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Papa Johns founder and chairman resigns amid racist slur......will this effect our program with them....

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Nothing should change for the near future. He was already on his way out for previous issues regarding race. From a brief look at the available information, stock has been on the decline. When push comes to shove their financial health will influence their MS program.

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I wonder what Papa is going to do now?

Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 07/12/2018 10:12AM by SunnyDays2.

Future Ambassador to Italy perhaps?

Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 07/12/2018 12:08PM by jgoodwin.

Take his money and go home is my guess? He has more then he would ever need if he didn't waste it.

Orlando - lightly shopping NC

Hey, Botox is expensive.

The former MS company for them sent out a survey asking if consumers would be affected.

"I told myself to quit you; but I don't listen to drunks." -Chris Stapleton

Their prices will drop so consumers will luck out, and since I never ever had one or did their shops, I would say, racist remarks are a no no , maybe he and Roseanne can hook up....

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If I hadn't made money off the shops I would never have done one. Thank goodness the shops don't require us to actually eat the pizza.

The pizza taste and texture is GREATLY enhanced if you take your shop pizza and slam it in a pipeing hot oven to finish cooking. you get a crispy yummy flaky crust and NOT that MS shop pale, floppy, limp, (wait a minute- that's my ex.) pizza and turn it into tasty just by cooking it more.

That's funny...the part about the ex. He was pale,floppy, limp, and apparently not tasty.

I have taken them and put more sauce, fresh herbs and seasonings, extra toppings, drizzle of olive oil, baked for 10 minutes, and made it edible. Not as good as making it my own or getting pizza from a local chain, but edible.

That was truly the worst pizza I have ever had and then the shop was rejected - a double whammy.

I got one of those short surveys, too. I did not think this MCS who sent out survey was offering those papa shops at this time. Perhaps planning for the future ? They did offer papa shops at one time. So I replied to this survey and made it abundantly clear I will not shop for papa. not only racist but this gazillionaire works his em,ployees like rented mules. I have seen one employee toss crusts, prepare the toppings, bake them while ringing out purchases and taking phone orders. Yeah, Karma's a $%^&(*

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Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 07/12/2018 09:21PM by SS4U.

Many PJs are franchises. So, you can't lump tbeir treatment of employees in one bucket. My daughter has worked at several different ones, in different states, for the last 15 years. The pay is not good, but at her, they are flexible with her hours, so she can attend her kids' school functions. The franchise owner makes all the difference.

Right! It's OK if you put it in the oven!

Since i started these i have become addicted i love the pizza i purchase at least once a week shop or no shop

I think some people are being overly critical. I get that it's not great pizza, but it's darn good for one of the national chains (most of them are not that great)

Orlando - lightly shopping NC

@nc wrote:

Right! It's OK if you put it in the oven!

The pizza or the ex?

I did one a few months ago and the pictures looked good but according to the editor they did not looked good

I am not sure what you did but I can tell you it is not too bad. Make sure the pepper thing, sauce, etc don't cover the pizza, make sure there are no shadows from the box, they do not like that, and then take a pic from above that shows the entire box, pizza, and your little slip of paper. The only thing that could mess it up would be low light I think..... Take another, they really are easy and worth it.

@Isaiah4031a wrote:

I did one a few months ago and the pictures looked good but according to the editor they did not looked good

Orlando - lightly shopping NC

Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 07/12/2018 11:56PM by oteixeira.

Sheesh, I always take at least 10 photos. No rejections thus far and I have done these with several different MSCs over the past decade.

do y'all remember when we had to flip the entire pizza over and take pictures of the bottom as well? That was a mess.

Orlando - lightly shopping NC

Yes. Before that we had to take a photo of it from the side, take a top view shot, take a photo of every other slice flipped over, then take a box cutter and cut each (of the flipped slices) slice in half and stand it up like a tee pee and number each of those slices 1-4 and take photos of each of those slices. UGH. Things got a lot simpler over time, thank goodness. And even the kids didn't want to eat it anymore after it had been dissected to holy hell and back.

Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 07/13/2018 01:12AM by JASFLALMT.

I remember the every other slice and the teepee as well! Gosh we did a lot for pizza back in the day!

Orlando - lightly shopping NC

Oh, we should talk!

@catlassy wrote:

pale, floppy, limp, (wait a minute- that's my ex.)

"I told myself to quit you; but I don't listen to drunks." -Chris Stapleton

The one I had rejected was when we would flip the pizza over and take the side shot. Each shot had to be labeled with the number on the quadrant. Such a hassle and pretty gross when it was over. One of the quadrants did not have a number showing clearly so the report was rejected. I was so over PJ's that I really did not care.

There is only a place for three photos. I did two photos where I put the information on a piece of paper and one where I put the information on the box

In fact, before I sent the report in I sent the pictures of the pizza to the scheduler and she said that they look good. I guess the company thought was something was wrong

I sent numerous photos and they said they had shadows on them. Where does the guidelines even mention shadows? I blew $25 on something I would have never eaten otherwise, and they refuse to reimburse me. They say "The client won't accept the photos with the shadows" but on the other hand, the scheduler said my photos were great. They also said, "When we crop your photos, they get blurry." How is that my fault? First and last pizza shop with this company.

Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 07/14/2018 04:33AM by iblori.

I don’t live near enough a Papa John’s to consider a shop, but from the discription I’d hate the pizza. The pizza origami teepee photos are such an outlandish idea they sound made up, but I’m pretty sure I’ve read about them before here!

Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 07/14/2018 07:35AM by Stephanieteaches.

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