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Papa John’s Founder To Raise Price Of Pizza Due To ‘Obamacare’

12:11 am - 08/09/2012
Papa John’s warns it will have to raise the price of its pizzas due to President Obama’s health care law.

John Schnatter, CEO and founder of Papa John’s, said pizza will cost up to 14 cents more when the Affordable Care Act goes into effect in 2014.

“We’re not supportive of Obamacare, like most businesses in our industry. But our business model and unit economics are about as ideal as you can get for a food company to absorb Obamacare,” Schnatter said in a conference call during last week’s shareholder’s meeting, according to Politico.

Schnatter later added: “If Obamacare is in fact not repealed, we will find tactics to shallow out any Obamacare costs and core strategies to pass that cost onto consumers in order to protect our shareholders best interests,”

According to Pizza Marketplace, there are nearly 4,000 Papa John’s restaurants in all 50 states and 33 countries.

Schnatter, a Romney supporter, held a private fundraiser for the GOP presidential candidate at his Kentucky home in April.

CBS
circumambulate 9th-Aug-2012 06:02 am (UTC)
they want it, they just don't want to pay for anyone else to have it.
lafinjack 9th-Aug-2012 06:09 am (UTC)
Virtually nobody I've asked who's against Obamacare is willing to give up ER visits without having to deposit or prove payment beforehand.
amyura 9th-Aug-2012 02:52 pm (UTC)
Indeed, that's the far-right's answer to every problem with the US health care system-- that the poor and uninsured can just go to the ER. Then in the next breath they complain that costs are out of control.
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