Papa John's CEO John Schnatter Says Company Will Reduce Workers' Hours In Response To Obamacare
10:14 pm - 11/09/2012![]()
In the wake of President Obama's reelection, one CEO is doubling down on his criticisms of Obamacare.
Papa John’s CEO John Schnatter said he plans on passing the costs of health care reform to his business onto his workers. Schnatter said he will likely reduce workers’ hours, as a result of President Obama's reelection, the Naples News reports. Schnatter made headlines over the summer when he told shareholders that the cost of a Papa John’s pizza will increase by between 11 and 14 cents due to Obamacare.
"I got in a bunch of trouble for this," he said, referring to the comments he made in August, according to Naples News. "That's what you do, is you pass on costs. Unfortunately, I don't think people know what they're going to pay for this."
Schnatter went on to say he's neither in support of, nor against the Affordable Care Act, even admitting that "the good news is 100 percent of the population is going to have health insurance.” But he’s not the only one in the chain restaurant industry to admit that workers hours may be reduced, since Obamacare mandates that only employees that work more than 30 hours per week are covered under their employers health insurance plan. For example, Darden restaurants, the parent company of Olive Garden and Red Lobster, has already experimented with reducing workers hours in anticipation of the legislation.
Others have responded to the added costs of Obamacare more harshly, includingApplebee's which has said it won’t hire new workers because of the law. Just this week, a Georgia business owner also claimed he cut employees due to Obamacareand in fact had specifically laid off those who he thought had voted for President Obama.
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Welp, yet another reason to patronize my local pizza place (that and their pizza isn't total shit...Go Amante is Seattle!) Also, yeah--I realy believe that this douchcanoe is totally neutral on Obamacare. Riiiiight.
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basically... not a mistake i'm going to be doing again. friggin using a bowl next time.
after i told everyone i followed a Jamie Oliver recipe they all laughed their arses off and said "well, what were you expecting?! him to tell you how to do it the easy and simple way? also: did he tell you to use a litre of olive oil?"
But 'slowly' I actually meant that you have to pour a TINY bit and then work it in. A tiny bit and work it in. Repeat ad nauseam. Things you wouldn't learn unless you'd watched a great gran make bread that way, I'm thinking!
i just googled the recipe again to double check if i was the silly one here and misread the instructions. here they are:
"In a jug, mix the yeast, sugar and olive oil into the water and leave for a few minutes, then pour into the well. Using a fork, bring the flour in gradually from the sides and swirl it into the liquid. "
i think... given those instructions i don't have to feel too stupid and will continue to blame Jamie Oliver for the mess in the kitchen. for future i know though not to do that, hahaha!
bwhahaha! yeah, i guess that won't happen. i should have known better than to follow that recipe to be honest. in that sense, my fault. :P
it also didn't make any difference that the ingredients were mixed up by me going "shit, shit, shit!!!" and not gently fluffing stuff in with a fork. so i think a bowl will not make the dough any worse either, hahaha.
the pizza stone is also a good idea. i think i will have to make a few more pizzas at home before i can justify buying one, or it might end up being one of those things i use once and never again, you know what i mean? XD
but yeah, it does sound tasty and from what they say i can also imagine it would taste a huge amount better than pizza hut. i never knew about the cheese first thing. i've never seen a pizza like that in my life, not being from the US and all. i think i would want to try it one definitely. although you saying it's a whole day project thing is not encouraging, especially as i made such a mess of the kitchen with the simplest recipe for pizza base XD .