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How pizza chains can save their own delivery business

 By Jonathan Maze on Aug. 27, 2025

The Bottom Line: Third-party aggregators have been taking more business away from pizza delivery chains. But Papa Johns CEO Todd Penegor believes they have a crucial tool to get that business going.

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Todd Penegor on his first year as CEO of Papa Johns

 By Jonathan Maze on Aug. 27, 2025

A Deeper Dive: Penegor joins the weekly restaurant finance podcast to talk about Papa Johns’ focus on its core pizza, its use of third-party aggregators, technology, artificial intelligence and marketing.

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Papa Johns focuses on its pizza, and sales make a comeback

By Jonathan Maze on Aug. 08, 2025

The number of pizzas ordered from the chain increased 6% last quarter, helping drive sales and traffic growth.

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The market for restaurant chains is heating up

By Jonathan Maze on Jun. 12, 2025

The Bottom Line: A pair of firms are reportedly making a play for Papa Johns, and Bojangles is apparently on the market again. Buyers appear eager to take on certain types of restaurant chains.

Food

Papa Johns bakes croissant dough into a pizza crust

By Patricia Cobe on Jun. 10, 2025

The quick-service pizza chain debuted the new Croissant Pizza in Dubai before it heads to other global locations. U.S. fans will have to travel to get a taste.

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Papa Johns puts the focus back on its pizza, and sales improve

By Jonathan Maze on May 08, 2025

The pizza chain’s same-store sales fell 3% last quarter, but the company is seeing improving results through the current period while transactions turn positive. The company’s stock took off.

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Papa Johns sees some progress in its revamped loyalty program

By Jonathan Maze on Feb. 28, 2025

The quick-service pizza chain upgraded its Papa Rewards program in November, which the company argues is getting lapsed customers ordering pizzas again.

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Takeover rumors send Papa Johns' shares soaring

By Jonathan Maze on Feb. 14, 2025

A media report said an investment fund backed by the Qatar royal family is considering a bid for the pizza chain. The stock is up 30% this week.

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At Papa Johns, moving away from local marketing was a 'big miss'

By Jonathan Maze on Jan. 15, 2025

The pizza delivery chain is looking for strategies to spend more on local marketing, a year after a shift to national marketing did not generate promised sales results.

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Amid slower sales, Papa Johns opens its 6,000th restaurant

By Jonathan Maze on Jan. 13, 2025

The pizza chain’s same-store sales declined again in the fourth quarter, according to preliminary results released Monday. But it reached a key growth milestone last month.

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