2 August 2018 The founder of Papa John's says the pizza chain does well with him as its public face, and that it was a mistake for the company to scrub him from its marketing materials after he acknowledged using a racial slur last month.
13 July 2018 Schnatter has long been the face of the brand, and Papa John's has acknowledged in regulatory filings that its business could be hurt if Schnatter's reputation was damaged.
31 May 2018 Chains and local businesses mark National Doughnut Day — 1 June — with free food and other promotions.
15 November 2017 Papa John's Pizza has apologized for comments made by CEO John Schnatter blaming sluggish pizza sales on NFL players kneeling during the national anthem.
2 November 2017 The pizza chain will be removing the NFL logo and the label of "official sponsor" from their television commercials, but they have not stopped advertising with the league.
2 November 2017 A meme comparing the founders of Papa John's (John Schnatter) and Little Caesar's (Mike Ilitch) pizza chains contains a mixture of facts and factoids.
4 October 2017 Pizza Hut is not giving three pizzas away to contest entrants in celebration of their 58th anniversary.
20 July 2016 A Colorado Papa John's customer reported that the restaurant dispatched a pizza box upon which an offensive racial epithet was printed.
19 February 2016 A fictitious quote about the pizza chain's earnings was attributed to Papa John's CEO John Schnatter.
