Priority development : International
Countries/Regions already covered : North America, Bahrain, China, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Ireland, South Korea, Kuwait, Oman, Peru, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Russian Federation, Saudi Arabia, United Kingdom, Venezuela

Core values:
Focus : We must keep The Main Thing, The Main Thing. We will consistently deliver a traditional Papa John's superior-quality pizza.

Accountability : We do what we say we are going to do when we say we are going to do it. We earn the right to hold others to a higher level of accountability by being accountable to ourselves, our customers and our business partners.

Superiority : Our customer satisfaction must be consistent, quantifiable and demonstrable. At Papa John's we expect excellence - the "best in its class" in everything we do.

P.A.P.A . : People Are Priority Always. Our success depends upon our ability, as a team, to work together to achieve our goals and expectations.

Attitude : If you think you can or you think you can't - you're right! The difference between winners and losers is a positive mental attitude. Our attitude is a reflection of what we value: successful team members must be upbeat, proactive and passionate about everything they do.

Constant Improvement : We never stop trying to surpass our previous best. We constantly "Raise the Bar." No matter how good we are, we will always get better.

As a high school student working at a local pizza pub in Jeffersonville, Indiana, Papa John's founder John Schnatter realized that there was something missing from national pizza chains: a superior-quality traditional pizza delivered to the customer's door. His dream was to one day open a pizza restaurant that would fill that void.

In 1984, "Papa" John Schnatter knocked out a broom closet located in the back of his father's tavern (Mick's Lounge), sold his prized 1972 Z28 Camaro, purchased $1,600 worth of used restaurant equipment, and began selling his pizzas to the tavern's customers. The customers loved the pizza so much that John was able to expand by moving into adjoining space, eventually leading to the opening of the first Papa John's restaurant in 1985.

Today, Papa John's boasts nearly 3000 restaurants in 49 states and 20 international markets. Papa John's also owns or franchises 100+ Perfect Pizza restaurants in the United Kingdom.

More importantly, Papa John's remains committed to its heritage of making a superior-quality, traditional pizza.

- Speciality pizzas
- Side items (breadsticks, chickenstrips, chessesticks)
- Drinks
- dipping sauces and seasonings

We provide a franchise support system designed to support all of your business needs. Papa John's is committed to providing a superior level of service to our franchise family.
Papa John’s strives to constantly improve the support we provide to our franchise family. Highly specialized teams partnering resources with functional expertise in business consulting, marketing, operations and training, support our franchisees. The United States is divided into four divisions. A Division Vice President supported by Franchise Business Directors, Regional Marketing Directors, and Operations Specialists support each division.
The Franchise Business Directors of each region provide complete business consulting support for franchise groups. Their primary focus is to analyze evaluation results, marketing data and training information and then work with franchisees to create tactics and business strategies to help improve an organization’s operations, local store marketing, people development, financial opportunities and training effectiveness and efficiencies.

- The prospective franchise group should have at least one partner with a successful business management background and one partner who qualifies as the Principal Operator.
- The Principal Operator must live in the area to be developed throughout the term of the franchise group’s existence.
- The Principal Operator must have prior fast food general management experience relative to the number of units to be developed and must own or have the right to acquire at least 5% equity in the business within 12 months of hire date.
- A Personal Financial Statement and resume must be submitted for each member of the proposed franchise group; a resume must be submitted for the Principal Operator candidate.

Papa John's Int'l
Chris Sternberg -
P.O. Box 99900 - KY 40269-9990 - Louisville - United States