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‘This looks like wet garbage’: Papa Johns leaves food fans in UPROAR after debuting crust-less pizza BOWLS that are filled with nothing but toppings
- Papa Johns has rolled out a new menu item, which puts a new spin on the classic pizza, called ‘Papa Bowls’
- The pizza bowls consist of pizza toppings dumped into a plastic bowl with no crust, and social media users are anything but thrilled
- Customers will have a choice between three different bowls – Garden Veggie, Chicken Alfredo, and Italian Meats Trio
- The pizza that ditches the crust is set to be released nationwide on August 22 but has already sparked outraged by Twitter users who have called it ‘trash’
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Papa Johns has added something new to their menu – pizza bowls, which consist of pizza toppings dumped into a plastic bowl with no crust, and social media users are anything but thrilled about the pizza that ditches the crust.
The ‘Papa bowls’ are set to be released nationwide next week, but some pizza lovers have already gotten their hands on it and dubbed the bowl filled with toppings as ‘trash.’
Customers will have a choice between three different bowls – Garden Veggie, Chicken Alfredo, and Italian Meats Trio.
The Indiana based restaurant will charge $7.99 each and will be offered to all customers on August 22, but loyalty customers were able to have a taste as early as August 15.
Papa Johns has rolled out a new menu item, which puts a new spin on the classic pizza, called ‘Papa Bowls’
The pizza bowls consist of pizza toppings dumped into a plastic bowl with no crust, and social media users are anything but thrilled
The new form of pizza comes after the restaurant saw a decrease in the growth of sales in the last few years and is attempting to make a new twist on the classic pizza
The new form of pizza comes after the restaurant saw a decrease in the growth of sales in the last few years.
Papa Johns revealed that in the second quarter, its sales at North American restaurants grew at just under one per cent, which is down from five per cent in the same period last year.
This is a drastic difference from its sales in 2020, which saw a jump of 28 per cent.
The chain restaurant hopes that the new spin on the classic pizza will ignite new excitement from pizza lovers.
Scott Rodriguez, SVP of menu strategy and innovation at Papa Johns told CNN: ‘There’s a general thought that there could be a little bit of pizza fatigue, because that’s all we’ve had for the last couple of years.’
Although many thought the bowls would be a healthier alternative to pizza, Scott noted he still wanted to offer people the ‘indulgence of pizza.’
Another reason the pizza restaurant created the new menu items was to eliminate ‘veto vote,’ which is when a restaurant gets ruled out because there aren’t enough options for everyone in the party.
And while Papa Johns hoped their new twist would get pizza lovers excited, its done anything but and has caused outrage from Twitter users.
The company is hoping to increase sales by offering more options for those in the group who don’t want to eat indulge in a slice.
And while Papa Johns hoped their new twist would get pizza lovers excited, its done anything but and has caused outrage from Twitter users.
‘To get people excited about pizza again Papa Johns is selling a bowl of wet garbage,’ wrote one user.
Another user added: ‘If you thought Papa Johns was as bad as pizza could get, we slid everything off the crust into a bowl.’
‘Papa Johns is trash. Why would some pizza in a bowl nonsense be preferred,’ commented another user.
One user added: ‘Plenty of people are excited about pizza. Far fewer are excited about Papa Johns, no matter how you slice it. And literally no one ever said ”I want pizza” and then ate it out of a bowl.’
Another user added: ‘I tried the Papa Johns pizza bowls partly out of curiosity and partly because yes, you can develop a gluten allergy late in life, and they’re exactly what you think they are. They scrape all the toppings off a pizza and put them in a bowl. Not even halfway full. Overpriced.’