Papa John''s Founder: Company Has Abandoned "Conservative Values", Prompting Sales To Fall Papa John''s Founder: Company Has Abandoned "Conservative Values", Prompting Sales To Fall Authored by Katabella Roberts via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), The founder and former chairman of Papa John’s, John Schnatter, has said that the pizza chain has abandoned the “conservative values” he built it on and is losing customers as a result. A Papa John''s pizza box in Miami, Fla., on July 11, 2018. (Joe Raedle|Getty Images) Schnatter made the comments in an interview with the Right Side Broadcasting Network at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Dallas, Texas, on Aug. 4. The former CEO said that “truth in God, truth in unity” were the key principles on which he had previously run the company. “W e built the whole company on conservative values ,” he said. “If you run your life on principles you’re truthful and factual, and you have win-win mutual respect and you’re thoughtful and considerate, you’re going to win.” At CPAC today, John Schnatter says Papa Johns had the best pizza out there every year when he was in charge, because he instilled “conservative values” of “truth and God.” But since he was fired as CEO for repeatedly using the N-word, it has gone down hill. pic.twitter.com|1UQeK8Ny11 — Ron Filipkowski (@RonFilipkowski) August 4, 2022 “ I think they’ve really lost their way ,” Schnatter said. “It used to be an operational-driven company.