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The Secret Life of Papa John Pizza

The Iced Coffee Hour

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The Importance of Limiting Losses

The first Papa John is 84, I'm 22. Dad thought he was 10, 15 grand in a hole. Within two or three weeks, it's more like 20, 25 end up being 64,000. So we're knocking down the 140 grand a year in 1984,. selling 50 cent beers in five hour pizzas and 50 cent game of pool. "I don't know why I just thought if you can beat them in Jefferson, Villanuell, why can't you beat them in the whole world?"

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