First, a word about the culture war, common decency and political correctness in relation to the signature Italian food of the United States . . .
CNBC: Papa John's founder John Schnatter resigns as chairman of company's board after apologizing for racial slur
Context and a reminder that stupid talk costs money:
"Papa John's founder John Schnatter's conference call in May came to light after Forbes magazine detailed the incident in an article on Wednesday. The report said Schnatter was on a call with marketing agency Laundry Service when he tried to downplay comments he made about the National Football League and allegedly said, “Colonel Sanders called blacks n-----s."
Schnatter complained that the KFC founder never faced public backlash. The call was a role-playing exercise for Schnatter to prevent future public relations fumbles.
Shares of Papa John's fell by as much as 5.9 percent to a new 12-month low of $47.80 a share in intraday trading Wednesday — erasing $96.2 million in market value. The stock recovered somewhat, closing down 4.8 percent at $48.33 a share."
Meanwhile . . .
HERE ARE THE TKC TOP CHOICES FOR LATE NIGHT KANSAS CITY PIZZA!!!
TKC is trying to cut down on carbs so this list is basically just for late night dreaming:
Hands down, the best late night Kansas City pizza is Joe's By The Slice in Westport
Foodies might disagree but they'll lose a (late night, drunken) debate on the topic . .
Sarpino's is open crazy late in Westport and they're worth a look as well.
KC Kitchen & Pizzeria is a new contender but their late night offerings are also worthy of consideration.
Best part, all of these places are open for a few more hours TONIGHT.
You decide . . .
Schnatter was a smart businessman but his success weakened him. He build the company from the ground up out of his car but obviously wasn't a good salesman on the national level.
ReplyDeleteOnce good choice on there. KC needs more late night pizza options, especially downtown.
DeleteMinsky's!
ReplyDelete^^^^ +100
ReplyDeleteWaldo pizza isn't open late and neither is da bronx but they both deserve a mention.
Why reign run for Congress. Look at Mad Max Waters in Ca.
ReplyDeleteNuff bout pizza!
ReplyDeleteNow that CROATIA is in the World Cup Final against France, it's all about celebrating with PIVO and POVITICA!
How can America be so racist if shareholder dump pizza stock and buy prison stock?
ReplyDeletePapa John's is Dominos level bad pizza.
ReplyDeleteI doubt if Papa Johns gets any big names like Peyton manning to advertise for them anymore during NFL season. Once you say the N word for Nigga and you're white they have you for life.
ReplyDeleteNever mind if nigga's call each other nigga's.
Damn, do love Povitica bread, sample the shit out of that stuff at Costco whenever I can.
ReplyDeleteJohn Schnatter & his ego. Perfect example of someone's inability to get out of their own way.
ReplyDeleteI'm a 90s relic and I recall Pyramid Pizza in Westport even delivering as late as 2 or 3 in the morning. Are they still around?
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Bad Trumper Makes Bad Pizza
ReplyDeleteGets Rich Off Lazy Rubes
^^^^ 4:42 nailed it.
ReplyDelete@1:42 - Joe's is in the same spot as Pyramid.
Were his other comments on the NFL racial? If not, I can't see losing your job and the company possibly going out of business with thousands losing their job for that one remark. I really get tired of bending over backward for a certain group of people.
ReplyDeleteI like how TKC included the stock information, the update is that the stock bounced vack and is finished the day up 8%. Don't forget that Schnatter still owns 30 of the compaNY which is worth almost half a billion dollars. He's gonna do fine and probably came out ahead after all of this.
ReplyDeleteDo yourself a favor and buy REAL pizza.
ReplyDeleteOh no! Downtown is a pizza desert! Someone do something!
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