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Article: Papa John's to Celebrate Opening of 1,500th Restaurant
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- PR Newswire
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- December 30, 1997
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LOUISVILLE, Ky., Dec. 30 /PRNewswire/ -- Since founding the company in 1984, Papa John's CEO John Schnatter has seen the company grow from a converted broom closet in the back of his father's small Indiana tavern to the fourth largest pizza company in America.
Papa John's (Nasdaq: PZZA) will kick off 1998 by celebrating in Texas the grand opening of its 1,500th nationwide restaurant.
Louisville, Kentucky-based Papa John's is the nation's fastest-growing pizza company, with restaurants in 41 states and the District of Columbia and 1997 proving to be a record-breaking year. For third quarter 1997, revenues and earnings each showed a nearly 40 ...