Papa John's

PZZA

Market cap $1.23B

PZZA rolls out AI-powered omnichannel ordering with Google Cloud, unifying voice and text to boost speed, accuracy and personalization for 150M customers.

Using Google Cloud's new agentic solution, Gemini Enterprise for Customer Experience, Papa Johns is the first restaurant to bring new omnichannel food ordering capabilities to market NEW YORK, Jan. 11, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Today at NRF 2026, Papa Johns announced a major transformation of its digital ordering experience, designed to deliver speed, accuracy, and real-time personalization to its 150 million+ customers worldwide. The QSR leader is the first partner for Google Cloud's newly expanded AI solution, Food Ordering agent, which is helping the pizza brand deploy a fully unified voice and text AI ordering system to remove friction across customer touchpoints.

EDMONTON, Alberta, Jan. 06, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Papa Johns Canada and the Canadian Hockey League (CHL®) are launching the Champions of Tomorrow Program, a new national initiative supporting youth hockey across Canada. At the centre of the program is the Champions of Tomorrow Scholarship: a $25,000 CAD award and VIP trip for two to the 2026 Memorial Cup Championship Weekend presented by Kubota.

Restaurant chains like Starbucks, Wendy's and Denny's announced that they were closing locations this year to help their businesses. U.S. restaurant traffic fell every month this year except for July, according to Black Box Intelligence data.

ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Papa John's International, Inc. (Nasdaq: PZZA) (“Papa Johns®”) (the “Company”) today announced that it has refranchised restaurants previously owned and operated by Colonel's Limited, LLC, a joint venture between Papa Johns and Steeplechase Express, Inc. Pie Investments, led by Chris Patel, a leading franchisee operator and now one of Papa Johns largest domestic franchise partners, has assumed control of 85 Papa Johns restaurants in the Washington, D.C. and Baltimore m.

LOUISVILLE, Ky.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Papa John's International, Inc. (Nasdaq: PZZA) (“Papa Johns”) (the “Company”) today announced that Ravi Thanawala, most recently Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President, International, has been promoted to Chief Financial Officer and President, North America, in which role he will lead the Company's North American business, including restaurant operations and development strategies along with his CFO responsibilities. In connection with his appoint.

Activist investor Irenic Capital Management built a stake in Papa John's during the third quarter, sources familiar with the matter told Reuters on Friday, adding a fresh dimension to mounting speculation about the pizza chain's future.

Shares of Papa John's International NASDAQ: PZZA were halted in a volatile trading session after surging over 9% on credible reports of a take-private offer. The bid is reportedly an all-cash offer of $65 per share from TriArtisan Capital Advisors.

Papa John's is undervalued amid a turnaround, with operational improvements and a shift to franchising supporting a buy rating. PZZA faces tough competition from Domino's on value, but is growing traffic and using a barbell strategy to attract both value and premium customers. Menu simplification and refranchising are expected to boost margins and efficiency, despite risks tied to economic weakness and asset sales.

Papa John's International Inc (NASDAQ:PZZA) shares gained 5% to $43.05 on Monday following a report that the pizza maker is in advanced discussions with TriArtisan Capital to be taken private at $65 per share, according to ABC Money UK, which cited people familiar with the talks.  The potential acquisition price would value Papa John's at $2.7 billion.