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Papa John's Backs Down, will Honor Obamacare
Feeling the heat after he said he would cut employees’ hours because he could’t afford the costs of health insurance, Papa John’s CEO and multimillionaire John Schnatter wrote an op-ed in The Huffington Post “suggesting” that his intentions regarding the implementation of The Affordable Health Care Act (Obamacare) for Papa John’s employees was all a misunderstanding. He now plans to provide health care benefits to all of his corporate employees along with all employees working in his company-owned stores.
Papa John’s, like most businesses, is still researching what the Affordable Care Act means to our operations. Regardless of the conclusion of our analysis, we will honor this law, as we do all laws, and continue to offer 100% of Papa John’s corporate employees and workers in company-owned stores health insurance as we have since the company was founded in 1984.”
Good news if true. For both his employees and his business, considering the ongoing boycott. But I for one will wait to see what happens before and what his franchises do, including Peyton Manning, who owns 21 Papa John’s locations. We'll see if they announce their intention to provide health insurance to 100 percent of the employees in their respective pizza operations before I call this a true victory.
But it is nice to see Schnatter feel the heat and that real Americans, ones who care about their fellow citizens, were able to stand up and make him take notice over his ivy-covered mansion walls.
Choke on that pizza GOP, Tea Party and Breitbart loons.
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Forbes had an interesting
Forbes had an interesting piece on the public reaction to Schnatter's politicking.
"According to YouGov BrandIndex, a leading marketing survey that measures brand perception in the marketplace (called “Buzz”), Papa John’s had good reason for concern as the pizza chain’s brand identity has plummeted from a high of 32 on election day, to a remarkably low score of 4 among adults who have eaten at causal dining restaurants during the past month."
Applebee's franchise owners also suffered a similar reaction thanks to Zane Terkel. "Applebee’s “pre-Terkel” Buzz score of 35 now sits at a pathetic 5."
http://www.forbes.com/sites/rickungar/2012/12/04/papa-johns-applebees-and-others-pay-huge-price-for-anti-obamacare-politicking/
It will be interesting to see if franchise owners for Applebee's and Papa Johns decide they have grounds to file suit for lost revenue.
The fact is, as anyone that
The fact is, as anyone that understands it already knows, this law will raise costs significantly. Those pretending to make decisions for a business with comments such as "they can afford" it, are extremely naive.
This has been a concern for businesses large and small (small over 50 but under say 100) since it was signed. It's not necessarily partisan, in fact it never is. Businesses care about their business. They know what will hurt them.
Possibly the most ignorant thing I've seen is the boycotting of businesses by partisan shrills. It's amazing that people don't see the negative result. Businesses go out of business and people lose their jobs. All because you think you know more about the operations of a company than their top management.
I've never really had Papa John's because I live where we have real pizza so it's not him or his business that I'm concerned about. It's the ignorant and disingenuous reaction. He never did this based on political views and stated this much, but the reaction has been blind partisanship at its worst. It's almost embarrassing what people choose to make stands over now.
It's blatantly obvious that none of you are business people.
John Schnatter is a self-made
John Schnatter is a self-made multimillionaire. In nineteen years he went from delivering pizza in his father's tavern to owning the third largest take-out and delivery pizza restaurant chain in the United States. He knew what could and probably would happen. He chose to take a public stand to score a political point because he was in a financial position to take a risk. If his party had won, he would have benefited financially. The controversy around his actions will likely benefit him as well, because people have short memories for anything other than name recognition. He has had several weeks worth of free publicity.
There are *many* businesses who are quietly going about what they need to do in order to comply with this law. Personally, I'd prefer to give them my business since it is likely they need it more than he does.
Even though we disagree, I made it all the way through offering my point of view without once using any language that questioned or insulted your intelligence. Amazing that people are able to do that, isn't it?
No, there was no
No, there was no "misunderstanding," Schnatter's words were perfectly clear when he spouted off all full of Republican outrage.
Now, if that Denny's franchise is any indication, I'm betting Papa John's corporate offices and franchises were deluged with phone calls expressing disgust.
Let's see here...Schnatter throws a temper tantrum over Obama's health care policy and threatens to penalize his own workers as a result. "Cut back hours," and "Let people go because Obamacare;" it's very hard to "misunderstand" that unless you're an idiot.
If Schnatter views us as credulous dupes, he didn't learn anything from the last election.
So, we did not misunderstand his threats, and we certainly don't misunderstand his backpedaling and claims that, well, it's our fault for misunderstanding him and please buy Papa John's pizza again you stupid, misunderstanding misunderstanders!
K, Schnatter, riddle me this. If Obamacare would raise your cost by a little more than three cents, WHY DID YOU PLAN TO RAISE YOUR PRICES BY FOURTEEN CENTS?
Scuzzy little profiteer, ain'tcha Schnatter? You don't get it. You can't rewrite history and assume we have short memories these days. Everything you said is stored on the internet, Papa John. It's harder to spin the past than it used to be. Google is NOT your friend!
PIZZA PIZZA, bitch!
There may have been a
There may have been a misunderstanding but the timing of his clarification makes me doubt his honesty or sincerity. He's welcome to use his business as a platform to express his political ideation, but I suspect some of his franchise holders are wishing he'd kept his mouth shut.