News flash to Papa John’s CEO John Schnatter: Obamacare isn’t the only thing costing your business money.

The pizza chain head has made his views on the Affordable Care Act clear in recent months, claiming the new health care law will cost his business about $5 to $8 million per year. To compensate Schnatter's said he will likely raise pizza prices and cut back some workers’ hours so he doesn’t have to insure them.

Caleb Melby of Forbes has graciously done the math on Obamacare’s cost to Papa John’s and according to his analysis, to cover the cost of Obamacare, the pizza chain would have to raise prices by 3.4 to 4.6 cents per pie -- way less than the 11 to 14 cents Schnatter claims he needs.

And there are other changes the chain could make to save some money, Melby notes, like not giving away 2 million pizzas for free at a cost of between $24 and $32 million to the company, for example. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/11/13/papa-johns-obamacare_n_2123207.html

Liberals have been.

They don't accept Food Stamps.

Who is making these decisions?
Is it the CEO or is it the franchise owners?

I believe its the CEO who has made the comments about 'having' to cut hours and jobs,,,,,

All the other major restaurant chains are doing the same...hiring and going to part time workers.

not 'all' of them

but for years before now, employers have been outsourcing and turning to part time workers, this is just another way to cut costs but blame someone else,,,,

The point is if you boycott everyone that does it....you won't go out to eat much!

I'd much rather have 25 cents or whatever small amount it will cost and know my server has a full time job added to the bill.

me too

and then it might be a blessing in disguise,, the obesity epedemic being what it is,,,,

Ohhh, a blessing! Or it gives them exercise looking for that extra quarter!


I shouldn't say that, I'm bad.

Exactly, Papa John's is just following suit of what the other major chains (not all food) have been doing for years. Wal-Mart does the exact same thing and has been doing so for years. This was well before Obamacare was even hatched. So why doesn't their BS get exposed to the media? I think that Obamacare is a bad idea, but it seems that big companies are using it as a "chicken little" excuse for some things. The sky is falling!.................lol

I plan on sending letters to the chains that are talking about laying-off employees due to Obamacare...It would be hard for me to patronize these establishments now. I don't want to hurt the employees who are left but just "going along" isn't my style either...If I worked for one of these companies right now I'd look for another job. It's always been important for me to have a certain amount of pride and trust in my employer...I'd be willing to pay a little extra for food (too) to secure jobs for the employees with benefits...When morale goes down in a company it spills over to customer service eventually...Some employees turn into "brown-nosers" and near "slaves" in an attempt to try to hold on to their jobs. And other employees become passive-aggressive and walk around in "foul moods." (When their bosses aren't around.)

I like their double bacon 6 cheese pizza. Mmmmmmm.

ewwww, tell me thats not a real thing


lol


my fave pizza is dominos veggie with white sauce,,, THE BOMB!!

A pizza with no meat? Oh my!

lol,, its actually REALLLY good,,,

Exactly. This isn't a new thing, as it's been happening for a long time. There are just new excuses.

Yay,great,go ahead kill all those Franchise,then tell me how you support the small Business!

its actually a tight spot to be in

its like knowing a parent is being abusive to a child

removing that parent both saves the child and causes the child great loss,,,,but how many would leave the parent there so that the child would continue to have the 'support'

over accepting that the child may find better support and love somewhere else,,,?


sometimes , despite the common 'anything they give you is better than nothibng' mentality


it is best to stand for SOMETHING , have some standards, and be without the job than to be with a job where you are treated like crap,,,,

Who says they are being treated like crap?
What effect will a boycott have on those who like their job and it causes the company to shut their doors?
Then you have more on unemployment when the job market isn't very friendly.

Sure, as if that will pay your bills.