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In the discussion thread: I will NEVER eat Papa John's again.... [View all]

Sat Nov 10, 2012, 04:13 PM

52. You misunderstand advertising and business. TANSTAAFL

There Ain't No Such Thing As A Free Lunch

The cost of those "free" pizzas are built into the advertising budget. The advertising cost is built into the price of the regular pizzas.

But yes, Schnatter can afford to raise his prices by 12 cents (averaged), but in the long run, he can't afford to squeeze his employees or he'll get an uncompetitive workforce.

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130 replies	Author	Time	Post
I will NEVER eat Papa John's again.... [View all]	Moostache	Nov 2012	OP
THE WORST PIZZA EVER!	lindysalsagal	Nov 2012	#1
THE WORST PIZZA EVER!	Flashmann	Nov 2012	#2
Only tried it once	susanr516	Nov 2012	#47
I certify that.	dchill	Nov 2012	#98
hahahah cardboard and ketchup!	Tutonic	Nov 2012	#67
Tell the Papa how you really feel!	LeighAnn	Nov 2012	#71
Sugary sauce. Blech. Probably HFCS. nt	Ilsa	Nov 2012	#79
Disagree. Godfathers has that honor	chknltl	Nov 2012	#88
I vote Dominos for worst.	gollygee	Nov 2012	#96
We finally got a Papa John's in my town. Not impressed and i don't like Domino's	brewens	Nov 2012	#63
Yeah, this is what I was gonna say too - yuk pizza!	jhrobbins	Nov 2012	#82
The sad thing is...	jeff47	Nov 2012	#89
It sucks bad	UnrepentantLiberal	Nov 2012	#128
He's bucking for a chik-fil-a day, but nobody likes his crap	jberryhill	Nov 2012	#3
Papa John's is dead to me.	liberalmuse	Nov 2012	#4
You won't miss much	Hav	Nov 2012	#5
Papa John's--the new Chik-Fil-A. nt	valerief	Nov 2012	#6
I just sent them an email saying they lost my business (they did - they are next door to my	kestrel91316	Nov 2012	#7
He's Seen The Last Of My Business.	Paladin	Nov 2012	#8
I only had it once	Stagecoach	Nov 2012	#9
I'm from the Northeast, we never buy chain pizza	Marrah_G	Nov 2012	#10
The best	femrap	Nov 2012	#61
Not sure Aldi still owns TJ's	Atman	Nov 2012	#107
I know they are a super big	femrap	Nov 2012	#127
I also shop at Aldi's, but know that they are NON-UNION. I stayed away for decades.	WinkyDink	Nov 2012	#110
They have	femrap	Nov 2012	#124
Almost every town has good little pizzerias	Bluzmann57	Nov 2012	#83
I've heard of it but have never been to Chicago	Marrah_G	Nov 2012	#86
Chicago does have good pizza.	CabCurious	Nov 2012	#111
You certainly are. Out here in the west pizza costs $25 and up for barely adequate if you're	Egalitarian Thug	Nov 2012	#100
Whoa...25 dollars??	Marrah_G	Nov 2012	#113
And up. There are people here that think Pizza Hut is good.	Egalitarian Thug	Nov 2012	#115
ROFL!	Marrah_G	Nov 2012	#122
LOL, true	lalalu	Nov 2012	#126
Take a look at his 40,000 sq foot castle	mnhtnbb	Nov 2012	#11
Worth $7.6 Million two years ago	Roland99	Nov 2012	#65
Disgusting.	smirkymonkey	Nov 2012	#106
My initial reaction to these palatial estates is... laughter.	reformist2	Nov 2012	#129
Add "Applebee's" to the list...	Moostache	Nov 2012	#12
QB Peyton Manning just bought a few Papa Johns pizza franchises in the Denver area.	aaaaaa5a	Nov 2012	#13
Luckily in the Denver area, we have Blackjack's.	ThatPoetGuy	Nov 2012	#29
If I lived in Denver, I would order some too! nt	aaaaaa5a	Nov 2012	#41
So he can afford to give away free pizzas, but he can't afford to pay his workers.	tarheelsunc	Nov 2012	#46
Yup. Apparently he and Manning just "can't afford" another 14 cents per Pizza. nt	aaaaaa5a	Nov 2012	#48
You misunderstand advertising and business. TANSTAAFL	Bernardo de La Paz	Nov 2012	#52
But of course!	FieryLocks	Nov 2012	#68
My husband makes better pizza and there are 3 other	LibGranny	Nov 2012	#14
I like their pizza, but haven't ordered since he came out with that crap.	MNBrewer	Nov 2012	#15
Citizen Kane is fitting. This guy obsessed over a car he sold to start his business:	Norrin Radd	Nov 2012	#16
find a good local pizzaria and tell them why you are eating at their restaurant....	trailmonkee	Nov 2012	#17
What a joke	NICO9000	Nov 2012	#18
I haven't eaten there in 10 years	LadyHawkAZ	Nov 2012	#19
Pizza Hut isn't perfect	Aerows	Nov 2012	#20
yeah, that is pretty nasty	InsultComicDog	Nov 2012	#26
Pizza Hut was the chain that pushed Rush Limbaugh on millions of Americans	Bjorn Against	Nov 2012	#27
Pizza Hut and Papa John's are pretty much the same to me.	AngryOldDem	Nov 2012	#39
I'm proud to say I've never had their pizza once in my life	boxman	Nov 2012	#21
That was a VERY VERY stupid thing for them to do...not good business sense at al	uponit7771	Nov 2012	#22
I used to be a loyal papa johns customer	TheDonkey	Nov 2012	#23
I no longer eat pizza	InsultComicDog	Nov 2012	#24
Fortel's, Little Caesar's, Imo's, Whole Foods Eastside frozen...	gulliver	Nov 2012	#25
Papa Jerkoff	Bad_Ronald	Nov 2012	#28
I support the local pizza businesses.	Dawson Leery	Nov 2012	#30
But do they use free-range or factory-farmed vegetarians to squeeze into sauce?	Ikonoklast	Nov 2012	#37
For the most part, anyone who has eaten there once	Warren Stupidity	Nov 2012	#31
no more for me either	demmis19566ie	Nov 2012	#32
Welcome to DU, demmis19566ie!	ThatsMyBarack	Nov 2012	#121
Thanks to Stephen Colbert, Papa John's will forever be known as a "hot turd pie".	Initech	Nov 2012	#33
Which leave you to wonder.....	whistler162	Nov 2012	#55
This was totally expected. We should have a Canadian-style system and skip all this mess.	limpyhobbler	Nov 2012	#34
This situation reminds me of that stupid show Bosses	noamnety	Nov 2012	#35
Must be something with the Naples, Fl., blazing sun which	HockeyMom	Nov 2012	#36
letter sent,	onethatcares	Nov 2012	#38
This is nothing new. Papa John's has always restricted employee hours.	mn9driver	Nov 2012	#40
Darden Restaurants (Red Lobster, Olive Garden, and others) is planning on cutting hours too	TexasBushwhacker	Nov 2012	#99
So when do these guys turn on their insurance friends	AnnaLee	Nov 2012	#42
R#2 & K for, I never have, also politically, but because of a local issue	UTUSN	Nov 2012	#43
agreed	samsingh	Nov 2012	#44
little casesars is a good one	pasto76	Nov 2012	#45
I ate Papa John's ONCE--and will never again touch it	meow2u3	Nov 2012	#49
Better than boycott: make sure his employees are fully aware of what he is doing.	Bernardo de La Paz	Nov 2012	#50
I have never had a pizza from that scum's restaurant and now never will.	marezdotes	Nov 2012	#51
"I will NEVER eat Papa John's again" Your body thanks you.	retread	Nov 2012	#53
It Is Good To Know	guappo1	Nov 2012	#54
Wait a second here... Isn't he just telling the truth?	FreeBC	Nov 2012	#56
You'd better quit making sense before you get banned. nt	Flatulo	Nov 2012	#87
Oh, how clever.	WinkyDink	Nov 2012	#112
yep, it's just yet another argument towards universal single payer	eShirl	Nov 2012	#101
I'm sorry for the people who work for him but I don't know anyone who eats that fake pizza.	Walk away	Nov 2012	#57
Overpriced sucky pizza, not worth buying in the first place. Now Never Again	we can do it	Nov 2012	#58
I'm sure this ahole likes to talk about the free market	SirRevolutionary	Nov 2012	#59
I read somewhere before the Presidential campaign got really going that Papa John's owner	Grammy23	Nov 2012	#60
What a load of crap...	FieryLocks	Nov 2012	#62
It appears	KatyMan	Nov 2012	#70
I've heard that throughout his chain, employees routinely put nose boogers on all the pizzas	aint_no_life_nowhere	Nov 2012	#64
I haven't had Papa John's for about 15 years	daveMN	Nov 2012	#66
...	FieryLocks	Nov 2012	#69
peachpit24	peachpit24	Nov 2012	#72
One more reason to move to Chicago! Join us here!	mucifer	Nov 2012	#73
I bought one of his pizzas several years back, it was horrible. The shop was apparently a poorly	bluestate10	Nov 2012	#74
Ate It Once ... Too Much Sugar	otohara	Nov 2012	#75
I once had food poisoning after eating papa johns	darkangel218	Nov 2012	#76
I don't like Obama because he ruins the economy	athenasatanjesus	Nov 2012	#77
There are no good chain pizza restaurants	OrwellwasRight	Nov 2012	#78
K&R	ffr	Nov 2012	#80
Is or does Anyone have a ban p johns pizza going?	Thekaspervote	Nov 2012	#81
Dominos has more flavor than Papa Johns	argiel1234	Nov 2012	#84
Kick ass & R	defacto7	Nov 2012	#85
100% solar powered Brooklyn Pizza	texshelters	Nov 2012	#90
That chain has not come to my country	RFKHumphreyObama	Nov 2012	#91
I've never eaten one. I've never looked at one of their signs. In fact, I've never even	cherokeeprogressive	Nov 2012	#92
I'll do you one better - I actually moved out of a town that a Papa Johns located in. nt	Flatulo	Nov 2012	#93
I hang my head in shame, and pale in your shadow.	cherokeeprogressive	Nov 2012	#94
We stopped eating his pizza when I discoverd he was a wing nut.	City Lights	Nov 2012	#95
ef you Papa John	oswaldactedalone	Nov 2012	#97
I'm sorry. I'm truly sorry. But I can't -truthfully- say I'll never eat Papa John's again.	Warren DeMontague	Nov 2012	#102
I am from NYC...therefore I would never eat a chain pizza and frozen bagels unless traveling	graham4anything	Nov 2012	#103
There are Mom and Pop Pizza places even in Naples, Florida	HockeyMom	Nov 2012	#108
That is in my area. I don't eat pizza often and definitely won't get one from them.	Michigan Alum	Nov 2012	#104
I never ate it in the first place.	Justpat	Nov 2012	#105
Papa John and Chic Fil A off my list	TVet	Nov 2012	#109
What happens to the workers	ChazII	Nov 2012	#114
What about the workers?	ChazII	Nov 2012	#116
Older, white male Republicans! This is your chance to support your cause.	gulliver	Nov 2012	#117
I ordered one of their pizzas once.	RomneyLies	Nov 2012	#118
THEN LET'S SUPPORT GOOD FOOD BUSINESSES!	OneGrassRoot	Nov 2012	#119
I hate their ads!	ThatsMyBarack	Nov 2012	#120
I NEVER ate it to begin with!	mnhtnbb	Nov 2012	#123
Don't we have to give up Olive Garden and Red Lobster, too?	libdem4life	Nov 2012	#125
I actually like papa johns	jollyreaper2112	Nov 2012	#130

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