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Papa Johns is the latest pizza chain to announce the closure of hundreds of locations as customers cut back on their spending.

Papa Johns is the latest pizza chain to close hundreds of locations following a tough quarter as customers pull back on spending.

The company revealed during Thursday’s earnings call that approximately 300 underperforming restaurants in North America will close by the end of 2027, with about 200 of them shuttering this year.

The affected restaurants are those “not meeting brand expectations or lack a clear path to sustainable financial improvement, as well as locations where we can effectively transfer sales to a nearby restaurant,” said Ravi Thanawala, Papa Johns chief financial officer and president of the chain’s North America operations.

    • Supervisor194
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      15 days ago

      Pizza Sauce:
      28oz can of San Marzano whole peeled tomatoes with basil
      3 tbs tomato paste
      1 tbs extra virgin olive oil
      1 1/2 tsp sea salt

      Cheese:
      8 oz part skim mozzarella cheese, grated

      Topping:
      Dried oregano
      Garlic salt/butter

      Yeast:
      60 g lukewarm water
      1/4 tsp active dry yeast
      1 tsp sugar

      Dough:
      8 oz (227g) bread flour
      1 tsp vegetable oil
      1/2 tsp sugar
      90 g water
      yeast mixture from above
      1/2 tsp sea salt

      Directions
      Stir yeast ingredients, allow to foam (5-10 minutes). Mix all dough ingredients (minus the salt) plus yeast mixture in stand mixer with dough hook Knead 15 minutes, adding salt in about halfway through
      Let sit for 15 minutes, covered
      Do a final knead: 4 minutes
      Round dough
      Cover, allow to sit to rise for 1 hour, covered
      Push down dough and round again
      Cover and allow a final rise for 1 hour (or put in the fridge for slow overnight rise)

      Put pizza stone in oven on bottom rack. Heat up oven to 550F, allow it to sit for 30 minutes with the stone in it at this temp.

      Stretch dough to about 16" and place on a peel dusted with corn meal
      Apply sauce, cheese and a sprinkling of dried oregano. Apply melted butter with garlic salt on the crust with a pastry brush

      Shimmy the peel to make sure the pizza is loose
      Shimmy the pizza onto the hot pizza stone
      Should cook in under 10 minutes. When it starts to get brown, switch to the broiler on high to finish off