# Papa Johns

> Papa Johns is a publicly traded pizza delivery and carryout company whose real product is a tightly connected operating system: restaurants, franchise rights, dough-and-ingredient distribution, digital ordering, marketing and loyalty. Founded in 1984 and co-headquartered in Atlanta and Louisville, the company operated 5,978 restaurants across 51 countries and territories as of June 28, 2026. Its quality pitch centers on fresh, never-frozen six-ingredient original dough, while its business increasingly depends on franchise economics, supply-chain consistency and a lower-friction digital customer experience.

- **Founded:** 1984
- **Headquarters:** Atlanta, Georgia and Louisville, Kentucky, United States
- **Founders:** John H. Schnatter (Founder and original CEO)
- **Team size:** Approximately 12,000 employees reported in supplied company data; about 89,700 people across the full Papa Johns system, including franchisees and their team members, at December 28, 2025.
- **Products:** Pizza, Delivery, carryout and digital ordering, Papa Rewards, Papadias, Epic Stuffed Crust
- **Notable:** Grew from a 1984 broom-closet operation in Jeffersonville, Indiana, to a public global restaurant system., Operated 5,978 restaurants across 51 countries and territories as of June 28, 2026., Generated $4.92 billion in global system-wide restaurant sales during fiscal 2025.

## Products & services

- **Pizza** — Made-to-order pizzas across original, pan, New York style and stuffed-crust formats, with specialty and build-your-own options.
- **Delivery, carryout and digital ordering** — Ordering through restaurants, papajohns.com and mobile apps, with delivery tracking, saved favorites and group-ordering tools.
- **Papa Rewards** — A U.S. and Canada loyalty program that earns points on eligible spending and converts them into Papa Dough credit.
- **Papadias** — A folded, flatbread-style pizza sandwich introduced as a portable lunch-oriented format; current availability varies by market.
- **Epic Stuffed Crust** — Cheese-stuffed crust built from the chain's original dough, expanded through limited-time variants.
- **Papa Bowls** — Crustless, oven-baked combinations of pizza toppings, sauces and cheeses.
- **Franchise and development rights** — Domestic and international restaurant licenses, development agreements, training and operating support.
- **Quality Control Center supply services** — Production and twice-weekly distribution of fresh dough, sauce, food, paper goods and operating supplies to North American restaurants.
- **Restaurant technology services** — Point-of-sale, online and mobile ordering, software and related services supplied to company and franchised restaurants.
- **Papa Johns Garlic Flavored Sauce** — A bottled grocery product inspired by the chain's Special Garlic Dipping Sauce, launched at select U.S. retailers.

## Achievements

- Grew from a 1984 broom-closet operation in Jeffersonville, Indiana, to a public global restaurant system.
- Operated 5,978 restaurants across 51 countries and territories as of June 28, 2026.
- Generated $4.92 billion in global system-wide restaurant sales during fiscal 2025.
- Opened 279 restaurants during fiscal 2025, including 183 in international markets.
- Built a North American supply network with 11 U.S. Quality Control Centers and one Canadian center producing and distributing fresh dough.
- Was the first national pizza delivery chain to announce removal of artificial flavors and synthetic colors from its full food menu.
- Reached 20 million Papa Rewards members in 2021.
- Delivered seven consecutive quarters of positive international comparable sales through the second quarter of 2026.

## Latest updates

- **2026-08** — Second-quarter results showed global system-wide sales down 4.8%, North American comparable sales down 8.3% and international comparable sales up 1.5%; the board suspended the quarterly dividend to fund transformation investments.
- **2026-08** — Chris Lyn-Sue became Global Chief Marketing Officer, John Matter became Global Chief Development Officer, Caroline Miller Oyler expanded her remit, and Jenna Bromberg began an advisory transition before departing.
- **2026-07** — Epic Pepperoni-Stuffed Crust returned nationwide as a limited-time product.
- **2026-05** — Papa Johns and Disney/Pixar announced Toy Story 5 menus in 43 markets plus Pizza Planet pop-ups in Los Angeles, London, Seoul and Madrid.
- **2026-05** — The company moved beyond restaurants with a bottled garlic-flavored sauce sold through major U.S. grocery retailers.
- **2025-04** — Papa Johns and Google Cloud expanded their partnership and formed PJX to develop AI-assisted ordering, personalization, support and operations.

## Links

- Website: https://www.papajohns.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/papajohns
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/PapaJohns
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@papajohns
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/papajohns/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/papajohnsus/
- TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@papajohns

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Last updated: 2026-08-13