Tuesday, May 21, 2019

Papa Johns to Germany?

Papa Johns Pizza to Germany?  Well....the announcement came in the past week....at least fourteen initially will open, with the first up in the NW region of Germany. 

Germany and American-style pizza?  This was a big deal in the 1980s, and Pizza Hut walked in to create their image here.  In the past three years, Dominos bought into a German chain operation, and set itself up as a competitor. 

More room for Papa Johns?  Maybe. 

The problem I see is that after you've had an Italian-style pizza, made by Germans at local pizzerias.....it's hard to really say the American-style is better.  Then you do the pricing of a XL American-type pizza, and Germans kinda shake their head to some degree. 

I do see a market in some of the metropolitan cities....especially those with a big traffic-flow of pedestrians.  I could even see a Papa Johns operation in the Wiesbaden train-station area making a fair profit. 

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