{"id":2308483,"date":"2026-03-02T15:11:23","date_gmt":"2026-03-02T15:11:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2308483"},"modified":"2026-03-02T15:11:23","modified_gmt":"2026-03-02T15:11:23","slug":"papa-johns-is-closing-hundreds-of-stores-across-the-u-s-entertainment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/papa-johns-is-closing-hundreds-of-stores-across-the-u-s-entertainment\/","title":{"rendered":"Papa John\u2019s Is Closing Hundreds of Stores Across the U.S. | Entertainment"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Papa John\u2019s is closing hundreds of stores across the U.S., the pizza chain announced during a recent earnings call.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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On February 26, the company announced that it would shutter about 300 underperforming storefronts in North America by 2027, celebrity.land<\/a> reported. Roughly 200 of these stores will close by the end of 2026.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The closing Papa John\u2019s restaurants are ones \u201cnot 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,\u201d Ravi Thanawala, the brand\u2019s chief financial officer and president of its North America operations.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Papa John\u2019s hasn\u2019t revealed which stores are closing out of its 3,500 locations, as of writing.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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In addition to the hundreds of store closures, Papa John\u2019s slashed roughly 7% of its corporate employees. These business decisions came on the heels of a 5.4% decline in same-store sales in the fourth quarter in North America. Papa John\u2019s CEO Todd Penegor said this \u201creflected a weak consumer backdrop and elevated promotional environment.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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