza delivery and take-out chains in the Restaurants & Institutions' Consumers' Choice in Chains Survey. The survey rated national pizza chains on " food quality, service, convenience, cleanliness, value, atmosphere, menu variety and reputation." The competition? Pizza Hut scored highest in the "atmosphere" category, but lost to Papa John's in everything else. More »

10:29 AM on Thu Dec 7 2006
By Meg Marco
1,959 views, 41 comments